Senior Creative — Maternity Cover
Job Description
We’re looking for talented and experienced Senior Creative to become part of a growing creative team in London, taking a leading role in the studio to create incredible work for some of the world’s leading clients.
Although this might be a Maternity Cover role, we’re approaching this in the same way we would with a full-time role, and you’ll be joining as an integral member of the studio, with a high-level of responsibility, creative scope, authority and expectation. We’re looking for someone who can quickly integrate into the team, build relationships, learn the ropes and be ready to hit the ground running after an initial onboarding and handover period.
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As a Senior Creative at CH.S you’ll be expected to blend highly strategic understanding and cross-channel ideation, with beautiful and progressive narrative development, visual direction, detail-orientated execution, project ownership and hands-on creation.
Working with our Creative Partner, Creative Director and our wider creative department, you will be responsible for delivering everything from brand and campaign strategy, creative direction and concept development, to copywriting, art direction, global high profile stills + film shoots, campaign post-production, editing and animation, music development, and visual design across the business
The ideal candidate will have high-level agency experience and a diverse portfolio of well-crafted, contemporary projects. They’ll be overflowing with great ideas, have strong communication and collaboration skills and an ambition to do amazing work.
You’ll be strategically minded and used to ideating channel specific concepts at speed, you should have excellent copywriting ability and strong presentation skills (both via deck creation and IRL spoken communication). But this role isn’t about ‘fire and forget’ creative development - after the initial concepting phase, you’ll be running amazing designers, animators, editors, artists, illustrators and writers to see your ideas through to completion, and it’ll be on you to create high standard toolkits which will form part of the final global delivery.
CH.S is a fast-paced, high output creative environment with an amazing team and a high level of craft and creative expectation. We do a lot, we do it fast, but we have fun doing it. We push boundaries, challenge briefs, work with amazing global talent to create beautiful work, and we truly care about what we do.
In order to be able to do the role you’ll need to have a strong understanding of Gen Z and Millennial audiences, you’ll have an appreciation for healthy & active living, you’ll have an affinity for a broad range of creative industries including fashion and streetwear, music, image/film making and you’ll possess a lot of current experience delivering global campaigns across social and digital channels.
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SELECTED CLIENTS
We’re lucky enough to work with a broad range of inspiring brands in varying sectors including adidas, Stella McCartney, Farfetch, Prada, Polaroid Originals and Diageo.
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CREATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Be a creative and channel specialist - understand the roles, opportunities and production constraints of different content types across different channels.
- Lead and collaborate with strategy & fellow creatives to develop considered and effective creative approaches based on current cultural insights and a good understanding of the consumer & brand.
- Be detail-oriented and own your work creatively and commercially from start to finish.
- Be a keynote wizard, understand how to build presentations and deliver a high-standard of deck & toolkit.
- Answer briefs with great work as a solo creative, and a great leader. Get hands-on.
- Specialize in social-led campaigns and activations but be familiar with creating integrated campaigns, with an understanding of how to use everything from digital, editorial and retail to OOH and experiential in your campaign strategies.
- Have a strong attention to detail when it comes to tonality of visual language, design, and tone of voice and copywriting.
- Collaborate with the project leads to push briefs and great work through the agency.
- Communicate and champion creative thinking and technical execution to clients throughout each project.
- Be an excellent strategic and creative partner to our clients.
- Have fun, create beautiful work, and make a difference.
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REQUIREMENTS & EXPERTISE
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
- Experience working at a mid-weight creative level in a similar agency environment.
- Considerable experience of European and Global projects.
- Exceptional information presentation (visual and written) experience.
- Experience in side-by-side collaboration with Art Direction, Writers, Directors, Editor/ Animators, Designers.
- Ability to juggle multiple projects and to delegate work efficiently.
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QUALITIES & CHARACTERISTICS
- A confident self-starter and a highly motivated individual with a strong work ethic, willing to regularly go that extra mile to ensure we always deliver for our team and our clients.
- Understands the big picture and will always balance the needs of our people with the needs of the business.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to balance multiple workstreams, tasks, and deliverables.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and bring clarity to fast-paced and at times fluid projects.
- A leader who assumes responsibility and enjoys being accountable for their work.
- Proven ability to creatively solve problems through negotiation, tact and diplomacy.
- An open-minded but critical thinker who is able to see opportunities as well as weigh their potential risks and rewards.
- Highly collaborative and transparent. You're not a sole contributor, but rather someone who will work with the team, sharing knowledge and experience as second nature in order to grow together.
- You are never afraid to speak your mind, and are exceptionally clear when you do. You’re empathetic and will ensure that your comments are always fair, considered and respectful.
- You will bring energy, passion and optimism to your role and will ensure that you and those around you are motivated and enjoy working together.
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SALARY
Full-time role starting asap with a competitive salary and benefits package.
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CONTRACT START DATE / LENGTH
- Starting September / October 2021
- 12 months contract
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CH.S is an equal opportunities employer. We are determined to create a diverse group at all levels of our company and we welcome all members of the community to apply for openings with us