About The Role
At FDM, we run as an in-house creative agency. We are searching for a dynamic and energetic Creative Director with a passion for innovation and excellence to manage our global creative team of designers, copywriters, and videographers.
You will oversee projects from brief to completion and operate as a brand guardian. Develop and lead creative projects, generate engaging, commercially effective, and aspirational designs for B2C and B2B markets.
You’ll work across branding, design, photography, and videography direction for our internal and external comms. Being in-house, you’ll thrive in a busy, sociable environment, working and communicating directly with teams at all levels across the business.
We’re looking for an experienced manager of people, someone who can inspire others while taking our creative output to a new level.
What will you be doing?
- Direct, lead, and motivate the global creative team
- Lead brainstorming/creative sessions, establish creative vision, and provide hands-on direction while overseeing the creative process, guiding, and collaborating as needed
- Oversee the work of the global creative team, reviewing and approving art and copy developed by the team, ensuring that deliverables address marketing goals and challenges effectively. You will report to the Group Marketing Director and communicate with internal teams to ensure project deliverables are met
- Conceive and implement concepts, guidelines, and strategies in various creative projects and oversee them to completion
- Work with the global marketing team to develop designs, visuals, and video content for all our audiences with creative campaigns, brand storytelling, and social assets. Oversee the design development and artwork to deliver cohesive, commercial, and inspiring creative
- Creative direction and approval of all global assets
- Direction of imagery for customer emails and websites. Coach our wider teams to deliver on-brand work across all forms of visuals and messaging
- Design direction of customer comms and promotional materials in our career fairs, B2B events, and pitch decks
- Support the internal teams with photography and design requirements
About You
- Previous experience in a similar role is essential
- Proficiency in leading a team of diverse, talented creatives
- Experience in creating integrated content across all marketing channels: digital, social media, paid media, mobile, offline, and print
- High attention to detail
- Excellent understanding of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop
- Experience of in-house production (creative studio)
- Be able to think strategically and rationalize your ideas for commercial strategies
- Confident in presenting creative work to the senior and executive team, be able to write your ideas persuasively
- Be able to project manage your work and support the designers with their progress
- Strong creative vision, with an eye on business objectives
- You’ll be a coach and mentor to the other designers, keen to share ideas and knowledge
- Work with other creative suppliers and producers such as photographers, stylists, illustrators, animators, video editors, etc., to deliver projects
- Hands-on experience in the creative process, marketing, graphic design, and brand development
About Us
We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading graduate employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centers across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 4,000 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.
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