Creative Lead
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Description

You are a Creative genius with commercial thinking.

Someone who loves to think up new ideas for engaging brand led content.

Someone who loves to work with a team of creatives to get the best out of their ideas.

Can manage and inspire a team.

Can work across brand and professional services. 

Can communicate an idea both in-person and in stunning decks.

Someone with a proven track record of delivering commercially successful creative campaigns for across a range of sectors, from financial services, product and lifestyle brands

A driven, passionate and, inspiring and creative leader to join our talented team at ITCH 

Working across social, organic and paid. 

THIS IS A SENIOR POSITION

Key Skills
  • 6+ years experience in imagining creative campaigns within video and photographic content
  • Proven track record of delivering creative across long form, short form and social first content
  • A truly amazing, confident and inspiring presenter of ideas
  • A creative mind, someone who loves creating multiple ideas for a campaign or project
  • Ability to get under the skin of our clients and understand what makes them and their clients tick
  • Solid understanding of the production and post-production process
  • Ability to adapt and enjoy a fast paced working environment
  • Creative, positive and logical thinker who can bring out the best in a brief
  • Strong communication (both verbal & written) & interpersonal skills
  • Ability to embody ITCH values
  • A real team player with a hunger for creating award winning content
  • Loves building comprehensive decks to bring their ideas to life
Responsibilities
  • Working as our creative lead, collaborating with our creative team, on idea generation across new business leads and live projects
  • Building decks and pitching ideas for new business opportunities, under the guidance of our Founder/Creative Director
  • Lead creative development on new and existing projects, striking a balance between impact vs commercially viable executions
  • Be a continuous point of reference across key projects as creative develops through the production and post-production process
  • Manage a team of creatives and manage the creative process - quickly delivering ideas to our clients. 
  • Managing a bank of references. 
  • Writing copy for pitches and, in some cases, for client work. 
  • Proactively seek creative opportunities and pitch ideas to existing clients that show a strong understanding of their customers and products/service.
  • Liaising with clients, presenting creative to them - helping to get creative over the line. 
  • Prioritise work based on the ever changing (almost daily) needs of the business
  • Be a point of approval for creative led projects on final edits and animations..
  • Line manage our Creative Shoot Producer and Creative Producer supporting them on their personal development and growth
  • Seeing a project through - ensuring creative is executed as outlined in the decks we present. 
  • Collaborate with the wider ITCH creative (filmmakers, editors and animators), to ensure we’ve got a strong creative hub within the agency
  • Work closely with illustrators to create clear and inspiring storyboards
  • Deliver fresh and innovative creative ideas, that will set our clients apart from the crowd
  • Have a strong understanding of the cost to deliver the creative that’s sold into clients
  • Lead internal creative sessions, with one eye on strategic and commercially viable ideas
  • Some involvement in costing stage, ensuring the creative is represented within the budget
  • Proactively suggest ways we can be a creative first agency, helping us to deliver ‘Just great content’
  • Be directly responsible for annual goal to win at least 1 creative award
Perks
  • Competitive bonus structure based on personal and business performance - up to 18% of base salary.
  • Development allowance every year (courses, training, etc)
  • Subscription to Headspace**
  • 25 days holiday per year (excluding bank holidays) plus 1 extra per year for each year your with ITCH*
  • £30 monthly wellbeing contribution**
  • Health Insurance**
  • Summer & Christmas Party

*For the first 5 years of your employment
** Upon completion of your probation period

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