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<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About Pinterest:</strong></p>
<p>Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.</p>
<p>Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the <a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-life/pinflex/">flexibility</a> to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.</p>
<p>At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.</p>
<p>Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process <a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-philosophy-on-ai-in-hiring/">here</a>.</p></div><p>This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to help build Pinterest's EMEA creative department from the start, as part of House of Creative. As an Art Director, you'll play an integral role in shaping the next iteration of the Pinterest brand — launching global, culturally relevant, award-winning campaigns with a particular emphasis on concepting and art direction. Working across both consumer and B2B marketing, you'll partner with Creative Leaders across the company to tell our story in the most impactful and inspiring way to Consumers, Creators, and Advertisers.</p>
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<p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p>
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<li>Conceptualize and develop compelling campaign creative from end to end – taking embryonic ideas towards their strongest possible 360 degree creative execution.</li>
<li>Create memorable films, commercials, and 360° campaigns, including brand partnership work.</li>
<li>Art direct photography and video shoots, from treatments and mood boards through to final selects.</li>
<li>Uplevel creative quality of work across the team in partnership with marketing - delivering both business results and international recognition for the Pinterest brand in the industry</li>
<li>Provide meaningful feedback to in-house art directors and designers (across a breadth of disciplines, like graphic, motion, digital, video, editing, etc) across a variety of formats</li>
<li>Compellingly represent the thinking behind your team’s work to key stakeholders, creative directors and team members Compellingly represent the thinking behind your work to key stakeholders, creative directors and team members, including partnering with the US creative team to adapt flagship campaigns for EMEA markets when needed.</li>
<li>Bring depth to conceptual creative direction, art direction, and design</li>
<li>Use AI tools thoughtfully to explore more ideas faster and bring concepts to life, while owning the craft and quality of the final work</li>
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<p><strong>What we’re looking for:</strong><strong><br></strong></p>
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<li>Minimum of 8 years of experience as an art director with an emphasis on producing film, commercials, and 360 campaigns (with 3+ of those years in a creative leadership role)</li>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Visual Communications, Design, Advertising, or equivalent experience</li>
<li>A book of work with examples of outstanding creative across a variety of brands </li>
<li>Excellent leadership, mentorship, and interpersonal skills, with a track record of inspiring creative teams to achieve their best work</li>
<li>Strong grasp of art direction and design craft across a wide variety of formats</li>
<li>Proven ability to craft a story or concept that shapes culture, rather than reacting to it </li>
<li>Strong presentation skills, with an ability to convey complex concepts in compellingly simple terms</li>
<li>Proven experience art directing on set and managing production partners, from treatments and mood boards through to final selects.</li>
<li>An accomplished creative leader who can bring out the best work in others and produce exceptionally high quality work individually</li>
<li>An expert collaborator: a creative with deep experience working with writing partners to develop concepts, through to execution</li>
<li>Hands-on experience using generative AI tools in your art direction process (e.g. concepting, mood boards, pre-visualisation), with strong judgement on originality, brand consistency, rights and representation</li>
<li>Full proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma</li>
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<p><strong>Why this role is compelling for a strong candidate:</strong></p>
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<li>A ground-floor opportunity to help build and shape Pinterest's EMEA creative department from scratch, within House of Creative — a globally recognized, award-winning in-house team.</li>
<li>Close partnership with Pinterest's US creative team, with exposure to global brand strategy and campaigns.</li>
<li>Based in London, creating high-impact work for one of the world's most visually iconic platforms.</li>
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<p><strong>Relocation Statement:</strong> This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our <a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/pinflex/">PinFlex</a> page to learn more about our working model.</p>
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<p><strong>In-Office Requirement Statement</strong></p>
<p>Collaboration with colleagues in-office at least one day a week. We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role. This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration <strong>on average 1 time per week</strong> and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices <strong>London</strong>.</p>
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<p> #LI-AKEO</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Our Commitment to Inclusion:</strong></p>
<div>Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete <a href="https://forms.gle/sS24D4WboEKUZMQK6">this form</a> for support.</div>
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<div><em>By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.</em></div></div>