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Creative Director at Critical Mass
London, United Kingdom


Job Descrption

We’re looking for a curious, passionate, and compassionate Creative Director to lead and drive the creative vision for one of our largest clients. This role is super hands on and you will find yourself dipping into Figma to lead by example and set the creative standards for this loved client.

Design, craft and execution alongside a creative and conceptual mind are needed in this role. You will need to connect the dots across the eco-system and bring brand experiences to life whether social, website based, experiential or physical. Essentially, we need a die-hard designer/art director/creative with an ambition to elevate brands across every touchpoint.

A background in luxury or an understanding of premium experiences would be a real bonus as we are moving towards elevating the our clients portfolio to the next level. You will have a voice in our industry and be active in all things creative; from speaking at industry events, networking with design leaders, being a panelist for the next generation, judging awards and a speaker about trends in our industry. You have experience leading multiple clients and overseeing creative teams including Design, UX and Copy across this client.

A true collaborator, you are sought after for design expertise and your ability to provide meaningful guidance to your project teams, mentorship, growth and the development of your team will bring value for your client’s business and to CM.

Key aspects of the role: 

  • Love for what you do
  • Big-picture, empathetic perspective
  • Strong storytelling skills with excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills
  • Body of work demonstrating creative thinking, process, problem solving, process, and quality spanning various digital platforms
  • Responsible for product created from the idea, the execution, and the quality from a look and feel, storytelling and usability perspective
  • To shepherd the client with the ability to listen, have empathy, sell, motivate and enthuse them
  • Solutions that garner industry and press recognition
  • Talk of the importance of what the work needs to do for the client and CM
  • Concept and story tell with larger clients and a variety of streams of work
  • Unlock opportunities, innovation, and define culture within the creative team
  • Point of escalation for client and internal teams; determine compromise to move the work forward
  • Finding balance between clients feel compelled that the work is right, smartand successfully and matching that to CM goals
  • Drive creative culture by organising talks, sharing links and sharing inspiration
  • Develop a sense of when support is needed and when to make sure moving in the right direction
  • Make internal team aware of the expectations and standards of award-winning work
  • More visual and vocal in shaping the creative talent team within the business
  • Checks to get a sense of team health and organisation’s culture
  • Judging awards, speaking, writing, involved in trade bodies, commentary with the industry

You have

  • 10+ years of related industry experience in the creative industry

  • 2+ years’ experience in a senior leadership role with management

    Our Values

    Honest, Inspired, Driven, Purposeful, Real, and Equal

     

    The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible!  Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success.  In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office 4 days a week.  The ask stems from our want to:

     

    Strengthen opportunity for continuous learning

    Improve collaboration and team relationships.

    Increase employee engagement

    This hybrid model balances the need for individual flexibility while maintaining the relentless customer focus we provide at CM.  We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation, so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate according

      

 

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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