Creative Lead

Craft; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Dedicated learning and development预算

On-site gym facility

International travel across shoots

Staff discounts across the product

Job summary

Craft Agency Ltd. is seeking an exceptional Creative Lead to steward senior craft from briefing to finished creative across two brands. You will work closely with the Creative Director to own day-to-day art direction and design for campaigns, launches, commerce, social and retail.

The role covers a wide channel mix including D2C, paid social, POS and international distributor partnerships. You will mentor one in-house designer, guide external shoots, and help build creative capability as the

Qualifications

• Senior-level craft roles with ownership of art direction across campaigns, product launches, commerce, social and retail.
• Experience mentoring designers and building creative capability as teams grow.
• Ability to adapt concepts across markets while maintaining brand consistency across touchpoints.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day art direction and design across two brands.
• Coordinate with Production Lead to direct external photographers, editors and videographers.
• Own the studio craft and ensure brand consistency across all channels.

Skills

Art direction

Creative leadership

Brand storytelling

Mentoring

Campaign design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Based in the sports industry, with a focus on nutrition and lifestyle, this is a leading brand now looking to grow its team to go well and truly global, so they’re on the hunt for an exceptional Creative Lead to help them achieve their mission.

This content studio role is being created to meet the momentum and to bring senior craft to a brief that genuinely needs it.

The Role

You’ll be the senior craft lead in the studio: the person who takes concepts from briefing to finished creative across two brands. Working alongside the Creative Director from the earliest stage, you’ll own day-to-day art direction and design across campaigns, product launches, commerce, social and retail.

The channel breadth is vast: D2C, paid social, retail point-of-sale and international distributor partnerships. You’ll adapt central concepts across markets, hold brand consistency across every touchpoint, and direct external photographers, editors and videographers through the Production Lead.

Brand focus shifts with the season – endurance campaigns at one point, lifestyle and community activity at another. You’ll also mentor one in-house designer and help build creative capability as the team grows. The design-versus-direction split is deliberately fluid for now, so you’ll need to be comfortable bringing order to that, and confident returning quickly with ideas.

The Package

£60,000 – 65,000

• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Dedicated learning and development budget
• On-site gym facility
• International travel across shoots
• Staff discounts across the product range
• Flexibility expected for shoots, content capture and off-site activity

The Person

A Senior Designer, Art Director or Creative Lead, several years into a craft-heavy career, brand-side or agency. You can lead art direction across integrated, digital and retail work, have mentored designers, and still like being at the desk.

Our ideal candidate is happy working closely with production, genuinely interested in sport and fitness, with some welcome packaging knowledge too!