Lead Creative - London, United Kingdom - DEPT®

DEPT®

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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JOB DESCRIPTION:
Lead Creative

WHO ARE WE?

The bigger picture
:

DEPT is a pioneering technology and marketing services company that creates integrated end-to-end digital experiences for brands such as Google, TikTok, eBay, ASOS, Zoopla, Twitch, Patagonia and many, many more.

Our team of 4,000+ digital specialists across 30+ locations on five continents deliver pioneering work on a global scale with a boutique culture.

We live and breathe our _'big enough to cope, small enough to care'_ ethos, providing an inclusive, supportive and an exciting place to accelerate your career.

This position sits in our
advertising service based in London.

We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands' business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots.

Our clients include ASOS, Just Eat Takeaway, Twitch, TikTok, and The White Company.

JOB PURPOSE:

Creatives at DEPT come up with ideas that capture audiences' attention, ideas that inspire behaviour change and that people want to share - not gimmicks, but campaign ideas that make a real difference to our clients' businesses.

Our Creatives work with all areas of the business and are responsible for framing ideas grounded in strategy.

Our creatives are specialists in change, get bored easily and are proactive in looking for new solutions to even the oldest of problems.

We need someone who understands our client audiences', who can put themselves in their shoes to create work that exceed expectations, who understands that brands are competing for consumers' attention and have at best a couple of seconds to inspire some sort of interaction.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

To produce great creative work collaboratively with the creative and design team
Delivering onbrand onbrief work from within their client pod
Collaborate closely alongside other Creatives and designers within their client pod
Be hands on in delivering and driving ideas from within the creative team
To report and escalate creative needs on a project by project basis to HO/CD
Be aware of and respond to current advertising and media trends and pop culture
Use your experience and ideas to contribute to the development of our creative process
Present work internally and externally to an excellent standard
Stay uptodate with industry development such as NFTs, the Metaverse and new social platforms
Come up with and present ideas that stand out from the crowd and will deliver against objective
Research customer behaviour and trends

SKILLS AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

Solid experience as a Creative at an agency or inhouse team at a senior or midweight level
Have created a broad portfolio of work
Copywriting or art direction experience
Experience with digital marketing, understanding its potential and its limitations
Excellent creative presentation skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent organisational and time management skills with high attention to detail
Ability to react quickly within a fastpaced environment
Ability to remain focused under pressure and work under tight deadlines
Ability to work within a team as well as with clients
A love for learning new things, platforms & mediums

HEALTH, WELLBEING & BENEFITS:

Possibilities to do what you do best and to develop your skills further with training development and certifications
A flexible, hybrid working policy
The choice of medical healthcare providers (Bupa or Medicash)
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off each year
Company pension scheme
EAP scheme
Ride to work scheme
Enhanced family friendly policies
Buddy Program: You will be paired with a 'Buddy' to help you through your first weeks' at DEPT
Annual trip to the DEPT Festival in the Netherlands: a chance to meet other people in DEPT, see great talks from industry leaders, and have an allexpensespaid weekend of fun
Global Annual DEPT Cares Day which cadets can donate their skills to support local charities
Other soft benefits including, refreshments provided in the office and a social calendar with weekly and monthly events on a team and agency level

DEPT is committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 has been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified.

At DEPT, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.