Social Creative/ Social Art Director

Role: Social Creative/ Social Art Director

Location: London, UK. Mainly working from home, with the option to work from the IIG head office (RA) or the client’s HQ

ROLE MISSION

Working in partnership with our client, the Social Creative takes social content projects from brief to completion. This role will provide new ideas and creativity whilst working closely with the client’s brand guidelines, working within specified timeframes. You will be working with a growing in-house creative agency servicing the client, including their Global Corporate communications.

THIS ROLE IS RIGHT FOR YOU IF…

The ideal candidate will be someone who lives and breathes social media, with strong understanding of conceptual digital creative, social platforms and digital best practice. The role is fast paced and responsive working across multiple content assets and social activity within the client’s organisation.

The ideal candidate will be someone with good foundations in digital and specifically social media, with a desire to create impactful, best in class stand out digital work. Absolute knowledge of all major social media platforms is a must as well as an understanding and desire to tailor creative ideas for them. You’ll ideally be from a digital/social background with around 5 years’ experience and must understand the strict guidelines to respect and ensures consistency and accuracy across all creatives.

We have a great working relationship with our clients as there is no ‘us and them’ culture. We are looking for people who want to work closer with clients and brands, who are entrepreneurial and relish the opportunity to be a part of something new and dynamic.

ABOUT THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING

Reporting to the Lead Designer and Account Director, the Social Creative works alongside the team of 6. You will produce assets to be posted on their Global social accounts, to support the brand mission, engage their target audience and bring to life their ideas and ambitions. Working as part of the growing inhouse agency’s Corporate team, you will be supporting the client’s social media activity, primarily through LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, engaging its target audience and bringing to life their ideas and ambitions.

Our social team works across the following:

• Strategy – social & content
• Creative & design
• Content production & post
• Paid & optimisation

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN YOUR ROLE

• Producing design / ideas to the client’s brief and exacting standards from the outset until completion
• Positively influencing clients with creative input in addition to undertaking and pitching new creative concepts
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the clients’ objectives and formulate plan of action to achieve them by creating inspiring and exciting content
• Be an entrepreneurial lead on the development of creative and output
• Work in collaboration with the growing in house agency, for the client account (including a Social Strategist and Social Media Manager), as well as creative and brand teams to deliver best-in-class performance campaigns
• Be a brand guardian for the client, ensuring the guidelines and tone of voice are respected across all assets being produced by the Studio.
• Create digital assets, social media assets, video’s, GIF’s, MEMEs, and different event and campaign collateral
• Look for innovative ways to develop new creative within the guidelines, marketing and production opportunities.
• Keenly evaluate and monitor industry trends and brands, research industry developments in branding and marketing to be at the forefront of creative excellence
• Develop a deep understanding of target audiences and the client’s marketing strategy to deliver high quality results that have an instant and positive impact
• Strong project management skills to effectively manage workloads within agreed timescales, teamed with an aptitude for managing multiple varying sized projects seamlessly for a high-profile client
• Keeping up to date with current digital and creative trends.

WHAT SKILLS WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL

• Strong conceptual skills and an understanding of class leading social campaigns and why they work
• Passionate about digital & social media and understand the latest innovations across platforms.
• Love working in a fast-paced adaptable environment.
• Able to work both independently, and collaboratively within a team.
• Excellent client engagement skills with the ability to proactively organise and influence clients and build strong and effective working relationships
• An innate creative flair, strong art direction and concepting skills – full of ideas across multi-platforms
• Desire to learn and offer new skills and do this without being prompted.
• A background in social media implementation and creative.
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong typography, layout and technical skills with excellent attention to detail
• An understanding how to work across, social media posts, web design, UI design and storytelling
• An understanding of UX and latest Social and Digital technology trends
• Storyboarding Animation concepts
• Nice to have – motion and video skills using After Effects & Premiere.
• The ability to talk through your ideas confidently with the team and clients

5 + years of relevant experience in:

• Conceptual skills
• Social Media
• Digital
• Web Design

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Lots of agencies say they’re different. OLIVER is.

OLIVER believes that agencies work better inside a brand’s organisation; delivering more effective work at the speed required to drive modern businesses forward. Using our unique Inside Intelligence methodology, we build specialist, dedicated in-house agencies that collaborate with clients to form better marketing solutions.

Established in 2004, our model is now driven by over 2000 people, working across more than 200 in-house agencies globally. Clients include The Guardian, Unilever, Barclaycard, PepsiCo, AXA, The AA, Adidas, BMW, Post Office, and 3M. OLIVER is part of the Inside Ideas Group (IIG), which also includes a global content agency to Adjust your Set, design, experience, and engineering company DARE and property marketing specialists Aylesworth Fleming.

OUR VALUES

We are a company built on our values, we have given you a brief overview below but would love to tell you more.

Be Ambitious to succeed

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work

Be always learning and listening to understand

Be Results-focused to exceed expectations

Inside Ideas Group and its’ affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All suitable applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

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Job ID: 4673

INSIDE IDEAS GROUP LTD