Head of Creative Services and Events

London, UK (Hybrid)

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Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the global creative voice by leading an in-house studio across design, video, branded content, and events, delivering audience-centred work that reinforces Wellcome’s mission.

  • Lead the multidisciplinary team and strategy for design, video, content, and events to ensure creative excellence and brand alignment.
  • Shape global communications with Corporate Affairs to engage audiences worldwide and strengthen reputation.
  • Advise senior stakeholders, translate briefs into impactful campaigns, and manage agencies and budgets to drive organisational outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead our in-house creative studio, bringing together expertise across design, video production, branded content and events
  • Work across Corporate Affairs and the wider organisation to shape how Wellcome communicates its ideas and engages audiences around the world
  • Provide strategic creative direction while leading a multidisciplinary team to deliver audience-centred work that supports Wellcome's mission and strengthens global reputation
  • Set the creative direction across our design, video, content and events portfolio, ensuring outputs are strategically focused, creatively excellent and aligned with our brand
  • Lead integrated campaigns and flagship events, oversee external agencies and production partners, and coach a high-performing team
  • Act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, helping shape briefs, challenge constructively and ensure creative work delivers meaningful organisational impact

Requirements

  • Significant senior creative leadership experience spanning design, video production, branded content and events
  • Proven experience leading, developing and inspiring multidisciplinary creative teams while maintaining exceptionally high creative standards
  • Demonstrable success influencing senior stakeholders and building trusted relationships across complex organisations
  • Experience delivering integrated creative campaigns and high-profile events from strategic concept through to successful delivery
  • Strong understanding of brand strategy, storytelling and audience-centred creative, with experience managing agencies, budgets and complex creative programmes

Nice to have

    Benefits

    • Hybrid working: 3 days in Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with remaining days remote or in the office
    • Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome, flexible working options for all roles, and adjustments/ accessibility information available on request
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    Wellcome Trust

    Wellcome supports science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone. We’re a global charitable foundation. And we want everyone to benefit from science’s potential to improve health and save lives.We support discovery research into life, health and wellbeing, and we’re taking on three worldwide health challenges: mental health, climate and health and infectious diseases.Ask us questions, comment on posts and share your thoughts with us. We want to spark conversations, inspire debate and create new collaborations.Find out more about Wellcome: https://wellcome.org/who-we-are

    Founded in 1936
    London, England, GBR
    1.5K employees (141 in marketing)

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    Traffic Source Mix
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    48.3%
    Direct
    40%
    Referral
    8.4%
    Social
    2.2%
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