Junior Art Director

We are looking for someone at the beginning of their career whose taste is already ahead of their experience.

Collective is a London born bike brand with a world that goes well beyond bikes.

We have collaborated and created projects with Jordan Brand, Oakley, and Nike. We have produced campaigns and activations in London and Milan, brought bike life to FISE World Montpellier, and created One World One Wheel, which connected thousands of riders across five continents in a single day.

We are now building across the UK and Europe.

The creative opportunity is broad.

Campaigns. New products. Art direction. Photography. Film. Collaborations. Events. Rider projects. Brand identity.

You will be involved when the idea is being formed, not brought in at the end to make the assets.

You will work directly with the founder and with photographers, filmmakers, riders, collaborators and brands. There is very little distance between an idea and something going live.

For someone early in their career, that is the opportunity. We are not looking for a finished Art Director. We are looking for a very good designer with exceptional visual judgement and the potential to become one.

Your graphic design fundamentals need to be strong. Typography, composition, layout and image selection matter. Photoshop and Illustrator should already feel comfortable. Some experience with photography, moving image or editing is useful. It does not need to be advanced. Maybe you have experimented at university. Maybe you shoot your own projects. Maybe you have taught yourself.

Those skills can develop. The eye comes first.

You should have strong references, good instincts and opinions about work. You should care about fashion, photography, film, music, design and the wider culture around you. You should be able to look at something and understand why it works, or why it does not.

This could be your first Art Director role. The aim is to give the right person enough exposure, responsibility and range to grow quickly into a genuinely multidisciplinary creative. The role is initially two to three days per week, so it can sit alongside your own practice, freelance work or personal projects. For the right person there is a real opportunity for it to become full time.