Position Overview & Specifications
- London
- The Stylist Group
Overall Objective
We’re looking for a creative and enthusiastic Art Director, with experience in print and digital, to lead our award-winning art team and design direction. From making covers to overseeing digital assets, you’ll be leading design across all of our editorial and marketing platforms, ensuring that Stylist remains one of the UK’s best-designed media brands.
About us
The Stylist Group is a women-focused media brand. Through our monthly magazine, live events and non-stop digital content, Stylist reaches a monthly audience of over 4.5 million and helps market thousands of global brands. We keep a commitment to feminism, equality and female empowerment at the heart of everything we do.
Key responsibilities:
- To design weekly covers for print and digital that become global talking points. Covers should be creative, innovative and multi-media where possible.
- To oversee the monthly design direction of the magazine to ensure it is full of visual surprises and produced to an award-winning level.
- To manage a team of designers across platforms, ensuring all digital assets are on-brand and visually enticing.
- To create dynamic, multi-media assets with the design and photography teams for social.
- To oversee, and create when required, marketing campaigns for various parts of the Stylist brand.
Key requirements:
- Demonstrable relevant experience working on both print and digital design, with proven expertise in creating magazine covers.
- Proficient in the Adobe Suite including InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects and Illustrator.
- A passion for exploring new digital trends and products – understanding the necessary skills to create innovative new formats.
- A wealth of contacts in the illustration and art world.
- Experience in working at speed and to tight deadlines.
- Management experience is also desirable.
To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a check and cover letter along with three examples of work that you’re most proud of. Please upload this as a file attachment when submitting your application.
This is a full-time, permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week from our London, Fleet Street Office. We offer a generous package including 25 days holiday, health cash plan, gym discount, excellent pension, a competitive salary, and many more staff discounts and benefits.
We are an equal opportunity employer and dedicated to building a diverse working environment. At Stylist, we encourage applications from everyone and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or any other protected characteristics.
If you have any issues with your application, please email recruitment@dcthomson.co.uk
Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early once we have received suitable applications. Therefore, please ensure you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.