Junior Art Director

We are looking for a Junior Art Director to join Ffern. They will sit within our growing design team, reporting to the Design Director.

Key Responsibilities

• Concept development: create briefs and treatments, underpinned by boundless creativity, thoughtful references and thorough research
• Visual identity: work with the Design Team to define material, colour and tonal palettes for seasonal fragrances and other Ffern launches
• Art direction on-set: collaborate with photographers, set designers, stylists and other practitioners to deliver exceptional visuals; on smaller shoots, you’ll fulfil some of these roles yourself (flexibility on what this entails, based on your interests and expertise)
• Art direction for print and digital touchpoints: collaborate with designers to ensure your work is deployed to maximum effect through layout, curation and graphic design
• Ad-hoc creative support: provide art direction for a variety of one-off projects and commissions
• Brand stewardship: uphold Ffern guidelines and best practice in all stages of your work
• Brand building: work closely with the rest of the design team to hone and develop Ffern’s visual identity

Requirements

• Creativity: the ability to craft genuinely-original visual concepts
• Experience: a digital portfolio of projects demonstrating your skill and point of view
• Concept-led design: the ability to respond to creative briefs thoughtfully and strategically, with clear rationale for your proposals
• Space, material: the ability to think in terms of space and material, bridging the gap between physical and digital with your work
• Articulation: the ability to visualise and express in words your ideas such that they can be understood by internal stakeholders and external collaborators
• Software: proficiency in Adobe CS amongst other design software
• Brand acumen: an understanding of and affinity for the world of Ffern, drawing on relevant references to expand and elevate
• Communication, organisation: the ability to work with a variety of stakeholders on concurrent projects, prioritising effectively and being an advocate for the role of design in cross-functional processes

Applications close on the 11th of July . Interview invitations will be extended to shortlisted candidates thereafter, for first round interviews taking place the week commencing the 21st of July.

The Interview Process

1. Submit your application
2. A quick kick-off call with our Talent Team
3. An interview with our Design Director
4. A hands-on art direction task in the Ffern Studio
5. Meet one our co-founders

Benefits

• Competitive salary: Experience dependent

• Healthcare: Private healthcare offered as standard
• Holidays: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, growing by 1 day per year spent with us
• Remote work: All full-time London studio roles are three days a week in the studio, with two days flexible (team lunch at a top Hackney eatery if you come in on the flexible days)
• Ffern membership: All of our team are members of the Ffern ledger
• Team dynamic: Fun, laid-back and sociable team with regular team meals, breakfasts, drinks and outings
• Beautiful work environment: We work from a pair of sunlit studio spaces off Columbia road with state-of-the-art kit, MacBooks and breakout spaces

*N.B. Ffern is growing fast, with a plethora of exciting projects on the horizon. This means our roles are somewhat flexible. If you don't tick every box, but feel passionate about what you could bring to the table, please do apply.