Creative Lead; FTC

What you will do as our Creative Lead?

In this role you will be responsible for the following:

• Responsible for final output on all customer facing communications including but not limited to:
  Web creative, emails, affiliates, Paid social assets, Instore windows & visuals, POS, and packaging.
• Overseeing the workflow for the creative team and creating an environment that promotes creativity.
• Develop the skill set of the creative team providing technical and creative support.
• Ensure all projects are completed on time and to a high standard.
• Work with copy to generate cohesion between copy and creative.
• Managing the creative budget.
• Ensure assets are being shared with the larger business for international usage.

• Be a key part of the wider Marketing team with a keen understanding of the campaign calender.
• Communicate projects and direction with key stake holders across the business.
• Present creative concepts to internal and external teams to gain buy in and present a clear direction.
• Understand the big picture of company direction and filter down to team and external suppliers.

• Ability to manage the entire creative process from ideation through to final delivery.
• Be hands on with the ability to pick up projects when needed.
• Art directing all campaign & in house shoots.
• Solid understanding of photography and retouching processes.
• Production experience, building teams of freelancers where needed and juggling multiple shoots in a hands-on environment.
• Ability to generate impactful creative assets across various channels and formats.
• Work with the in-house ecommerce studio to ensure ecommerce imagery is effective and to a high standard.
• Act as brand guardian ensuring a consistent visual tone of voice across the customer experience both in store and online.
• Maintain and uphold the style guidelines for the brand.
• Liaise with third party agencies on major campaigns.

The perfect candidate will have a wealth of design, art direction &management experience. You may be either in-house or from an agency, but you have a portfolio which shows your work within either accessories, fashion, or beauty.

You will have lots of skills in your toolbox but find these to be at the core of your work:

• Can communicate clearly and concisely in written, verbal and visual forms.
• Strong presentation skills, comfortable delivering a structured creative presentation internally and externally.
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Experience working on both digital and print projects including large format and window display.
• A strong understanding of photography and light.
• In depth knowledge of User experience design
• Highly organised, with a pragmatic approach.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and juggle multiple projects at once.

There are fundamental characteristics that will make you a success in this role, which include:

• You consider yourself a balance between creative and analytical.
• Are on top of trends in fashion and retail as well as graphics and design.
• Lead by example and are happy to get stuck in when needed.
• Are customer obsessed, always thinking of the customer journey.
• Enjoy learning and are not afraid to fail.
• Scrutinize the details while still seeing the big picture, are always thinking of what lies ahead.
• Comfortable giving honest and constructive feedback with the ability to develop from a critique.
• You use your initiative and are able to work autonomously and make decisions while remaining part of the team.
• Remain calm under pressure and are a creative problem solver, with the ability to adapt to change.
• Have a positive approach with a can-do attitude.

We love someone who has additional skill sets they can use within the role, in particular:

• Expert in Figma, Proficient in & Adobe suite including Photoshop, In design and Illustrator, Photography & a light capability in Retouching
• Understanding of Adobe After Effects (Desirable)

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to purchase additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Bonus day off each year after 6…