Freelance — Senior Art Director

About the Position

We are looking for a Freelance - Senior Art Director to join Bakken & Bæck, a design and technology studio that helps companies break new ground. As an Art Director, you will lead and elevate how we approach image-led storytelling and brand experiences. This role is ideal for someone who thinks through images first and understands how photography, film, illustration, CGI, motion, and digital systems come together to build coherent and culturally sharp brand worlds.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Art Director to lead and elevate how we approach image-led storytelling and brand experiences at Bakken & Bæck. Much of our work is about making complex technologies understandable and relevant through strong concepts, distinctive visual languages, and emotionally resonant creative systems.

You will shape the visual direction of projects from early concepts and treatments through to production and final execution, working closely with designers, developers, strategists, and writers.

Responsibilities

• Leading art direction across brand and BB projects through conception, execution, and delivery.
• Defining the visual world of a brand through image-led storytelling (photography, film, illustration, CGI, and motion).
• Developing clear image-making principles, including mood, casting, styling, lighting, composition, and post-production direction.
• Defining and directing on-set photoshoots, filmed productions, and CGI workflows from treatment through final delivery.
• Owning quality control across retouching, edit, grading, and final asset delivery.
• Sourcing and collaborating with talented partners (3D artists, illustrators, photographers, filmmakers, sound designers) to enhance the quality of the work.
• Staying ahead of cultural movements, visual trends, AI-enabled production methods, and emerging technologies to create distinctive and future-facing visual content.
• Ability to articulate and present to internal teams and clients in a confident and coherent manner.
• Help shape image art direction as a discipline and how this can contribute to wider brand processes and visual narratives as a studio.

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience within a creative agency, production company, or in-house brand team, with a robust portfolio that demonstrates the ability to shape compelling ideas with impeccable craft and taste, preferably within tech and digital experiences.
• Keen understanding of screen-based brand expressions and storytelling through design and image.
• You strive for excellence in your creative and technical skills, with a deep understanding of the creative process across pre-production, on-set, and post-production.
• You take a pragmatic and holistic approach – collaborating with teams to ensure ideas are feasible while maintaining alignment and high standards with brand and strategy.
• You are an inclusive team player who motivates others and brings a positive energy to team collaborations.
• Ability to work independently and proactively within a trans-disciplinary team.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, experience with motion graphics, generative tools, and/or 3D design is a plus.

We Offer

• Independence - BB is an independently-owned studio. We have the freedom to orient towards the projects we believe in, create a culture that is driven by people with small egos and huge hearts, and invest in long-term relationships with partners whose ambitions match our own.
• Autonomy - Our culture is built on autonomy, responsibility, and mutual trust. Instead of being prescribed a way to do things, we have the freedom to explore and develop our own methods and approaches, and to learn by doing.
• Flexibility - We all have different needs when it comes to how we work. We are flexible on working hours, open to workations, and can provide opportunities to relocate to one of our other offices, as long as it doesn't hinder our projects and our team’s progress.
• Doing things together - Collaboration lies at the core of our culture. Whether through trips or team dinners, we prioritize bonding experiences across offices when we can, fostering camaraderie and creativity.
• Our offices - We have invested in creating welcoming spaces that provide our teams with what they need. Beyond the day-to-day, we use our offices to host team events, talks, and parties.

About the Company

Bakken & Bæck is a design and technology studio. We build digital products, from zero to launch. Founded in 2012, we have about 60 co-workers and operate from multiple locations including Oslo, Amsterdam, Bonn, Barcelona, and London. We are currently envisioning this role as a freelance position spanning several months and across multiple projects.