Are you looking for an exciting role in a friendly, nurturing and creative environment? Do you want to join a team of passionate creatives who support each other, share their expertise and promote growth and learning? If this sounds like you, we've got the perfect job!
Our new Creative Services Lead role sits at the heart of our Creative content team. In this 12-month fixed term opportunity the successful candidate will work with colleagues across Woodgreen to deliver the best in class creative work, while championing efficiency and collaboration.
This is a role packed with potential that you'll be able to get stuck into and make your own. We're looking for someone exceptional who has solid traffic experience, ideally in a busy creative team. You'll be a people person who loves collaborating and thrives in a fast-paced environment. You'll have impeccable time management and resourcing skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Your focus will be on helping the Creative content team deliver a huge variety of work, on time and to budget. Projects range from integrated campaigns and fundraising materials to product development and brand building.
The key responsibilities in this role are;
- Manage all creative briefs from our internal teams through to delivery via the internal creative team and external partners
- Review current, and suggest new, workflows/processes
- Monitor resource and projects across teams, conduct cost/benefit analysis of projects and share regular reports with senior leaders on key team metrics, with actionable recommendations for future projects
- Assess incoming briefs to ensure they are complete and clear, create detailed timing plans (where needed) and manage creative resource to achieve the briefs' objectives
- Ensure the successful delivery of all creative projects across multiple channels so all outputs meet the brief, and allow for copy proofing where required
- Provide timely communication with stakeholders, confidently manage expectations, and share project updates
- Organise regular catch-ups with teams to ensure work is progressing smoothly, removing any potential barriers and helping to prioritise daily tasks.
Our successful candidate will need strong communication and organisational skills, plenty of self-motivation, and an open mind. They will need to exhibit a high level of initiative, be results orientated and support department organisation objectives. At its core, the purpose of this role is to coordinate between the busy Creative Content team and our internal clients - ensuring projects progress smoothly and achieve desired outcomes. Our perfect match will be a natural problem-solver who's willing to get involved and help the team overcome any challenges, while motivating people every step of the way throughout a project. They will need a firm but flexible approach, with the ability to adapt when priorities change.
They should have;
- Experience of working with creative teams to deliver projects from brief to production
- Experience of using project management software such as Monday dot com
- Confidence in building strong working relationships with key departments and stakeholders
- Strong communication skills with an impeccable attention to detail
- High organisational skills with a focus on accuracy and quality. They should be a natural problem solver who is focused, self-motivated and forward thinking. They will have the ability to work efficiently to help deliver projects large and small to deadline
- A calm demeanour within a busy environment. They will be able to prioritise and adapt, juggle numerous projects and switch planning where required due to the reactive nature of the charity
- Knowledge of print process and techniques with experience of managing suppliers where required.
The starting salary for this position will be £34,730 - £42,446 per annum depending on experience. This will be complemented by;
- 36 days annual leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) rising by 1 day each year to 40 days after five years
- Flexible/ hybrid working
- Up to 8% employer pension contributions
- Support towards healthcare costs (cashplan)
- Employee wellbeing package to include free access to Headspace
- Life assurance (4x salary).
- Benefits hub - exclusive discounts on popular brands
- 25% discount in our charity shops
This is a hybrid opportunity with the expectation that the successful candidate will work mostly remotely with around approximately 4 days a month at our site in Godmanchester.
This vacancy may close earlier should we receive high volumes of applications. Interviews may commence prior to the closing date.
Woodgreen is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.