Creative Lead

Recruiter
IQ Internal Rec
Location
Basingstoke
Salary
40000.00 - 45000.00 GBP Annual + + Benefits
Posted
19 Jan 2017
Closes
27 Jan 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Creative Lead - Agency - Digital - Integrated - Berkshire - Hampshire - Buckinghamshire - Surrey - Reading - Newbury - Winchester - West London

Creative Lead
Permanent
Basingstoke Area
GBP45K (dependant on experience)

Are you a Creative Lead that wants to be involved in more cutting edge projects? With more high profile clients? With an agency that can help you drive your career forward?

If so, we are partnered with a leading international agency, that's currently seeking an experienced Creative Lead to be a part of a rapidly growing and developing area of the business.

With specialist expertise in a number of sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and leisure, and publishing, the agency work with many globally recognised brands including: Novartis, Whitbread, IBM, Micro Focus, Honeywell, Huawei, MSD, Pfizer, Sanofi, Mitchells & Butlers, British Paralympics, ABTA, Portsmouth International Port, Canon Europe, Economist and Save the Children.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as Creative Lead. This is a new position which has developed due to an increase in our creative clients, volume of creative work and new business wins. We are looking for a Conceptual Creative Lead to support Creative Director in a client facing role inclusive of working on key accounts and delivering pitches. The successful candidate will also be managing a team of designers.

Overall Role
*Client facing senior creative
*Leading a group of designers and line managing key team members
*Nurturing concepts through creative department
*Approving concepts and artwork where necessary, whilst still delivering lead concepts on key projects and clients e.g. pitches
*Partnering with senior team e.g. planners and account directors

Responsibilities
*Ensure project team works to brief and budget
*Support CD in management of team and direction of the agency
*Partners planners and account directors
*Engage with clients and client partner
*Write creative strategies/presentations
*Work with partner agencies
*Commission art buying, photography etc
*Attend casting, shoots, as and when required
*Challenge and creative status quo
*Proactive thinking and actively seeking to grow client opportunities

Skills required
*Team management and leadership
*Able to guide concepts from other members of the team
*Strategic understanding and ability to define creative strategy
*Outstanding eye for typography and design
*Clearly able to articulate thinking to internal team and client
*Able to write creative presentations
*Excellent presentation skills
*Able to become key client creative contact
*Mentor creative team members

If you are interested and would like to apply for the role, please click APPLY and James will call you within the hour (should you be a successful candidate). Do not miss out as this is an opportunity to join a world class digital marketing agency!!

Interquest Group PLC is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.