Creative Director

OLIVER Agency ,
London, Greater London
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ROLE: Creative Director LOCATION: London ROLE MISSION The Creative Director will oversee and direct conceptual and design projects, and will ultimately be responsible for the quality of ideas and the end-to-end design execution of jobs, from brief through to implementation and delivery. The Creative Director will have responsibility for overseeing multiple simultaneous live projects, each one typically assigned a Lead Creator or Designer who, in collaboration with a Project Manager, will report to the Creative Director for the duration of the project. The overall objective is to direct, inspire, lead and support all levels of design and creative talent across the account, defining and advancing a positive and highly productive design culture for OLIVER. It is the Creative Directors job: * To champion creativity and excellent customer centricity. * To creatively direct concept designers/graphic designers/artworkers harnessing their development and performance, in a manner that assures maximum efficiency and creativity. * To manage, supervise, review and audit the work of designers and artworkers to ensure the creative level expected of OLIVER is being met. * To help drive maximum efficiency, productivity and the maintenance of the highest quality of creative concept, design and artwork. * To oversee, manage and review new creative concepts for both new and existing clients. * To act as brand guardian to ensure all designs produced are faithful to the client's brand guidelines. * To work actively with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of the highest level of client service from OLIVER. * To collaborate closely with the studio manager and/or Creative Operations Director to organise and prioritise workload, especially around deadlines. * Be flexible to respond to increases in workload/tight deadlines. * To build on our strong client relationships and to be the equal creative partner of the Group Account Director to drive new business forward with existing and new clients. * Attend company meetings and social events both with OLIVER and with the client. * To work with and support the OLIVER team in order to deliver excellent customer experiences. * Some working outside of normal office hours might be required to meet deadlines and strategic objectives. THIS ROLE IS RIGHT FOR YOU IF... As the senior design practitioner within the Design team, the Creative Director will combine first-class design expertise, creativity and thought leadership with commercial acumen and leadership gravitas. ABOUT THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING Established in 2016, U-Studio is Unilever's in-house creative agency, specialising in the creation of needs content and social & digital advertising. Powered by OLIVER agency it houses a wealth of strategic and creative expertise, giving brands access and proximity to the right skillsets at the right times. U-Studio is a global network spanning 17 markets and all Unilever categories, giving us a huge variety of briefs to work on. WHAT YOU WILL YOU BE DOING: * To work with the GAD and CSD to define and implement the creative strategy for the studio. * To motivate and influence the creative team to constantly strive for excellence in performance. * To proactively monitor the quality of design projects being produced and submitted by leading internal review sessions and seeking feedback from both internal and external stakeholders. * To oversee and manage the timely delivery of all jobs / projects going through the studio, always taking into consideration the clients' requirements and expectations. * To investigate, propose and implement innovative ways of delivering design services to maximise efficiency and productivity. * To actively oversee and manage team meetings, forward scheduling meetings and work review meetings. * To manage, oversee and coordinate the sharing of knowledge and the facilitation of learning within the team and all other employees to improve business practices, refine processes, aid and promote the development of creative ideas and introduce new services. * To organise monthly work / successes / learnings presentations to the wider SMT team to showcase work from the studio/team managed. * Attend client meetings, present work, discuss needs and identify opportunities. * To assign creative leads and develop accounts and creative teams. * To work actively with the workflow / studio manager in coordinating the effective allocation of design resource, facilitating information from colleagues, business managers and staff. In order to provide effective resource support to meet client demands and to cover flexible working, holiday and sick leave requirements in the most economical manner. * To act as brand guardian to ensure all designs produced by the design team are faithful to the client's brand guidelines. * To ensure all Unilever digital guidelines, and other mandatory processes and guidelines are always followed by the creative team and to be the fin

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