Job Description

Job Introduction

We are looking for a talented Creative Head to lead the DESIGN team in BBC Creative.

This is a key role within the BBC\'s in-house creative agency which creates a wide range of work from TV channel branding to digital assets, and from complex 3D graphic sequences to iconic static imagery.

View our work here: http://www.bbccreative.co.uk/

This is a permanent role, based in London.

If you are an experienced Designer who likes a creative challenge and wants to lead a team, then this could be the job for you!

Main Responsibilities

As Creative Head - DESIGN, reporting to the Executive Creative Director, you will lead and inspire a team, creating work of the highest standard. Our aim is to be the best creative floor in the country.

This role leads a team of 30+ Design generalists and specialists working across all media creating static, interactive and motion graphics for broadcast, print and digital / social use across our branding / promotional campaigns.

The team consists of:

• Developing/Junior Designers
• Designers (mid weight)
• Senior Designers

As a senior leader overseeing the creation of multi-platform branding and advertising campaigns for major BBC brands, you will be working closely with the BBC Marketing team and other senior BBC stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• To creatively oversee all our design output, striving for excellence on every project
• To lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team of Designers at various levels of experience and seniority
• To drive the highest professional standards in design
• To build and mentor a team of Designers capable of delivering outstanding design solutions for our most complex projects, working with partners / specialist freelancers as required

Detailed responsibilities:

• To effectively delegate work to Senior Designers in order to establish and maintain a structure which is capable of overseeing and steering a large and complex design ecosystem
• To identify and understand the cutting edge of design culture, and bring the design team closer to it through consultation, critique and inspiration
• To understand and manage the ground-level pressures of print, motion, digital, and brand design
• To be capable of prioritising projects within a department\'s pipeline
• To oversee at a high level operationally as well as creatively, including being able to identify challenges and drive resolution

Are you the right candidate?

We are looking for an outstanding creative with significant design experience, and an in-depth knowledge of digital brand marketing and consumer trends. You will also need to have successfully achieved the creation of digital campaigns, and have excellent creative leadership skills, with a proven track-record of advising on innovative campaigns for new platforms.

You will need:

• CREATIVITY - To have proven credentials in creating bold and original design
• LEADERSHIP - To have specific experience of managing / mentoring Designers, and the potential to be an outstanding leader
• PRODUCTION - To have a fundamental understanding of digital/broadcast design, branding, and OOH design conventions and processes, with a good knowledge of key software (such as Adobe Creative Suite and Cinema 4D)
• COMMUNICATION - To have good influencing/persuading skills and be confident working with senior stakeholders. To be able to communicate effectively with a disparate range of creative and production colleagues

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Package Description

Band: E
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London based role with some flexibility - i.e. hybrid working
Job Title: Head of Creative (Design)

We\'re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

WHY JOIN US

Creative Head, DESIGN

Creative & Digital

Permanent - Full Time

London, GB, W1A 1AA

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B\'CAST

Job Closing Date: 26/09/23

THE ROLE

Job Introduction

We are looking for a talented Creative Head to lead the DESIGN team in BBC Creative.

This is a key role within the BBC\'s in-house creative agency which creates a wide range of work from TV channel branding to digital assets, and from complex 3D graphic sequences to iconic static imagery.

View our work here: http://www.bbccreative.co.uk/

This is a permanent role, based in London.

If you are an experienced Designer who likes a creative challenge and wants to lead a team, then this could be the job for you!

Main Responsibilities

As Creative Head - DESIGN, reporting to the Executive Creative Director, you will lead and inspire a team, creating work of the highest standard. Our aim is to be the best creative floor in the country.

This role leads a team of 30+ Design generalists and specialists working across all media creating static, interactive and motion graphics for broadcast, print and digital / social use across our branding / promotional campaigns.

The team consists of:

• Developing/Junior Designers
• Designers (mid weight)
• Senior Designers

As a senior leader overseeing the creation of multi-platform branding and advertising campaigns for major BBC brands, you will be working closely with the BBC Marketing team and other senior BBC stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• To creatively oversee all our design output, striving for excellence on every project
• To lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team of Designers at various levels of experience and seniority
• To drive the highest professional standards in design
• To build and mentor a team of Designers capable of delivering outstanding design solutions for our most complex projects, working with partners / specialist freelancers as required

Detailed responsibilities:

• To effectively delegate work to Senior Designers in order to establish and maintain a structure which is capable of overseeing and steering a large and complex design ecosystem
• To identify and understand the cutting edge of design culture, and bring the design team closer to it through consultation, critique and inspiration
• To understand and manage the ground-level pressures of print, motion, digital, and brand design
• To be capable of prioritising projects within a department\'s pipeline
• To oversee at a high level operationally as well as creatively, including being able to identify challenges and drive resolution

Are you the right candidate?

We are looking for an outstanding creative with significant design experience, and an in-depth knowledge of digital brand marketing and consumer trends. You will also need to have successfully achieved the creation of digital campaigns, and have excellent creative leadership skills, with a proven track-record of advising on innovative campaigns for new platforms.

You will need:

• CREATIVITY - To have proven credentials in creating bold and original design
• LEADERSHIP - To have specific experience of managing / mentoring Designers, and the potential to be an outstanding leader
• PRODUCTION - To have a fundamental understanding of digital/broadcast design, branding, and OOH design conventions and processes, with a good knowledge of key software (such as Adobe Creative Suite and Cinema 4D)
• COMMUNICATION - To have good influencing/persuading skills and be confident working with senior stakeholders. To be able to communicate effectively with a disparate range of creative and production colleagues

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Package Description

Band: E
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London based role with some flexibility - i.e. hybrid working
Job Title: Head of Creative (Design)

We\'re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

INCLUSION

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