Creative Strategy Manager - 12 Month FTC

Jaguar & Land Rove; Stratford-upon-Avon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Jaguar & Land Rover in a pivotal role focused on redefining creative strategies for luxury brands. You'll lead projects that engage diverse audiences and drive transformational change, while managing key relationships across the organization. This is an opportunity to grow your career within a prestigious automotive brand committed to innovation and excellence.

Benefits

Vehicle under Management Loan Agreement Plan

52-week maternity leave policy

4-week paternity leave policy

Competitive pension scheme

Company performance-related bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in creative agencies or luxury brands.
• Strong understanding of aligning creative strategy with brand vision.
• Proven leadership experience in managing teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative output to drive transformational change.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders to create compelling experiences.
• Represent the team at workshops and events.

Skills

Creative strategy

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project leadership

Flexibility

Job description

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POSTING START DATE: 20/05/2025

POSTING END DATE: 02/06/2025
LOCATION: Gaydon - Hybrid

In a commercial role at JLR, you can reimagine the future of modern luxury. In teams focused on extraordinary customer experience, sustainability and forward-thinking. You’ll work alongside strategically-minded problem-solvers supporting the transformation of our iconic house of brands – Range Rover, Defender, Discovery, and Jaguar – and our heritage-rich JLR Classic range. Becoming a proud creator of the exceptional starts here.

The Vision & Cultural Engagement team create, define and deliver creative strategies that embody JLR’s company purpose of Living the Exceptional with Soul within the Strategy, Innovation and Ventures organisation. Focusing on the JLR’s mission to be the proud creators of Modern Luxury brands for the most discerning customers.

WHAT TO EXPECT

In this role, no two tasks are the same. With lots of projects and relationships to build with people across the business and beyond, it’s a challenge that will help your career grow within an iconic organisation. Here’s what to expect:

• Lead in redefining the creative output of the team to drive transformational change for JLR, ensure this is presented and communicated so it engages the broadest audience and results in actionable outcomes
• Manage relationships with all internal and external stakeholders to create compelling experiences
• Represent the team at workshops/meetings/events and forums both internally and externally and enable the creative culture of the team with other fellow leadership members
• Work cross functionally to deliver enterprise-wide collaborations
• Financial awareness for team budgets, projects etc

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills that you’ll need to have to help you succeed here, including:

• Experience of working within creative agencies or luxury brands leading a team to create, define and deliver compelling creative strategies beyond vehicle
• Strong understanding of how creative strategy can strategically align with JLR’s vision of ‘Proud Creators of Modern Luxury’ and ‘Live the Exceptional with Soul’ in order to achieve JLR’s Reimagine strategy
• Ability to develop and maintain exceptional relationships with stakeholders with proven strong people and project leadership experience
• Be flexible and adaptive to shifting worksteams, deliverables and projects
• Excellent and effective communication skills – able to clearly present complex and creative ideas at all levels

THE BENEFITS

This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:

• You will be eligible to choose one vehicle under the Management Loan Agreement Plan
• A 52-week maternity leave policy and a 4-week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available
• A competitive pension and option to participate in the management healthcare scheme
• A JLR company performance-related bonus
• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.

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