Conceptual Designer

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others.

From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.We’re looking for a Conceptual Designer/Art Director with strong advertising agency or brand-side creative experience to join KAYAK’s in-house creative team, based in London.You might come from a brand design background, a traditional creative team, a social-first environment, or somewhere in between. What matters most is that you know how to develop strong ideas, craft visually compelling work, and bring campaigns to life across multiple channels.At KAYAK, creativity plays a central role in how we grow our brands.

We’re looking for someone with strong visual instincts - someone who can turn product truths, cultural insight, and business challenges into work people actually notice. Work that entertains, builds the brand, and drives performance.You should be ready to take ownership of projects, combining concept and design with a hands-on, collaborative attitude. As comfortable having and communicating your ideas as you are bringing them to life in a progressive studio setting.This role will be required to work from our London office at least 3 days per week.In this role, you will:Develop creative concepts and visual executions across brand, performance, social, video, digital, OOH, and emerging platformsHelp take ideas from brief through execution while maintaining a high level of craftCreate visually distinctive work that cuts through in a crowded categoryPartner with writers, marketers, motion designers, and product teams to create cohesive, insight-led creativeContribute to visual identity, campaign platforms, moodboards, presentations, and creative strategyTranslate product truths and business challenges into emotionally resonant visual storytellingUse testing and performance insights to refine creative and improve resultsHelp maintain and elevate creative standards across the teamPlease apply if you are:5-7+ years into your creative career, with strong thinking, craft, and a portfolio that shows what you can doCurious, collaborative, and highly motivatedStrong conceptually, with excellent craft in art direction, design, and visual storytellingComfortable balancing creative ambition with commercial objectivesInterested in using data, testing, and audience insight to improve creative performancePassionate about branding, storytelling, travel, and cultureExcited by emerging creative tools and technologies, including AIReady to be part of an idea-first, progressive in-house studio You should ideally:Have experience working within an advertising agency or strong creative environmentHave a portfolio demonstrating thorough conceptual thinking and execution across multiple formatsDemonstratable experience working across digital, social, film, OOH, and emerging platformsHave a natural instinct for typography, composition, motion, and storytellingHave strong communication and collaboration skillsBe highly organised and comfortable managing multiple projects at onceHave a genuine passion for travel and creativityExperience in production process/motion design advantageous

Benefits

and Perks:5 weeks of paid vacationGenerous paid vacation + time off for your birthdayPrivate health & dental insuranceIncome protection and life assurancePension plan contributionsWork from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per yearFocus on mental health and well-being:Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealthCompany-paid subscription to HeadspaceCompany-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)No meeting FridaysPaid parental leavePaid volunteer timeFocus on your career growth:Development DollarsLeadership developmentAccess to thousand of on-demand e-learningsTravel DiscountsEmployee Resource GroupsEmployee Assistance Program - including 24/7 GP & free legal adviceDiscounted gym membershipBike2WorkSeason ticket loanSocial events & Thursday happy hoursFree lunch 2 days per week InclusionAt KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That’s why we’re focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.Need an accommodation for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up.

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