Creative Director - London, United Kingdom - The Bridge Consultancy

The Bridge Consultancy

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a Creative Director with strong Healthcare / Pharmaceutical experience to work for this creative Healthcare Agency.

Job Title:
Creative Director (CD)

Reporting to:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Role:

To optimise the quality and output of creative and digital work from the agency.
To work with the CEO to enhance the reputation of Life and the agency profile.
To help shape new business opportunities for Life.

Specific Responsibilities:

Collaborating with the Head of Copy on the following:

Optimising and maintaining the creative standards of the agency, ensuring the development of high-quality work with award-winning potential.
Day to day responsibility for managing the creative team, leading, and directing the team from concept to project completion.
Managing job allocation and planning workflow to ensure efficient working and timely delivery.
Leading creative sessions for project kickoffs. Providing creative and digital ideas from interpreting internal creative briefs, contributing to concept development for new campaigns and creative pitches.
Leading design/art direction/digital on allocated key accounts and support/oversee on other accounts, alongside the agency creative team and freelancers
Contributing to creative resource, managing external freelancers when required.
Coordinating and delegating work on creative pitches, presenting concepts, creative/digital/onmnichannel strategies with rationale at pitches.
Working with the Client Services Director to ensure full understanding of client strategy and briefs, delivery of solutions that fully answer the communication requirement.
Working with clients to build trust, understand their needs and deliver effective creative solutions.
Working with colleagues to develop the "house style" and agency promotion.
Working with colleagues to maximise the success rate of the agency at pitches and creative awards.
Working with the CEO and Head of Copy to raise the profile of the agency through blogs and press articles, social media, networking, and attendance at industry events.

Achieved through:

Inspiring the creative department to deliver consistently good work, setting an example through work ethic, creative expertise, creative output and enthusiasm.
Building teamwork and a positive spirit in the creative department, providing constructive criticism and encouragement of the creative team.
Contributing to the creative team's culture and quality standards, helping to elevate the creative and digital level of work and providing quality assurance on all deliverables.
Collaborating closely with colleagues in all departments to create and develop new business opportunities and ensure the agency is productive and efficient.
Educating agency colleagues (within and outside the creative team) on creative principles and best practice.

Skills required:

Leadership and management/mentoring capability in a similar creative role.
Strong creative and digital abilities.
Excellent design, art direction and digital skills.
Problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Thorough understanding of clients, the NHS and the pharma industry.
Excellent understanding of advertising and marketing principles.
Strong working knowledge of copy, design, brand development and creative/digital processes, understanding of print and production processes.
Ability to make sound evaluative judgments of creative and digital concepts and convey creative direction to others.
Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
Excellent presentation skills.
Business acumen.
Passion, energy and integrity.