Creative Lead

Responsibilities

• Develop original concepts for campaigns, launches and ongoing content, independently and with the Digital Design Lead and Head of Creative.
• Turn briefs, audience insights and product benefits into clear campaign ideas and narratives.
• Partner with the Head of Creative and Digital Design Lead to connect storytelling, design, film and photography.
• Present treatments, mood boards, storyboards and campaign outlines that explain each idea, its rationale and execution.
• Adapt central concepts for social, digital, eCommerce, retail and wider brand communications.
• Introduce cultural references, emerging talent and fresh content formats.
• Refine concepts through feedback, protecting their strength and clarity.
• Lead integrated campaigns, shoots and content production from creative development and scoping to final delivery.
• Maintain brand and concept consistency across social, digital, visual merchandising and point of sale.
• Own planning, budgets, schedules, casting, locations, suppliers, shoot logistics and post-production within agreed budgets and approval limits.

Requirements

• Substantial creative production experience -managing shoots, production budgets, external partners and post-production.
• Substantial creative concept development - pitching ideas fit for the consumer and delivering integrated campaigns suited to brand and channels.
• Understand beauty audiences, trends and visual storytelling, translating product benefits into distinctive creative. Direct beauty, fashion or wellness brand experience is an advantage, not a requirement.
• A portfolio of original concepts, treatments and finished work showing your contribution at each stage.
• Strong visual judgement and storytelling across moving image, photography, digital and social.
• Proven experience managing and developing a direct report, setting priorities, coaching and supporting wellbeing.
• Inspiring presentation skills, commercial judgement and experience influencing senior stakeholders on decisions and priorities.
• A collaborative, proactive approach, with confidence to contribute ideas and the humility and skills to deliver them.

Benefits

• - 🕒 Flexible working hours with core hours from 10am to 4pm
• - 🏢 Working 2 days in the office and 3 days from home
• - 💆‍♂️ Free in-office massages
• - 👶 Enhanced family policies
• - 🌸 Supportive Period & Menopause Policies
• - 🛡️ Life assurance at 4x your salary
• - 🏥 Private medical insurance
• - 💊 Medical cash plan for everyday healthcare needs
• - 🚴‍♀️ Cycle to Work Scheme
• - 🎉 Meeting-free Fridays with an early 4:00 pm finish to kickstart your weekend!