Senior Creative

Hello Charlie Limited

Greater London

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday including bank holidays

2 weeks off for Christmas

Bike to work scheme

Wellness package

Work from home Fridays

Job summary

A creative visual content agency is seeking a Senior Creative to join their London studio. This role involves managing various design projects from concept to delivery. The ideal candidate will have a strong portfolio showcasing innovative ideas and experience with Adobe Creative Suite, mentoring skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively. You will contribute to shaping creative solutions for global clients in a fast-paced environment, ensuring projects meet timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

Strong creative portfolio demonstrating concept-led thinking.
Experience leading and mentoring creative teams.
Ability to deliver high-quality motion graphics.

Responsibilities

Conceptualise and pitch innovative creative ideas.
Manage multiple design projects from concept to delivery.
Collaborate with producers and strategists.

Skills

Creative concept development

Project management

Communication skills

Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop)

Typography

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Interested in applying? Please send a cover letter along with your CV and showreel to careers@hellocharlie.com. Applications submitted without a showreel will not be reviewed

WE ARE HELLO CHARLIE

We create visual content for Broadcast, Live Events, Music, OOH, Commercials, Branding and Digital Media. Over the last decade Hello Charlie has grown in reputation into a formidable alliance of creatives, designers, producers, digital artists and film makers. With studios in Bristol and London, we work closely with production companies, agencies, artists and brands. We forge ideas from initial concept through to completion, engaging with the client at every stage to ensure overall creativity, unity and vision.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Creative to join our London studio, becoming part of a collaborative, ideas-driven environment where bold thinking, craft and creative ambition sit at the heart of everything we do. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, we are looking for a talented and highly skilled individual who can bring vibrancy and energy to the role. You will need to be driven with experience of creating pitch winning design solutions to the highest standards. You will be engaged across a wide scope of work including brand-oriented creative projects for global clients. Creative thinking, ideas, and concept origination are vital to the role as much as being able to realise those designs, bringing brands to life to engage with their audiences.

The Senior Creative would be responsible for managing multiple, various sized design projects from concept to delivery with team members and external support across different clients.
They would have some experience of managing a small team beneath them, mentoring to develop the skills of the team and be a good communicator. Able to own responsibilities and be accountable for them. As well as being used to the agile, fast pace of the event and broadcast industry.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Conceptualise, create, develop and pitch new innovative ideas
Lead the conceptual development of creative ideas — from blank page to fully realised pitch
Able to work effectively with other departments ensuring you maintain professional relationships throughout
Work collaboratively with producers, strategists (new business) and other departments to bring ideas to life
Ability to work on numerous projects simultaneously with fast turnaround
Confidently present and articulate ideas to clients, shaping discussions and managing feedback
Be responsible for creating a positive working environment for colleagues from a diversity of backgrounds and experience
Deputising where appropriate for senior team members
As well as working on up-and-coming pitches or design challenges, you’ll be required to oversee work produced by other designers, as well as develop them, so must maintain accuracy and creative flair of their output
Ability to use After Effects to progress ideas, test animation of concepts.
Balance ambition with feasibility — understanding scope, timelines and budgets from the outset
Ensure that work is completed within time and budget. Able to flag any concerns at the outset of a project
Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging tools and competitor activity, keeping a constant finger on the pulse of creative and technological developments. Actively share insights with the team and represent the studio at key industry events to ensure our work remains fresh, relevant and forward-thinking.

ATTRIBUTES

A naturally conceptual thinker who leads with ideas, not software
Passionate about storytelling through motion, brand and immersive experiences
Curious, culturally aware and inspired by emerging trends in design, media and technology
Confident in presenting, defending and evolving creative ideas
Strong creative mind with skills to realise designs
A passion for design and aspirations to grow with Hello Charlie
Able to hit deadlines and own their responsibilities on projects in creating and delivering effective design creative
Ability to interpret clients’ ideas and add value to them
Effective communicator internally across your team and to other teams
Flexible and open to travel when required
Excited to grow creatively with Hello Charlie and contribute to shaping our creative future
Keeps up to date with industry innovations and motion graphic trends

EXPERIENCE

Strong creative portfolio demonstrating concept-led thinking across motion, broadcast, live, brand or 3D
Advanced understanding of Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop)
Expert in the understanding of layout, typography and high attention to detail
Experience in design logos from client brief
A flair for typography that is evident within their work
Branding and brand strategy are not essential but would be an advantage
Although this role is not overly focused directly at CGI animation it would be an advantage that the candidate would have a strong understanding of how to integrate CGI within their work.
It would be valuable, but not essential to have experience directing shoots
Used to working within parameters of existing brand guidelines
Delivering high quality motion graphics from Editorial Brief
Leading a creative team, mentoring junior members of the team
Managing your own work loads and projects