Draper Tools
Creative Services Lead
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Creative Services Lead
We’re looking for an experienced Creative Services Lead to oversee the execution and delivery of premium creative content production across digital and print channels. Working closely with our talented Creative Services team, you will deliver on-brand and audience-focused creative, with outcome-driven solutions. If this sounds like the right role for you, we’d love to hear from you!
Job responsibilities
Working as our Creative Services Lead your role will include:
- Leading, managing, developing, and motivating the Creative Services team.
- Acting as the creative lead and brand guardian for the business, developing creative concepts that will deliver outcomes set and provide a good return on investment.
- Working with the Head of Marketing to develop, review, and manage the company’s brand identities and brand architecture, ensuring it remains effective and relevant, and that it is used correctly across the business and its partners.
- Supporting the team to effectively screen and filter briefs, creating effective workflows to ensure deadlines are met and assisting in project coordination to make sure projects are on schedule, within scope, and on budget.
- Working in partnership with Marketing, Buying, and Sales to develop creative solutions that drive sales across our various channels, ensuring there is a focus on how best to differentiate our brands from the competition and inspire both our B2B and B2C customer base.
- Ensuring the team has suitable tools and technology to carry out their roles. Keeping up to date with emerging technology and trends and finding ways to use that knowledge to improve the company’s creative output.
- Coaching and supporting the team’s professional development, sharing constructive feedback, celebrating success, fostering ideas, and developing talent.
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Skills required
- Experience of leading the creative direction in an agency or corporate setting.
- Strong understanding of brand storytelling and audience engagement.
- Strong knowledge of all types of creative production covering digital and print.
- Experience of creating and evolving brands across a large organisation.
- Fluent in the latest art and design tools and technologies including Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
- Proficiency with AI tools.
- Excellent use of Microsoft Office suite.
- Deadline-driven, knows how to plan and prioritise a multi-project workload.
- Shows a positive, calm, and collaborative attitude.
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Benefits
As our Creative Services Lead your benefits will include:
- 25 days holiday with the ability to purchase additional leave
- Day off for your birthday
- Pension scheme
- Medical cash plan providing cash back on everyday medical costs
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Private health scheme *
- Staff discount on Draper products with significant savings available
- Employee discount scheme - discounts on gym memberships, groceries, holidays and more
- Long service bonus and awards*
- Death in Service Insurance
- Ad-hoc rewards and recognition
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free onsite parking
Why work for us?
We’re more than just tools and we offer more than just a job. We’ve been family-run since day one so working at Draper Tools is about being a part of the extended Draper family - a family that is rich in history, heritage, and continued success.
We know our people make our company what it is and our teams are passionate about new ideas, new ways of working, and continuous improvement, so we work hard to make sure each person has the tools they need to thrive and succeed.
People enjoy working for us; we welcome, invest in, and value our employees and one in six have worked for Draper for more than 25 years!
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