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Midweight Creative / Art Director
8 month fixed term contract
Up to £30,000 pro rata

bandstand is an exciting brand strategy, creative communications and content creation agency that prides itself on rebellious enquiry and fearless creativity to ignite change for our clients. Forever curious, we are a small independent agency based in Soho with a diverse portfolio of clients including energy, charity, retail, property, fintech and public sector.

We are looking for a Midweight Creative to join us, working alongside our production and creative teams. Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience, be dependable, well organised and a personality in our lively and busy studio, and out on shoot. You will have a genuine interest in creativity and are passionate about what you do.

This role has art direction at its heart – from the initial concept development, art direction on shoots to post production approvals, you will work closely with the Creative and Production teams.

We will be interviewing for the position w/c 9th January, with second round interviews taking place w/c 16th January. Aim start date is w/c 6th February. Please note – this role will require travelling across the UK for multiple stills & moving image productions.

The right candidate will have:

• At least 3 years experience in a Midweight Art Director role.
• Experience in lifestyle shoots, including prop choice and set styling.
• A portfolio that demonstrates an impeccable eye for detail and passion for what you do.
• An understanding of the shoot production process, from initial briefing to concepting, to being on set and post production delivery.
• Experience in creating shot lists, storyboards, PPMs, overseeing edits / still approvals with an obsessive eye for detail.
• The ability to oversee quality control of assets across photography/film to ensure brand guidelines are followed and aesthetic is maintained.
• A positive work ethos, your hands-on team player, enthusiastic, energetic Creative with a big sprinkle of flair and sense of humour.
• Confidence to throw in the odd cheeky, marmite idea.
• The experience to know when to seek and take feedback and guidance from senior members of the team.
• Drive to push and elevate bandstand’s creative output at all times.
• A good understanding of Adobe Creative Suite, including Indesign, Photoshop. Knowledge of Premiere and After Effects would be a bonus.

To apply, please email your portfolio and CV to James, James@bandstand.co.uk with subject line Midweight Creative / Art Director