Senior Art Director

What you’ll be doing...

As the Senior Art Director at Bleach London you’ll be spearheading and strategically directing the visual identity of the brand through the gaze of the brand’s Creative Director, Alex Brownsell.

This role will concept, collaborate, direct and execute with our in house creative team of Creative Editors, Motion Designers, Junior Art Directors and Graphic Designers to execute fun and engaging creative content and experience. Our content is both aspirational and educational for our Products and Salons businesses, taking all things “brand and creative” to the next level as we grow in new territories, namely, the U.S market.

We’re a diverse and credible team set to build a business of significant value in the $70B haircare industry, and the Senior Art Director is central to delivering on our vision.

Welcome to Bleach!

The meteoric rise of hair brand Bleach London is best described by Time Out as  “The grungy salon that pioneered the dip-dye, then conquered the globe.” The female-led, boundary-pushing business was launched by Alex Brownsell and Sam Campbell in 2010 as the world’s first salon focused on colour.

With a closely knit family of international premises, ever-expanding vegan product range and intuitive digital salon services, Brownsell and Campbell have reimagined the way people approach their hair. They’re on a mission to make Bleach’s expertise accessible to all, so anyone can express themselves through their hair colour affordably and informatively.

Carried in UK retailers including Boots, Superdrug, Cult Beauty and ASOS, Bleach London opened a LA Based Salon in 2021 and has a significant US National Retailer launch planned for 2022. The coveted Bleach brand, regularly featured in Vogue, Dazed, i-D and more, paired with its pioneering approach, marks a new era in digital beauty and at-home hair dyeing.

We’re looking for...

• An articulate,  inspirational, creative lead and team player with a range of skills and abilities to deliver beyond expectations on time, on budget and on brief.
• An agile creative that can work with fast turnaround sprints and longer-haul bigger picture thinking creative with the brand’s vision in mind every time.
• An individual with an eye for detail ensuring brand language is consistent across all media and platforms ensuring evolution where needed to move with and set trends, technology and relevance.
• Someone that is passionate about delivering multifaceted 360 campaigns and design with innovation, progression and relevance in mind.
• Someone who is passionate about championing and working with new and up and coming talent as well as having enviable referencing from all corners of the art and fashion industry, past and present.
• A solutions driven, can-do positive attitude that inspires both team members and colleagues.
• Someone who embodies the Bleach values and champions individuality and self expression.

The must have experience...

• Senior experience across 360 Campaign experience from in store, digital campaigns to OOH print and social media adaptations of concepts with motion, experiential and stills knowledge.
• Vast experience of shoots from directing initial concepts through to execution. Directing casting, set design, HMU, photography direction, video direction, social capture direction, editing, post production and file delivery.
• Ideally someone with varied experience in fashion and/ or Beauty from high end luxury to niche street brands.
• Managing multiple projects at one time.
• Self shooting photographer is preferred with basic lighting and shooting knowledge, we have as much of a DIY approach to creating content as we do to our at home hair colouring!

Technical skills include:

• Adobe Creative Cloud suite: Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and XD.
• Knowledge in motion: AE, Cinema 4d, Premier Pro, Final Cut
• Knowledge in digital: Figma, Wireframing, process flow
• Knowledge in digital front end: CSS, HTML, Javascript

Some of the benefits we offer.

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Private medical care for you, your partner, and dependents, including dental and optical benefit!
• Generous parental leave
• Work from anywhere - we offer flexible, hybrid working from home and from our gorgeous office space in Dalston.
• CycleScheme
• A suite of wellness initiatives, including: