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We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

The Role: This is an FTC until October 2026
The Content Creator and Art Director is a key part of the creative team. Reporting into the Senior Styling Manager, you will be responsible for implementing New Look’s brand through the creation and delivery of concepts and assets across our online and offline channels.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Private pension scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave (eligible after 2 years’ service).
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

What you’ll be doing:

• Plan and deliver art direction for still life and video shoots, branding and content output, ensuring our creative is on-brand, on-message, engaging and delivering product stories within agreed budgets.
• Focus on print and digital activations (.com, app, organic and paid social, POS,), maximising our shoot output to ensure it is tailored to fulfil our cross-channel needs.
• Work closely with the Art Director Lead to deliver on seasonal narratives ensuring you are delivering the brand’s purpose: inspiring That New Look Feeling.
• Commission, develop and maintain relationships with photographers, videographers, re-touchers, production agencies, studios, hair and make up artists, who reflect our brand values.
• Partner closely with buying/design/merchandising, content, marketing, social, PR, CRM, Paid Marketing, UX, production and trade teams to effectively steer projects and meet KPIs.
• Utilise studios, studio 45 and locations for shoots.
• Work closely with the talent and influencer team to ensure art direction principles are delivered across 3rd party creators including paid for talent and UGC.

Who you are:

• Proven depth of experience in commissioning and directing photography, design and moving imagery in an omnichannel retail environment.
• Relevant experience in women’s fashion – experience in men’s and/or children’s fashion a plus.
• A roster of relevant photographers, directors, stylists, and creatives.
• Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills.
• Experience in creating visuals for digital, print and social executions, special projects and campaigns – especially for paid and organic media channels.
• Detail orientated and well organized.
• A positive and collaborative attitude, both with your own team, the wider organisation and external collaborators.

Why New Look?
We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

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