Head of Creative | LOOKFANTASTIC

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Head of Creative to lead the visual direction of a premium beauty brand. This role involves building a world-class creative team and delivering standout campaigns that resonate with consumers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in graphic design, team management, and a passion for the beauty industry. You'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, overseeing multiple projects while ensuring high-quality creative output. Join a dynamic team committed to innovation and excellence, and play a pivotal role in shaping the brand's future.

Benefits

Company Pension Scheme

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Policy

Cycle to Work Scheme

Access to On-Site Doctor

Commitment to Continued Learning

Exclusive Discounts off THG Brands

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a creative role with a focus on graphic design.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire a creative team.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver creative direction for LOOKFANTASTIC.
• Oversee creative output and ensure consistency across all projects.

Skills

Graphic Design

Creative Direction

Team Management

Web Design

UX Design

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Sketch

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THG

Location:

Manchester, United Kingdom

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Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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About THG

We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.

We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.

About LOOKFANTASTIC

Lookfantastic is Europe’s No1 Online Destination for Premium Beauty. Our mission is to empower people globally to look and feel fantastic every day. To enable us to do this we have offices across the UK, Europe, America and Australia filled with passionate beauty fanatics who are committed to delivering rapid growth in this exciting industry.

We work with over 800 of the world’s greatest beauty brands such as MAC, Kerastase, GHD, Tom Ford and YSL to bring our customers the widest offering of beauty products from around the globe. Passion, innovation and commitment are key characteristics in this ever expanding team as we strive to become the Worlds No1 Online.

About the role

As Head of Creative you will be part of the senior team building the LOOKFANTASTIC brand, responsible for defining and delivering the visual language for LOOKFANTASTIC across all touchpoints.

In this newly created role, the Head of Creative will act as brand guardian, building a world-class creative department and striving for excellence in everything we do. We are looking for an inspirational leader who is able to motivate a team, provide constructive feedback and work collaboratively with THG Studios and our internal departments.

Ideally, we are looking for a multi-disciplinary creative with exceptional design skills and an eye for the smallest detail, leaving no type out of place. You will be excited about creativity and the power of ideas, and able to unlock this in others.

You’ll be joining a fast-paced and dynamic company, working across a variety of projects that help to both strategically position the brand, and drive our commercial ambitions. You’ll be just as excited about reviewing the design of our email sequences as you are creating a billboard.

What you’ll be doing

• Define and deliver a standout creative direction for LOOKFANTASTIC that brings our purpose and vision to life
• Create visual concepts and narratives for campaigns, working with the Head of Brand to dissect the creative brief and understand objectives
• Oversee the workflow of the Creative team and agency, balancing BAU work with the focus needed to drive key strategic projects
• Responsibility for all creative output, ensuring consistency across everything we do
• Implement style guidelines across all creative practices including from design, artwork and packaging, to photography and video, and real life events
• Take the creative lead on projects such as new packaging, web redesign, pop-up store design – working with key internal stakeholders and bringing on the right resource to execute
• Responsibility for the Creative budget; deciding when to invest in high production value and knowing how to make efficiencies across creative spend
• Art direction for photoshoots and campaigns, across stills and video; you’ll be comfortable giving on-set direction to models
• Work with the Brand and Performance teams to foster a culture of creative testing, using customer insight and data to help inform decisions
• Ensure that we live our value of Innovation by looking out for new ways of doing things and ways to improve our working practices
• Confident communicator across all levels
• Natural relationship builder, fostering collaboration internally and externally
• Able to work at pace and manage multiple deadlines
• Project and budget management

Your experience

• At least 7 years’ experience as a multi-disciplinary creative, including graphic design
• A passion for the beauty industry (previous experience in this is desirable)
• Experience managing a team and agencies
• Working knowledge of the end-to-end production process
• Expertise in web design and UX is advantageous
• Familiarity with brand architecture and working across a branded house model a plus
• Up-to-date with the latest innovations – such as automation, AI, web3 – and desire to learn how these can benefit the business
• Company Pension Scheme – Matching up to 4%
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Policy
• Enhanced Compassionate Leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme & More…
• Access to On-Site Doctor, Physio, Gym and Shop
• Commitment to Continued Learning and Development Through our Bespoke L&D Offering
• Exclusive Discounts off THG Brands
• Many More...

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