Associate Creative Director

All; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global music company is seeking an Associate Creative Director to spearhead innovative digital marketing campaigns. This role involves building cross-functional partnerships and leading creative projects with an emphasis on originality. Ideal candidates should possess strong leadership and copywriting skills, and have a proven track record in agency settings. The position offers a dynamic work environment with the chance to drive creative strategies for top brands. Benefits include a pension scheme, private medical insurance, and additional perks to support a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Group Personal Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

25 paid days of annual leave

Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

Holiday Purchase scheme

Dental and Travel Insurance options

Cycle to Work Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Cars

Subsidised Gym Membership

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Proven track record of working for an agency or similar.
• Award-worthy portfolio of work for various brands.
• Experience collaborating with designers and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and launch of integrated marketing campaigns.
• Build cross-functional relationships with teams across the organization.
• Proactively bring new ideas to strengthen market relationships.

Skills

Originality and innovation

Excellent copywriting skills

Strong leadership skills

Collaboration skills

Organizational skills

Experience with presentation programs

Tools

PowerPoint

Photoshop

InDesign

Job description

Music is Universal

It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

The Role

The Associate Creative Director will have their finger on the pulse of innovative trends in digital marketing. A conceptual thinker who has pitched, developed, and launched integrated 360 campaigns for various well-known brands. Also, they excel at building cross‑functional partner and team relationships in a fast‑paced and innovative organization like ours.

Person Specification

• A proven track record of working for an agency or similar
• Able to demonstrate originality and innovation with an award‑worthy portfolio of work for various well‑known brands
• Excellent copywriting and design skills used to communicate concepts effectively, delivering exceptional pitch proposals that get results
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills and organize, motivate, and improve the creative output of those around you while accepting creative decisions from upper management
• A positive and collaborative team member who works well with others within short time frames
• Experience collaborating with motion designers, technologists, live production teams, product designers, and vendors to seamlessly execute projects – with a clear understanding of budgeting and scheduling
• Able to take the initiative and proactively come to the table with new ideas to push forward the creative work for clients and strengthen market relationships
• Solid organizational skills, hit deadlines, and multitasking
• Ability to contribute to the UMG FOR BRANDS team's culture and participate in activities that foster team spirit
• Strong knowledge and experience with key ‘presentation’ programs. PowerPoint (occasionally Keynote) and design tools such as Photoshop/Indesign or similar.
• An evident love for music.

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway).

Just So You Know…

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.

Next Step:

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