Brand Creative Lead

The food system, and our part of it (snacking), is broken. Thanks to the snack-establishment, snacks leave people unsatisfied and feeling guilty. Their best efforts are helping people to consume 22kg of sugar more than they need every year, that’s 3 times the recommended amount. Not to mention the salt and empty calories. To the point where people try to avoid having snacks altogether. That’s how little faith there is in our part of the food system - people believe their only option is to quit it altogether. 

Our purpose at graze is to rewrite the snacking rulebook for healthy people and a healthy planet. We recognise it's a daunting task - thankfully, we’re standing on the shoulders of giants, the founders of graze, who started to rewrite the rulebook of snacking.

And rewriting that rulebook remains our mandate today. We’re on a never-ending hunt for tastier, crunchier, fresher, better snacking and we think snacks made with seriously tasty, wholesome ingredients and lots of imagination is a good place to start. 

When we show grazers - which can be everyone - that there is an alternative and that they don’t need to quit snacks to be healthy or to care for the planet, we’ll have accomplished our mission. And helped, in our own small way, to solve our part of the food system. 

So it should come as no surprise that we’re a B Corp and a proud advocate for the Better Business Act - we have committed to being a better business by being a business that puts equal measure behind how our business operates for all stakeholders - people, planet and profit.

the role, Brand Creative Lead...

We are looking for an experienced multidisciplinary design leader with a wealth of FMCG knowledge to be the guardian of our creative direction, drive for creative excellence and support our big plans for innovation, communication campaigns as well as the general creative needs of the wider business. We are looking for both a thinker and a doer, someone who is at the forefront of their craft in designing new, fresh and exciting brands. 

You will be the guardian of the brand’s visual identity. What do we look like? What do we mean to consumers? You will be a crucial member in designing the future of our big brand campaign launches, as well as refreshing and optimising our online presence. From packaging, social to POS and digital inserts, our creative team designs everything in-house.  Leading this team will allow you the freedom to own, shape and really get under the skin of the graze brand, as well as work in a fast-paced, highly iterative and extremely collaborative environment. We’re our own client! 

 what you’ll be responsible for…

• Creative guardian of the graze brand! This person will be responsible for managing & implementing our brand identity, global design style guide & tone of voice 
• Leading the creative team: you will be responsible for managing and developing our team of 4 designers & copywriters alongside collaborating with freelancers and agencies where needed. 
• Executing design briefs; working across the full spectrum of creative projects and taking on the most advanced and testing creative challenges on behalf of the team e.g Packaging & Campaign design
• Ensuring the creative team delivers excellence in the execution of our brand identity across all touchpoints 
• Working hand in hand with the Creative Team Lead to manage performance across the team & develop the team into highly skilled creatives 
• Cross-functional collaboration: you will work closely with a variety of other functions across the business, from packaging to the brand, innovation and direct to consumer team.  

What we’re looking for in you…

• Design and creative leadership experience working with FMCG brands within food or drinks, either agency side or in-house, with a portfolio that demonstrates your outstanding skills and creativity
• Ideally, you’ve managed a creative team and have experience in being the owner and guardian of a brand’s identity 
• You have a passion for development, and proactively make time to ensure you are building capability in yourself and those around you
• A breadth of design experience across campaigns, digital formats, POS and especially retail packaging design (from 1st concepts through to approving on press)
• Full of creative energy, able to bring ideas to life both verbally and visually with the resilience to constructively work with feedback
• Ability to build successful relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, along with a natural, confident and positive style, able to influence those you work with
• Serious skills in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, a solid knowledge of printing processes and how to set up print-ready artwork as well as impeccable layout skills.

what’s in it for you?...

• Imagine being part of a company that strikes a great balance between being a fun place to work, and a place where you’ll learn and grow! Picking up new skills and experiences, broadening your knowledge and capabilities to push you to the next level.
• We are passionate about having an excellent culture with deep-rooted, meaningful values. The biggest ask we have is for you to be your authentic self every day, whilst doing a great job. We want you to feel like you belong, in the way that is right for you.
• We encourage active learning with learning lunches, networking events or more formal qualifications. 
• At the risk of blowing our own trumpet, there’s some seriously smart, informed, helpful, modest, funny and dedicated people at graze HQ! 
• You’d be part of a team that revolves around each of us doing a great job by being helpful, open, inclusive, pioneering and creative. And we wouldn’t have it any other way. 
• We have an onsite gym, shop and mini restaurant! Alongside standard benefits inc pension, bonus, health insurance and many more
• You’ll get one paid volunteering day and one health day each year.
• We have a flexible working policy, so for most and depending on your specific role, that means you can work from home/wherever 3 days/week.

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Let us know if you have accessibility requirements for the interview process, we’ll ensure that all your needs are provided for.

We are passionate about having an excellent culture with deep-rooted, meaningful values. The biggest ask we have is for you to be your authentic self every day whilst doing a great job. We want you to feel like you belong, in the way that is right for you.

Please feel free to include which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc) in your application.

We also have a dedicated diversity and inclusion employee resource group that you’re welcome to join! We are passionate about having an excellent culture with deep-rooted, meaningful values. The biggest ask we have is for you to be your authentic self every day whilst doing a great job. We want you to feel like you belong, in the way that is right for you. 

graze recruits, employs, trains, and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, and other protected status. We are dedicated to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion within our team and in all of our work.