Creative Director

8 Minutes ago • All levels

Art

Job Description

Brandtech+ (formerly OLIVER+) is a global team specializing in film, CGI, automation, AI, motion design, and digital/print content, partnering with over 300 clients. As part of The Brandtech Group, we leverage cutting-edge AI technology. We are seeking an inspirational Creative Director, specifically a GenAI Creative Director, to oversee and direct conceptual and design projects, ensuring high-quality ideas and end-to-end design execution. This role involves leading and mentoring creative talent, driving a culture of excellence, and innovating design services.

Must Have:

Oversee and direct conceptual and design projects.
Responsible for quality of ideas and end-to-end design execution.
Oversee multiple simultaneous live projects.
Direct, inspire, lead, and support design and creative talent.
Motivate and influence the creative team for excellence.
Monitor the quality of design projects.
Oversee timely delivery of all jobs/projects.
Investigate, propose, and implement innovative design service delivery.
Manage, oversee, and coordinate knowledge sharing and learning.
Attend client meetings, present work, and identify opportunities.
Act as brand guardian for client brand guidelines.
Manage, train, and mentor staff for professional development.
Hands-on with a strong focus on digital.
Experienced in directing complex, commercial design projects.
Highly creative with exceptional graphic design and typography skills.
Deep technical design skills in content creation, digital design, brand immersion, events, print, or user experience.
Proven ability to communicate and liaise with all business levels.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders.
Proven ability to effectively manage creative teams.
Director level written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking.
Proficient in Adobe CC and Microsoft Office.

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About the role:

In a highly competitive and saturated marketplace creating visually stunning, impactful, and effective creative work is essential. To help us deliver this we are looking for a strong, inspirational Creative Director renowned for their work across this category – to join us on our journey.

The Creative Director will effectively and efficiently oversee and direct conceptual and design projects, and will ultimately be responsible for the quality of ideas and the end-to-end design execution of jobs, from brief through to implementation and delivery. The Creative Director will have responsibility for overseeing multiple simultaneous live projects.

We are looking for a multi-skilled creative that will direct, inspire, lead and support all levels of design and creative talent across the account, defining and advancing a positive and highly productive design culture for OLIVER+

What you'll be doing:

Culture of excellence

To motivate and influence the creative team to constantly strive for excellence in performance.
To proactively monitor the quality of design projects being produced and submitted by leading internal review sessions and seeking feedback from both internal and external stakeholders.
To oversee and manage the timely delivery of all jobs / projects going through the studio, always taking into consideration the clients’ requirements and expectations.
To investigate, propose and implement innovative ways of delivering design services to maximise efficiency and productivity.
To actively oversee and manage team meetings, forward scheduling meetings and work review meetings.
To manage, oversee and coordinate the sharing of knowledge and the facilitation of learning within the team and all other employees to improve business practices, refine processes, aid and promote the development of creative ideas and introduce new services.
To organise monthly work / successes / learnings / presentations to the wider SMT team to showcase work from the studio/ team managed.

Business Development

Attend client meetings, present work, discuss needs and identify opportunities.
To assign creative leads and develop accounts and teams.
Keep abreast of and drive global creative trends

Workflow

To work actively with the workflow / studio manager in coordinating the effective allocation of design talent, facilitating information from colleagues, business managers and staff. To provide effective support to meet client demands and to cover flexible working, holiday and sick leave requirements in the most economical manner.

Brand Guardianship

To act as brand guardian to ensure all design collateral produced by the design team is faithful to the client’s brand guidelines.

Customer Centricity

To work actively with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of the highest level of client service from all team members.

People Management & Development

To manage, train and mentor staff and oversee their professional development, offering knowledge, motivation, support and experience as required, including but not limited to their creative and technical skill, to increase productivity, staff retention and enhanced staff morale.
With the assistance of Account Lead, ensure all staff members accurately record timesheets.

Required experience

As the senior design practitioner within the Creative team, the Creative Director will combine first-class design expertise, creativity and thought leadership with commercial acumen and leadership gravitas.

What You'll Need:

Be hands-on with a strong focus on digital.
Be experienced in directing complex, commercial, design projects involving senior stakeholders and interdisciplinary creative teams with strong experience across multiple industries.
Be highly creative with the ability to generate ideas and practically contribute to design details, importantly demonstrating exceptional pure graphic design and typography skills.
Have deep technical design skills in one or more discipline, e.g. Content Creation, Design for Digital, Brand Immersion, Events, Design for Print, User Experience, etc.
Have a proven ability to communicate and liaise with all levels in the business.
Have a proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, including outside the design team.
Have a proven ability to effectively manage creative teams.
Have Director level written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking.
Be proficient in Adobe CC, Microsoft Office and other related software.
Be a driven, proactive, helpful, and enthusiastic team player.
Mentor, develop and/or line manage the team