A creative leader, thinker, collaborator with significant industry experience. You will have ideally run a successful creative studio, in-house or at a multi disciplinary marketing or brand agency.

Working collaboratively with the Brand Director, you will set the creative vision, evolving the brand over time to ensure its distinctiveness within the market. You will confidently lead and inspire a team of 9 (and growing) designers, copywriters, photographers, a food stylist and a producer to deliver impactful communications and memorable brand experiences - setting the ambition and maintaining high standards in everything we do.

A creative leader and partner to the business, you will buddy up with the Product Design Team on the digital experience and support the Head of Brand Marketing & PR to guide ATL campaigns. You're a brilliant people person, adept at managing stakeholders, juggling multiple projects and setting a creative direction that the whole business can get behind. The Head of Creative sits within the Brand Marketing team and reports directly to the Brand Director.

What you'll do

A creative leader - setting the vision and empowering the business to bring the Gousto brand to life in everything we do
Lead the in-house creative team to produce a brilliant brand experience and effective communications - everything from the box, packaging and recipe cards, social media content through to emails, internal comms, events and the design of our new office/studio space.
You will effectively manage priorities and juggle workloads to ensure the best quality output is delivered on time and meets the brief
Responsible for introducing and improving processes from creative briefing through to design/copy reviews and workflows
Guide, mentor and inspire the team to build their technical and creative expertise - as well as their ability to pitch creative concepts, manage feedback and creatively problem solve
Conceptualise seasonal campaign ideas and be empowered to drive them forward - negotiating and bringing in specialist support if required (videographers, animators)
You're a creative leader but you're not afraid to roll your sleeves up when the job requires - your own design work will set an extremely high bar, and will act as an example which all designers want to follow
Collaborate with the Head of Brand Marketing & PR to offer creative support and guidance on our ATL campaigns
Partner to our Product Design and Proposition teams to guide the execution of our brand in the digital and physical experience
Manage and evolve Gousto's brand guidelines to maintain our distinctiveness in a high growth category; ensuring guidelines are understood and followed by the team and the business
Champion our tone of voice and ensure it is delivered consistently and appropriately across all channels
Requirements
A degree in art, design or visual communication
You have led a creative function, managing both copy and design teams
You have extensive experience working creatively on marketing communications in a fast-paced company or leading agency
A strong sensibility for brilliant copywriting and how copy needs to flex from communications through to customer experience and customer care
Ability to create original, impactful and engaging work for digital and print campaigns
You have a varied portfolio of work (branding, print, digital, social media) including mood boards, rough sketches and mocks-ups, image manipulation, typography, animated GIFs
Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite software, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign etc.
You will make confident design decisions, and be smart and persuasive in bringing others with you
An excellent team player: collaborative and adept at building relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
A love of good food
Extra skills we'd love

Pen tablet experience advantageous.
Fast-paced agency experience.
Expertise with After Effects or other video editing software.
An eye for and an interest in photography, or styling experience
An understanding of HTML & CSS preferred, but not a necessity.