Responsibilities

• Shape the creative future of P&O Cruises
• What does a holiday brand look and feel like when every detail matters?
• At P&O Cruises, we're evolving our brand and we're looking for an exceptional creative leader to help shape what comes next.
• As Head of Creative & Content, you'll be the creative authority for P&O Cruises, setting the direction for how our brand looks, sounds and comes to life across every guest touchpoint.
• This is a role for someone who doesn't just manage creative delivery. You'll define the creative ambition, challenge the thinking, set the standards and inspire others to deliver work that people remember.
• From our visual identity and tone of voice to our brochures, onboard experience, campaigns, photography, film and digital content, you'll help create a distinctive and consistent P&O Cruises brand expression across our entire guest journey.
• And you'll have the influence to make it happen.
• What you'll be doing
• You'll lead the creative and content vision for P&O Cruises, working closely with our Brand, Marketing, Commercial, Product and Guest Experience teams, alongside leading creative and specialist agency partners.
• Set the creative direction

Requirements

• Significant senior-level experience leading creative strategy and creative direction within a consumer-facing brand or agency environment.
• A proven track record of developing or evolving visual identities and creative brand systems.
• Experience setting creative direction, design principles, tone of voice and brand guidelines.
• Strong experience leading the creative development of multi-channel creative, content and communications.
• Experience overseeing major brand assets such as brochures, campaigns, photography, film, digital content or customer communications.
• Experience working across complex customer journeys or multiple physical and digital touchpoints.
• The ability to confidently present and sell creative ideas to senior stakeholders, bringing people with you while protecting the quality of the work.
• Experience managing creative agencies, production partners and significant budgets would be advantageous.
• A strong understanding of how great creative builds brand and contributes to commercial performance.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing creative and content teams.

Preferred

• A formal qualification in Creative, Design, Marketing, Brand or a related discipline is welcome, but we're equally interested in the depth and quality of your experience and portfolio.

Benefits

• Employee discounted cruising, plus Friends & Family offers
• Annual bonus
• Minimum 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday trading
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Defined contribution pension
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Extensive learning and development
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Employee-led networks