Art Director

As part of our commitment to delivering agile, high-impact creative solutions, we are establishing a new on-site Fast Response Content Centre embedded directly within our client's organisation. This dedicated hub will serve as a central engine for content creation, enabling closer collaboration, deeper brand integration, and faster turnaround on digital assets. By positioning the team at the heart of the client's business, we ensure greater alignment with strategic priorities and the ability to produce, adapt, and deploy content at scale across multiple European markets, all while maintaining exceptional quality and consistency.
This role will be based in Chertsey, with a requirement to work from the offices for 4 days per week. As with all Cheil roles, this is a 12-month fixed term contract in the first instance., The Art Director will lead creative direction within the Fast Response Content Centre, ensuring the delivery of high volumes of consistent, high-quality digital content at speed. Working across origination, bespoke asset creation, and minor adaptations, the Art Director will set the creative vision, maintain brand excellence, and enable the team to respond quickly to business and European D2C priorities.

This role is pivotal in balancing agility with creativity, managing workflows, and leveraging new tools and technologies to drive efficiency in content production., Creative Leadership
Own the creative direction of the Content Centre, ensuring outputs are on-brand, innovative, and consistent across channels.
Provide oversight and feedback on designer and editor work, setting quality benchmarks.
Shape briefs of low-to-mid complexity into effective content solutions.
Support campaign teams with ideation when required, while ensuring the Content Centre owns delivery of fast-turnaround briefs.

Content Production & Oversight
Direct origination shoots (1 motion and 1 stills scoped, with scope for more).
Oversee development of template-driven assets (supplied by Cheil Spain), bespoke copy-visual combinations, and rapid adaptations (dates, pricing, legal).
Ensure creation of master assets for rollout across multiple markets, formats, and sizes.
Guarantee English master delivery (or country-of-origin as supplied).

Workflow & Tools
Champion the use of tools and platforms to increase efficiency and creative output quality.
Manage creative workflows using Jira.
Guide asset development and collaboration in Figma.
Integrate AI tools (Adobe Firefly, Mid ourney) into content production.

Collaboration & Alignment
Act as a bridge between client stakeholders and creative teams, aligning outputs with European D2C priorities.
Partner with campaign and marketing teams to ensure content supports wider business objectives.
Lead collaboration across channels, ensuring rapid response and consistency of brand experience.

Proven track record as an Art Director in an in-house, agency, or high-volume content production environment.
Strong portfolio demonstrating creative excellence in digital, social, and eCommerce content.
Experience in both static and motion content creation, including oversight of stills and video shoots.
Strong understanding of template creative systems, asset rollouts, and localisation processes.
Excellent leadership, communication, and mentoring skills.
Ability to balance speed, volume, and creativity under tight deadlines.

Proficiency with creative platforms:
Jira (workflow/project management)
Celtra (Automation platform)
Figma (collaboration and design oversight)
Adobe Firefly (AI content creation)
Mid Journey (AI content creation)

About you
Creative leader with a strong eye for brand detail and storytelling.
Agile and adaptable, thriving in a fast-response, high-volume content environment.
Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working embedded on-site with stakeholders.
Enthusiastic about harnessing new creative tools and AI innovations to push efficiency and quality.

Welcome to Cheil, based in London and Chertsey - A group of thinkers and doers who make things that move.

We build campaigns. Shops. Robots. One-of-a-kind-experiences. Anything that transports people, brands and products rooted in digital innovation. It's an approach that's seen us partnering with the likes of Absolut, Coca-Cola, Samsung and Jaguar Land Rover, creating enduring ideas for any marker - and within any medium.

As a full service agency we've got plenty of experience in shopper marketing, experiential, traditional advertising, social, retail design and sponsorship - awards to show for it, too. In the past few years we've earned our share of Cannes Lions, Clios, POPAIs and Kinsale Sharks.

As part of Cheil Worldwide, Cheil UK plays its part in one of the world's biggest agency networks - comprising 53 offices and eight affiliates in 42 countries globally.

The perks you can take advantage of in return...
A competitive salary
25 days holiday
1 extra day off for moving house
3 extra days off for wedding or Civil Partnership
Discounted Samsung products
Discretionary company bonus scheme, subject to bonus scheme rules
Money off gym membership
Stakeholder pension
Group Income Protection
Private medical insurance
Dental insurance
Life Assurance
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to work scheme