Art Director/Interactive

Art Director / Head of Interactive

Job Details

Full time (Monday - Friday onsite)

Salary - 50k - 60k

Notice period - 6 weeks

Reports to Creative Director

• Figurehead of Interactive team (DT)
• Works alongside Senior Art Director (Vis) at same level

Roles and Responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to…

Creative Leadership

• Be the creative lead in any situation, author and underwrite the ambition and vision of the project
• Take ownership and authority in creative responses, creating pitch materials and leading external engagements.
• Attend project briefing sessions, interpreting briefs from the client and shape this into a wider proposal and/or creative strategy
• Understand the needs and obstacles faced by clients, in order to propose effective and ambitious solutions
• Oversee the end to end production, taking ideas and concepts through to final presentation material
• Ensure all creative output meets the highest level of excellence both internally and externally
• Oversee a full suite of products, from films and CGIs to interactive and immersive solutions

Team Management

• Resourcing / Assignments - working with the Resource Manager to allocate projects across the department, forecasting capacity and loading
• Progress / Mentoring - identify and provide opportunities to the team for development and growth
• Recruitment / onboarding - involvement in recruiting new members into the department and onboarding them into our culture and workflow
• Freelance / Outsourcing - acquiring and managing additional external resource for the department

New Business/Business Development

• Presentations/demos and pitches specific to interactive solutions
• Account management (maintaining contact with key external people) and assisting with managing and building relationships with external contacts
• Lead new business opportunities - leading the pursuit of projects with interactive output (currently a shared loading across key members within the creative team)
• Create proposals/pitch decks and quotations against new business opportunities involved
• Assisting Creative Director on scoping new projects including innovative and unprecedented

Live projects & Billing

• Leading live projects directly landed through new business ownership, from a delivery perspective
• Ensuring delivery capabilities of the team are maintained against deadlines, spec and budget
• Consultancy level billing - direct project involvement at a high level with time billed against advisor or management rates
• Act as a live operator in workshop and meeting facilitation - live driving and active engagement in sessions being sold

Product & Process

• Product development and solution packaging work alongside Creative Director
• Automation and process development against how the team is operating
• Innovate products and services on live studio projects and through controlled R&D
• Technical / accuracy / process oversight - where required ensuring technical accuracy and process have been followed against the desired output
• Best practices - ensuring the team are operating correctly with what is available
• Risk management and pipeline design

Essential Skills

• In-depth knowledge of Unreal Game Engine
• Strong level of visual critique based on artistic and technical fundamentals
• Team Leadership
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional idea generation
• Strong negotiation and client engagement skills
• Excellent organisational skills

Benefits

🏙️ Centrally located office in London Bridge, moments away from mainline and tube stations

💃 After-work social events

🏥 BUPA Private health insurance after successful probation

🧘 Free yoga sessions with More Yoga

🚴 Cycle to work scheme, with secure cycle storage and showers

🚄 Travel card loans after successful probation

🤖 Hybrid work environment

🗝️ Pension scheme

☮️ Access to Headspace wellbeing app

🥂 Happy Hour on Fridays

🗓️ 20 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing to 23 after 5 years of service

How to Apply

If you are interested please send a PDF CV, portfolio and introductory email to recruitment@cityscapedigital.co.uk with the email subject “Art Director/Head of Interactive”. We will not be reviewing any applications sent through without a portfolio.