Burberry Social Art Director
- Location
- ParisÎle-de-FranceFrance
- Employment
- Contract
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- Creative, Design & Styling
- Posted
- May 21, 2026
About Burberry
A luxury beauty house known for iconic product craftsmanship and culturally resonant creative campaigns. The employer operates with a digital-first mindset, collaborating closely with social, product and marketing teams to translate high-end brand codes into content suited for modern platforms and audiences.
Social Art Director (fixed-term) at a leading luxury beauty brand in Paris — lead social-first visual campaigns and produce content for Reels, TikTok and feeds.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the visual strategy and art direction for owned social channels, ensuring a coherent, on-brand aesthetic across formats (feeds, Reels, Stories, TikTok, Shorts).
- Conceive and produce social-first creative concepts from brief to final assets, including stills, motion, edits and short-form films.
- Develop and manage creative briefs, shot lists and art direction for in-studio and on-location shoots; direct photographers, stylists, talent and retouchers.
- Supervise post-production workflow, providing retouching and motion direction to guarantee high-quality deliverables tailored to platform specifications.
- Collaborate with social managers, content strategists, influencer teams and paid media to align creative with performance objectives and publishing calendars.
- Manage external production partners and freelance creatives, ensuring timelines, budgets and brand standards are met.
- Adapt global brand campaigns to local formats and markets while safeguarding visual coherence and compliance with brand guidelines.
- Maintain an organized creative asset library and a forward-looking visual roadmap to feed editorial and commercial content needs.
Qualifications
- Proven portfolio demonstrating social-first visual campaigns for beauty, fashion or luxury brands.
- Minimum 4–7 years of experience in art direction with demonstrable leadership on social and digital projects.
- Excellent eye for composition, color, retouching standards and motion storytelling specific to short-form formats.
- Strong project management skills with experience briefing and directing shoots, post-production and external agencies.
- Ability to translate marketing KPIs into creative solutions and iterate assets quickly based on performance data.
Skills
Experience
Several years (typically 4–7+) of progressive experience in art direction for beauty, fashion or luxury brands, with a strong track record of delivering social-first campaigns and managing shoots and post-production teams.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Photography, Film or a related discipline — or equivalent professional experience.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Culture
The workplace emphasizes creative excellence, rapid iteration and a deep respect for brand heritage while embracing contemporary social trends. Teams operate in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where cross-functional partnership with social, product and commercial stakeholders is essential.
About Cerulean
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