Art Director - Advertising

  • Full-time

Company Description

Welcome to Langland. A health communications agency that helps people, brands and businesses think further.

Four disciplines in one

We believe in the power of different perspectives. It’s why we have brought together four key health disciplines – Clinical Trial Experience, Medical Strategy & Education, PR & Policy and Advertising. This close collaboration allows our clients have the very best minds in health caring for the most important parts of their business.

Why think further?

When you’re open to working with others, you find answers you wouldn’t expect. Our vast experience allows us to pull-in the right people at the right moment. It’s why at times we may partner with medics, artists, marketers or policymakers to help you get the best results.

A passion for craft

Having expert thinking is only part of our story. To ensure excellence in everything we make, we have centred our disciplines around three essential crafts: science, strategy and creativity.

An inclusive workplace

The more diverse our team, the more imaginative, intelligent and inspirational our culture and our work will become. Please see additional information for some of the ways we help to promote diversity at Langland.

Job Description

You are an experienced art director who produces extraordinary thinking and craft of the highest level. You are an all-rounder, whose responsibility will be to proactively support a close-knit creative and design team.  

You work with creative directors, copywriters and designers to inspire, create and deliver award winning, original concepts, art direction and design for briefs that come in from our varied portfolio of clients. 

You can understand usability and application for multi-media platforms including: print, digital and social media. You will need to help the creative department create compelling campaigns, bring events and congresses to life, work on pitches and everything in between. You’ll be able to execute all this to world-class standards. And you’ll be comfortable leading and inspiring others to do the same. 

As a conceptual thinker, you have a wide range of abilities, with a solid grounding in visual communications, and a strong understanding of typography, principles of art direction, layout and user experience. 

Communication is a big part of the job, so you should feel confident enough to contribute to the entire creative process. From brainstorming and presenting initial ideas, right through to final execution and delivering.  

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in design 
  • Strong, varied portfolio demonstrating award-winning art direction, ideas, experiences, print and digital work 
  • Strong understanding of typography and layout  
  • Strong understanding of usability and interaction design  
  • You should have strong attention to detail and exemplary communication skills 

Additional Information

Promoting diversity - 

Recruitment

  • Diversity & Inclusion management
  • Anonymised CV submissions
  • Mandatory unconscious bias training
  • Career and school programmes  to build access to industry for people from mixed socio-economic background

Culture

  • Support communities for women, LGBTQ+, BAME employees and their allies   
  • A mental health programme which includes free HeadSpace membership.

Future

  • Publicis Groupe has committed €45 million to diversity,   inclusion and social injustice within the network.
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