Senior Designer / Art Director (Beauty and Luxury) in London

At Design Bridge and Partners we design brands with the power to move. Pulling people towards them with an irresistible force that compels and connects. With 900 creative minds across 17 studios worldwide, diverse in expertise, experience, backgrounds and beliefs, we are united in our ambition to achieve real impact for our clients’ brands benefiting their business, people and the planet.

With expertise across brand strategy, brand design, brand engagement and brand effectiveness our clients across the world include NASA Artemis, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Mastercard, Intel, HSBC, Tencent, Twitch, Heineken, Reckitt and the BBC.

We’re looking for a Senior Designer / Art Director to join our London studio and play a key role in shaping and growing our beauty-focused offer. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is not only passionate about beauty, but deeply curious about its future, culturally, creatively, and commercially.

You’ll be integral to a dedicated beauty team that explores how brands can close the gap between what they stand for and what people truly feel. Working across a diverse range of beauty and personal care projects, from established global players to emerging, challenger brands, you’ll help create brand worlds that resonate in an increasingly fragmented, high-choice, fast-moving landscape.

This role goes beyond execution. You’ll contribute to defining how beauty brands show up in culture, how they build emotional connection and community, and how they balance purpose, product excellence, and innovation. From brand identities and packaging systems to campaigns, content, and experiences, you’ll lead and deliver work that feels relevant, distinctive, and future-facing.

Collaborating closely with strategists, writers, and other creatives, you’ll help translate insight into powerful creative ideas, and ideas into beautifully crafted outputs. You’ll also play a part in evolving our thinking around new tools, technologies, and ways of working, including the thoughtful use of AI, to enhance creativity and effectiveness.

You’re a senior-level designer or art director with strong craft, a clear creative point of view, and a genuine love for beauty, lifestyle, and consumer brands. You understand the nuances of the category, from mass to premium, and know how to build brands that feel culturally attuned, emotionally engaging, and commercially strong.

Your portfolio shows confident thinking across brand identity, packaging, and communications, and demonstrates your ability to take ideas from concept through to delivery. You’re comfortable presenting and discussing work, asking the right questions, and constructively challenging briefs to get to better outcomes.

You thrive in collaborative environments, bring positive energy to teams, and enjoy mentoring and inspiring others. You’re curious about how brands can build communities, how purpose shows up authentically, and how emerging technologies can support, not replace, great creative thinking.

Above all, you’re excited by the opportunity to help grow a sector within the business, contributing not just to individual projects, but to a broader vision for the future of beauty.

We’re passionate about our people and their careers. We’ll help you develop your skills and provide you with outstanding benefits. So you’ll have a chance to make your mark on our future, as we make a mark on yours. We’re proud to be the world’s most awarded brand design agency, with 28 Cannes Lions to our name and Creative Review Annual’s Most Creative Design Agency of the Year 2024. You’ll get to take new projects to award-winning potential, as part of a connected team of brilliant, tenacious people right by your side and across the world.

We believe the best work happens when we’re together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That’s why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Design Bridge and Partners, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

Due to the volume of applications, we unfortunately can only respond to successful candidates. We will not accept unsolicited CVs or approaches via recruitment agencies.