Creative Director
£60,000 – £70,000 per annum
Manchester, Northwest
We’re working with a multi award winning Creative & Design agencies based in the Northwest, who create visually stunning campaigns for some of the biggest brands across the globe.
They’ve opened the opportunity for a Creative Director to join their team and to be a part of the ever-growing creative department that invests time and energy into some of the most innovate designs across the most influential brands.
At the core, they understand the importance of culture in enabling you to do your best work. Progress is possible for everyone that joins them. The company reward ambition, invest in talent, and encourage you to forge your own path.
The Creative Director will bring a mix of marketing expertise and inspirational creativity to take organisation’s creative output to the next level.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Creative Strategists and our Fan Intelligence department to conduct internal and external creative workshops to collaboratively develop insight driven creative campaigns.
- Bring to life ambitious creative ideas, translating them into compelling print materials, digital experiences, and content experiences for visually sophisticated audiences
- Present, or oversee presentation of final concepts, inspiring our clients to purchase.
- Be an agency expert in creative market trends, visual communication, and the competitive landscape to inspire everyone in the agency to produce great work.
- Supervise a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, social media experts, photographers/videographers, and project managers in the strategic development of creative campaign messaging and deliverables.
- Review and approve art and copy developed by the team, ensuring deliverables that effectively address marketing goals and challenges.
- Build a world class team of internal and external creative resources to ensure that our creative is brilliantly executed.
Skills & Experience
- At least 10 years related experience with 7+ years of creative direction in an agency or In-house setting.
- Several years of experience creating marketing/advertising campaigns from developing vision and the message platform to overseeing production.
- Understanding and experience creating integrated campaigns across all marketing channels from digital, social media, paid media, mobile, but also understand offline and print.
- A passion for youth culture, specifically in gaming, esports, sport and music. Across the mainstream, next gen and counter-culture.
- Proven experience with concept development led by strategic insight.
- Highly skilled with leading a team of creative talent.
- Strong creative vision with an understanding of business objectives.
- Inspirational knowledge of creative marketing.
- Would be beneficial to have knowledge of gaming and esports
If you have the skills, experience and attributes for this role, then please get in contact with me today on 0161 388 8502 / 07799310387 or send your CV to [email protected]
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