Do you have beauty experience in creating new brands, brand identity and product design? If so, this could be the role for you.
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and driven Creative Director with beauty product experience to join our amazing team.
At Matrix, we are brand and product creators in the beauty, lifestyle and wellness space. We are looking for a creative hands-on leader, with commercial awareness to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, to deliver a bold and creative vision across our 3 business units.
Responsibilities:
- Accountable for leading the creative studio team; ensuring that projects are briefed brilliantly, the direction is given effectively, and work is produced on time and to brief, with best-in-class standards and lots of curiosity
- Accountable for delivery of amazing creative work across brand identity, product, packaging, shopper marketing, digital, and communications, both for our owned brands and for our clients
- Play a leading visionary role, levelling up our existing and future creative output by motivating and inspiring the team to upskill and think outside of the box to ensure we are producing work that wows
- Leverage inspiration, strategic direction, and insights to build a strong creative output and ideas that are in line with the strategy, insight or core concept
- Form brilliant partnerships with key internal partners such as Head of Planning and Insights, Head of Business Unit, Head of Brands
- Have full visibility of the progress of all creative and design projects; ensuring that deadlines and brief deliverables are hit to a high standard
- Experience of interpreting a marketing brief and designing assets that tell a story in a clear and compelling way
- Deliver compelling presentations with amazing storytelling, demonstrating understanding key objectives and brand positioning
- Find innovative and engaging ways of presenting work which will provide sizzle both for our owned brands and our clients
- Champion introduction of new technologies that can both broaden the role and evolve the outputs of the creative studio
- Ensure we consistently champion sustainability within all project work
- Coach and direct the creative studio team, building their skills and confidence whilst managing their performance
- Be knowledgeable and curious about the beauty industry, trends, creative industry and technological developments, regularly attending events and taking time for research to drive inspiration in the team
Requirements:
- A passion for creating brands and products that are aesthetically amazing
- Extensive beauty industry experience, especially beauty product design
- Great communication and collaboration mindset
- Ability to articulate creative concepts and rationale with brilliant storytelling
- Exceptional team leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire, whilst being hands-on when required
- Experience of managing and developing a team of designers, freelancers, and a studio manager
- Highly imaginative and curious, with the ability to spot opportunities, create new ideas and make things happen
- Strong portfolio full of successful designs that demonstrate market awareness and commercial pragmatism
- Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills
- A knowledge of 3D, tech & digital design is strongly beneficial
Life at Matrix
Our culture is based on an amazing team of people who demonstrate great Drive, show Curiosity, take Ownership and strongly value Relationships
Matrix is committed to promoting a positive workplace culture by rewarding people for the great work they do. Here are just some of our fantastic benefits you’ll get when you join us!
- Unlimited holiday
- Flexible working
- Team Events & Socials
- Private Medical Insurance
- Pension
- Season Ticket Loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Matrix is dedicated to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Matrix
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