Head of Design - London, United Kingdom - Entain

Entain

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About The Role:

This role is a pivotal part of our internal creative agency.

You will creatively lead and inspire a team of designers (static and motion) providing design direction across our global brands and marketing campaigns, ensuring they are executed to the highest standards across a variety of mediums and channels.

What you'll do

Set and lead the vision for design across our brands, being the goto brand guardian of all design assets.
Acts as the go to Design craft lead and mentor for the team.
Line manage and lead a team of Design Leads,
Lead a team to generate insightful, strategically grounded design concepts and branding design projects from conception to completion.
Lead brand guideline development for design assets across our suite of brands
Explore and shape creative ideas and align them with strategic brand goals.
Lead pitches and obtain buyin from stakeholders.
Introduce and deliver brand consistency across all design touch points.
Review and approve design concept and work developed by the team, ensuring that deliverables address marketing goals and challenges effectively.
Partner with internal stakeholders and external agencies to effectively raise the bar and deliver high quality, creative work.
Lead brainstorming sessions with the creative team, maintaining strategic thinking to develop innovative and actionable initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner
Analyse brand tracking, market trends, consumer needs, and the competitor landscape
Implement best practice, tools and processes to ensure we have optimal workflows in place to deliver at scale
Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to create award winning work
Some international travel will be needed as part of this role

Who you are

Proven experience of leading design teams for multiple brands
Experience of leading teams through change and transformation
Experience of leading remote teams
Excellent understanding of the design principles, of typography and motion design.
Experience of leading a large, multilocation team in a high volume digital business
Demonstrable experience in some/all of the following (Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Cinema 4D)
Practical experience across conceptual design, branding, campaign branding, advertising and all integrated channels.
Experience of leading teams through change and transformation
Experience of building credible relationships whereby positive tangible business outcomes is achieved

What we offer

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance.

Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning.

Working for us in the UK, you can expect to receive great benefits like:

Life insurance
Pension contributions
Retail discounts
Financial wellbeing support
Holiday buy/sell

EAP

Employee assistance programme
Access to Unmind for personal wellbeing support
ShareSave a chance to share in the company's success

And outside of this, you'll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes.

Join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

Sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment is changing, and we're leading that change. By putting people first. By placing exciting, engaging and entertaining experiences at more fingertips than ever before.

We're pulling into pole position by pushing boundaries further. With innovation. With technology. But most importantly, with people like you. Because when you join the Entain family, it's your game. So let's win together.