Art Director

At Joseph Joseph, we are driven by a simple yet powerful belief — that intelligent design has the ability to transform everyday living. We create distinctive, thoughtfully engineered products that not only solve real-world problems but also bring joy, beauty, and functionality to daily life.

Headquartered in London, we have grown into one of the world’s most admired houseware brands, with a presence in over 100 countries and partnerships with leading department stores, independent retailers, and a rapidly expanding e-commerce business.

We are looking for a talented Art Director to join the brand team. As Art Director, you’ll help shape how our brand looks and feels at a pivotal moment of brand transformation.

We’re looking for someone who’s as strong at concept as they are on set. You can lead projects end to end, make confident calls, and bring a premium, contemporary brand to life through visual storytelling that actually lands in the real world.

Part producer, part art director, you’ll be hands-on within our image and video production team. From seasonal shoots and campaigns to brand storytelling and digital assets, you’ll own the creative journey from idea to delivery, protecting craft, pace and commercial impact. As an instrumental member of our shoot production team, you will work closely with the Industrial Design team to showcase the creativity and innovation behind our products, ensuring these qualities are communicated in a way that aligns with our brand’s visual identity.

You bring ambition without ego. You elevate the people around you. You care about effectiveness, not just aesthetics. This is a role with real ownership and influence for someone who wants to make work that feels new, desirable and relevant.

What you’ll be doing:

• Creative Impact:

• Own projects from brief to final delivery, aligning on objectives, success metrics and creative direction

• Push ideas forward at every stage, keeping clarity and momentum across stakeholders

• Make confident decisions that balance creative ambition with budget, timelines and performance needs

• Set a high bar for premium and contemporary visual language, from concept through to finish

• Bring strong references, track competitors, and share inspiration that keeps the work sharp and current

• Contribute to storyboards, shot lists and creative treatments for video and motion projects

• Understand how content performs across platforms and tailor creative decisions accordingly

• Ensure imagery and motion are optimised for digital channels without compromising brand quality

• Stay curious and experimental with tools, techniques and technology, applying them thoughtfully

• Production and Shoot Direction:

• Plan, organise and art direct photography and motion shoots with confidence

• Source products, props, locations and crew, and lead shoot days smoothly and efficiently

• Work closely with photographers, stylists, editors, retouchers and CGI partners to achieve cohesive, on brand results

• Keep delivery moving with strong planning, clear timelines, and early flagging of risks

• Maintain clean handovers, approvals, version control and asset delivery

• Uphold best practice in file structures, archiving and digital asset management through our systems

What we need from you:

• Proven experience as an Art Director or Senior Creative in a brand, studio or agency environment, ideally across lifestyle, product and campaign work

• Strong visual judgement, organisation and attention to detail

• Confident leading shoots and creative projects from concept through to delivery, including post-production

• Able to take feedback well, translate it quickly, and turn it into clear creative action

• Comfortable reviewing retouching, layouts and final assets, and making clear art direction calls

• Experience collaborating with photographers, stylists, retouchers, editors and motion partners using industry-standard workflows

• Familiarity with digital production tools, asset management systems and collaborative platforms (SharePoint or similar)

• Working understanding of video and motion workflows, even if you’re not hands-on in edit

• Tools:

• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills, especially Photoshop

• Strong working proficiency in InDesign and Illustrator

• After Effects understanding

• Basic understanding of Figma and AI creative tools

• Capture One (for selecting photography on set)

• Ability to handle camera and capture motion and stills is a plus

• Please note: we can only accept applications with a portfolio attached, either online or as a PDF.

What you’ll get from us:

• Competitive salary and holiday allowance

• Company performance related bonus

• A pension contribution

• An exclusive staff discount

• 24/7 healthcare appointment support

• Hybrid working – 3 days in office & 2 days from home and flex start/finish times

• External private employee wellbeing support

• Access to Perkbox

• Volunteer days

• Team Recognition scheme

• Training and Development

• Holiday carry-over scheme

• Season-ticket travel loan

• Cycle to work scheme

• Parental Leave support

• Holiday trading (buy/sell) and extra holiday days for long service

We’re looking for someone who’s as strong at concept as they are on set. You can lead projects end to end, make confident calls, and bring a premium, contemporary brand to life through visual storytelling that actually lands in the real world.