Group Creative Director, Homes (London)

Reporting into the Editorial Operations Director, the Group Creative Director is responsible for the visual and design direction of the Country Living and House Beautiful brands, with specific responsibility as brand ambassador for market-leading Country Living. You will work seamlessly with the Senior Editorial team to oversee the creative vision for each brand and ensure this is implemented across all platforms, including all areas of revenue diversification: Events, Membership and Licensing partnerships.

Main Duties:

• Working with the Editorial Director and brand Editors, you will establish the visual identity for each brand and create a blueprint for all stakeholders.
• Oversee the planning, briefing and execution of all visual content for both Homes brands – across all channels and for all areas (magazine, digital, video, social, events, membership and licensing).
• Recognise and act on every opportunity to streamline work across brands – for example omni-planning shoots with multi-brand, multi-channel execution.
• Be the brand visual guardian ensuring that all brand guidelines are relevant for the creation of all print and digital materials – both for editorial and commercial use.
• To be the design lead for both brands (across all channels), with an innate understanding of the differences of each, and the ability to communicate to all stakeholders and energise/enable/empower them to take/commission one idea and make it work across brands and platforms.
• Overseeing key initiatives for both brands ensuring the highest quality in the final product.
• Lead on visual origination and conceptualisation of all ideas, across all areas.
• To keep abreast of new trends and technology to enable us to deliver the highest standards of visual creative across both brands and all areas.
• To be an ambassador of Hearst UK and its values.

You may be required to undertake such further duties as your skills, qualifications and experience allow and/or as may be assigned to you from time to time.

What We Are Looking For:

• Extensive experience of brand design at Creative Director level.
• Complete familiarity with a Mac and all existing and new design tools such as InDesign, Adobe Photoshop.
• Video specific skills are desirable.
• Proven experience in multi-platform publishing.
• Experienced at leading and developing design teams.
• Ability to build excellent relationships with external contributors and partners.
• Ability to forge excellent working relationships with internal teams.
• Collaborative approach and ability to remain calm under pressure.

What We Offer:

• 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days) - prorated for part-time or fixed-term employees.
• Hybrid working – Three days per week in the office.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause.
• Life assurance and pension scheme.
• Regular socials and more!

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in – one that respects, protects, represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people. As a business, we recognise the significant benefits of creativity, collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do, but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why we’re working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.