Art Director - Interim

Are you a digital specialist ready to shape the creative vision for the world’s largest jewellery brand? Do you have a passion for pioneering digital innovation and transforming brand identity into powerful, visually stunning digital assets? If so, keep reading—this could be the opportunity for you!

A new 12-month maternity cover opportunity has arisen for an Art Director. This is a pivotal role shaping the visual identity of global brand and Global Campaigns. This person will partner with the Creative Director, external agencies, and internal stakeholders to deliver compelling, high-quality creative work across digital, print, retail, and social platforms.

The Art Director ensures that every visual output not only aligns with brand standards but also breaks creative ground to drive engagement and brand elevation globally. 

Key Accountabilities: 

• Co-develop campaign concepts and visual storytelling in partnership with the Creative Director and external brand agency. 
• Lead the creation and delivery of consistent, high-impact visual assets across all touchpoints—digital, social, in-store, eCommerce, and print. 
• Provide creative direction during photo and video shoots, collaborating closely with photographers, stylists, and production teams to realize the creative vision. 
• Work cross-functionally with designers, writers, strategists, project managers, and production to ensure concept fidelity and timely asset delivery. 
• Maintain a balance between global brand consistency and local relevance by overseeing the development of toolkits, guidelines, and scalable templates. 
• Ensure adherence to brand guidelines while infusing innovative, trend-aware elements into creative outputs. 
• Supervise and guide the customization and localization of creative work for regional adaptation, including partnership with external agencies. 

Required experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Art Direction, or a related creative discipline. 
• 7+ years of professional experience in an art direction or senior design role, with strong campaign and visual storytelling work in a global context. 
• A portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking and creative excellence across digital, print, retail, and content production. 

To succeed in this role, you should have the capability to take the lead on projects autonomously, serve as a role model for our values, inspire and mentor your colleagues, and actively share your knowledge to inspire team growth. You're entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring that our digital assets and campaigns meet the pinnacle of quality and align seamlessly with our brand values. Furthermore, you should have the following experience.

• Art Direction: Strong conceptual thinking and an expert-level eye for layout, typography, color, and visual hierarchy across formats. 
• Campaign Execution: Proven experience leading integrated brand campaigns from concept through production and final rollout. 
• Visual Storytelling: Ability to translate abstract brand ideas into compelling, consumer-facing visuals. 
• Production Expertise: Experience directing shoots and overseeing content production to align with campaign vision and quality expectations. 
• Postproduction & Video Editing: Skilled in video postproduction, animation, and moving image editing, with experience in storyboarding and crafting engaging visual narratives.
• Creative Leadership: Ability to inspire and guide both internal teams and external agencies to deliver high-quality work. 
• Toolkits & Localization: Skilled in building scalable creative toolkits and ensuring effective localization across regions and languages. 
• Trend Awareness: Strong grasp of market, design, and cultural trends that inform fresh, relevant creative development. 

Did we get your attention? If you see yourself in the position and would like to become a part of Pandora’s future, please do not hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible.

You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com

Icing on the cake You will be working out of our beautiful Head Office in Copenhagen V, established in 2016 and designed to unite and inspire our teams. Besides our beautiful interior design we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

About Pandora

Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand, specialising in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewellery made from high-quality materials. Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, allowing people to share their stories and passions through meaningful jewellery. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 6,800 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 37,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery using only recycled silver and gold. Pandora is committed to leadership in sustainability and has set out to halve greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2030. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 31.7 billion (EUR 4.2 billion) in 2024.

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued

Recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s Best Workplaces and ranked #1 among Danish companies, Pandora is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that reflecting the diversity of society in how we engage with our customers is essential to fulfilling our purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We are dedicated to nurturing a culture where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive