At Elmwood, we believe that tension is at the heart of every powerful brand. Finely tuned it reveals the real questions, unlocks untapped potential, and builds meaningful and memorable brands.
We have a brand-new opportunity for a strategically minded Creative Director with a wealth of experiencing in positioning and defining global brands to join our growing team in London.
Reporting into Elmwood’s Global Executive Creative Director, you’ll act as a brand guardian for a portfolio of global brands, including one of our pillar consumer clients. You will have a deep understanding of the world of contemporary brand experience and be well-versed in building successful visual identity systems that can evolve with imagination and creativity across a multitude of touchpoints and channels.
This is a permanent role, offered on a full-time basis. However, we are also open to discussing a part-time working arrangement of no less than four days per week.
What you will do:
- As a member of the London Studio’s Creative Council, you will lead multiple high value projects demonstrating exceptional creativity, intellect, strategic thinking and commercial acumen
- Build and redefine brand worlds across multiple touchpoints including digital and motion
- Bring craft, storytelling and strategic intent into everything you do
- Work at pace; getting up to speed quickly, making decisions in the moment and providing timely and confident direction to the team
- Develop close working relationships with colleagues in Client Services and Strategy in order to have a commercial understanding and deliver on the strategic needs of the client
- Actively review the team’s delivery and resource management, putting the right resources in place to achieve the desired creative and commercial outcomes
- Play a key role in new business pitches as the creative lead, helping to drive momentum and delivery beyond brief
- Lead a highly effective, energetic, and hungry team who are eager to learn from you, moving seamlessly between the roles of leadership, directing and coaching
- Have a robust understanding of both the project and the client, understanding the fiscal deliverables of projects and how this ultimately ladders up to the studio’s deliverables
- Play a part in the creative awards programme for the studio, developing a pipeline of solid entries that are front of mind and honed for success
What you’ll have done:
- You have previous experience working in a similar Tier 1 strategic, global branding agency
- You have a solid understanding of contemporary brand world developments across multiple touchpoints
- You are an established Creative Director with a proven track record managing large, complex global projects
- You are a strategic thinker that can contribute to the development of the overall brand/design strategy
- You are confident presenting in front of clients
- You are commercially astute, ensuring projects are delivered to budget
Who you are:
- You are a natural leader, comfortable at identifying responsibilities and next steps within a team and ensuring everyone has full clarity on the scope of a project
- You are multidimensional in nature, knowing how big ideas relate to brand success and able to deliver this across any client brief without losing sight of the client’s original ask and objectives
- You have excellent creative experience and are able to translate a client brief into real solutions
- You have managed more junior design team members, building a positive work environment which encourages growth and out-of-the-box thinking
- You possess strong communication skills, both verbal and written, to communicate appropriately with internal and client teams
- You are a proactive self-starter with a curious nature and have the ability to demonstrate creativity about what’s next for the brand and your clients
- You are organised and able to make quick and smart decisions
- You are a natural problem solver
What we offer:
Alongside a market appropriate salary commensurate with the level of this role, you will have access to an outstanding benefits package including:
- 26 days base holiday plus all bank holidays and Christmas closure, Inspiration days and Oxygen days
- 5% pension contribution with optional salary sacrifice (and with the employer saving ‘gifted’ back to the employee’s pension pot)
- Hybrid working environment with work from home up to 4 days per week and one day in the studio (Thursday)
- Flexible working hours (8-10am and 4-6pm) and 3pm finish Fridays
- Monthly home working allowance
- Annual salary review and bonus scheme
- Performance based promotions
- Private medical insurance, health cash plan and life assurance
- Enhanced parental benefits
- Annual Summer and Christmas party along with various other social events throughout the year
- Up to 4 weeks’ ‘Workcation’ every year
- A fabulous and fun Studio environment
- An active DE&I committee with regular events and talks organised
We are an equal opportunities employer
Elmwood does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
Bring your brand
We are always eager to hear from ambitious individuals and encourage any curious minds to apply for the role, even if you think you don’t tick all the boxes. We continue to promote a positive and collaborative working environment where you can be yourself, bring your insights to the table, and grow professionally.
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