Creative Lead (Contract)

📣  A bit about the role.  

We’re looking for a Creative Lead (fixed term) to join the Brand and Creative team at Butternut. Are you a person who is able to think strategically whilst producing high-quality creative concepts? Would you like to lead a talented in-house Creative Studio? Do you want to be on set with lots of dogs? Well, look no further… 

In this role, you’ll be responsible for conceptualising, creating and delivering world-class projects. You’re a highly collaborative leader who will constantly be driving the quality of the team around you. You’ll work closely with the director to drive the standard of creative direction and delivery. You will report directly to the Brand & Creative Director. This is a fixed term role for 12-14 months (depending on start date).

With each project, you’ll play a key role in Butternut’s mission to bring health and happiness to dogs everywhere. If your tail is wagging, read on… 

🌿 In this role, you can expect to…

• Conceptualise and create world-class campaigns, new products and more
  • Campaigns - print & digital.
    • Paid & organic social, email, OOH, TV adverts and more
  • Packaging design
    • Existing unboxing experience 
    • New product creation and launch content
  • Lead brainstorming/creative sessions to generate ideas
  • Conceptualise strong, thought-through concepts (working from a brief, or from your own understanding of the consumer, business and objectives)
  • Create pitch documents and present your ideas
  • Execute on concepts by turning them into high-quality work.
• Lead the Creative Studio
  • Lead the team of designers, editors, copywriters across multiple projects and always ensure the quality and brand standards are met
  • Direct, motivate and inspire the team to get their best out of them whilst helping them thrive in their careers. 
  • Revise content and presentations, approve/reject ideas, provide articulate and considered feedback to the team
  • Monitor results of team efforts and propose actions for the future
• Act as a brand guardian
  • You’ll clarify our offering whilst constantly assessing what is important to our potential customer base 
  • You’ll be responsible for maintaining the visual standards, tone and values
  • Be a brand guardian and consistently work to articulate and execute on-brand communication in Butternut’s tone, values, proposition and visual standards.
  • As a brand guardian, you’ll inspire others to uphold the standards and manage our brand documents.
  • You’ll collaborate with the Brand & Creative Director to evolve the brand identity, maintain and clearly articulate the brand vision. 
• Meet and pet dogs
  • (not mandatory, but encouraged).

👋  A bit about you. 

• Experienced Creative Lead; you are confident in your abilities and have the hands on experience to mentor and develop your team
• A highly creative and non-traditional thinker
  • Plenty of ideas and are able to articulate and pitch concepts clearly.
  • You have strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills in order to make outstanding pitches
  • Articulate in your vision and can inspire others - from teammates, to customers and of course, dogs
• An organisational powerhouse who’s comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and tight deadlines
• Someone who has a bias for action and just makes things happen.  
• Highly skilled in Adobe Suites
• Someone who holds high standards for operational excellence: budgets, calendars, timelines, and efficiencies.
• Well practised in managing, influencing and inspiring people 
  • You know how to work with different types of people and how to get the best out of them.
  • You value building collaborative relationships across teams and functions, both internally and externally
• Proactive in your approach, anticipating challenges before a project is started.
• Passionate about the Butternut brand and the values associated with it.

🐶 A bit about us. 

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions. #LI-Hybrid

As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Poland - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us. 

 🙌 A bit about what we offer.

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) 
• 5 paid ‘paws’ days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
• Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 at home)
• £500 personal learning & development budget 
• Butternut Box employee discount 
• Enhanced parental leave regardless of your journey to parenthood
• Pension with NEST
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality
• Cycle to work scheme
• Lots of office dogs (Ajax, Brio, Luna, Basil, Peggy, Pip, Rudi, Indi, Gnocco and many more….)

❗️A few things to note: 

• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
• We are not looking for external agency support with this role.

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