SENIOR CREATIVE (FORD)

Hybrid Working - 3 days in the office per week. We operate a Fix + Flex model, with Wednesdays and Thursdays as our two Fix Days, when everyone is in the office, and the third day is Flex for you - either Monday, Tuesday, or Friday.

A benchmarked salary between £54,000 to £60,480 based on your level within our progression framework.

WHO WE ARE

We are Born Social, a social‑first creative agency that brings brand building into the social era. We have a track record of delivering transformation for iconic brands like Guinness, Ford, and Barclays, led by our team of social natives and brand experts, underpinned by technology. Backed by the strength of a brilliant business that’s proudly B‑Corp certified, we’re consistently recognised as one of the best places to work.

We’re looking for a Senior Creative to join Born Social and deliver best‑in‑class social‑first work for an exciting and innovative automotive brand: Ford. As a Senior Creative you’ll translate strategy into pitch & award‑winning creative ideas and briefs for our Creatives to execute. Reporting into the Creative Director, you’ll work closely with the Strategists to understand our client’s brief, challenges, and opportunities, and use these to build out creative concepts that achieve measurable results. You also work closely with your Design & Studio team, briefing in and overseeing the production process to help bring your ideas to life. This role is dedicated to our Ford account, so ideally you’ll have experience in the automotive sector or a genuine passion for all things cars - bringing energy, knowledge, and creativity to every piece of work.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Translating strategy into effective social‑first creative ideas for pitch, project, always on and campaign work that sets the standard of what great looks like for our team and clients.
• Pitching and presenting, at both the new business stage and project delivery.
• Overseeing creative execution of creative strategies and briefs to ensure the excellence of output that follows the creative strategy by evolving and maintaining creative review criteria.
• Working to bridge the gap between our thinking and making by identifying key issues causing challenges in workflow between ideation and execution.
• Collaborating with other leaders to develop solutions that result in high quality work from both creative output.
• Supporting the performance and development of Creatives, ensuring they are thriving both as individuals and as a team as well as helping with the hiring and onboarding of new team members and freelancers.
• Working with the other Creative leaders to report and feedback insights on team performance related to work, process and culture.
• Supporting the writing of case studies and awards entries, proving creativity and effectiveness of our work and producing thought leadership content on your areas of expertise.
• Testing & teaching new approaches and tools within the creative strategy and account teams.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• You’ve got solid agency experience and have been in a Senior conceptual Creative or Senior Creative Strategy role before.
• You have a deep understanding of social media and how it can be harnessed for a variety of brands and businesses.
• You’re a big thinker who’s able to think social‑first not social‑only.
• You’re a self-starter, comfortable working independently to proactively find various routes into a brief.
• You’ve got strong deck writing, formatting and presentation skills.
• You have a proven track record of overseeing the creative production process.
• Experience and/or interest in working on an automotive brand is a big plus for this role!

NO GRIT NO PEARL

No Grit No Pearl is our creative mantra – a single‑minded statement of intent that defines how we get to great work and the standard we hold ourselves to. Because we believe the best work isn’t formed instantly, it’s shaped through commitment, care, and perseverance. Grit isn’t about grind – it’s about staying curious, pushing ideas, and appreciating the process to reach the Pearl – work we’re proud of, created to the highest standard that makes a lasting impact.

VALUES

Our values aim to pinpoint the magic ingredients for us at our best. We look for people who share our values and can add to our culture.

• See Challenge as Opportunity – is about our attitude and to be very clear, this is not a value of optimism, nor is it about loving every challenge.
• Say It Simply – how we communicate. Think of the basic rules of communication – honest, clear, confident.
• Do What You Say – is the crux of our reputation and longevity. When you join Born Social, our trust is fully given. It is yours to lose.
• Make Each Other Better – is about our culture of collaboration and commitment to development. We are only as good as the people around us so we all take responsibility for developing each other, as well as ourselves.
• Consciously Contribute – is bigger than all the others. It ensures we grow right. It broadens our focus beyond Born Social and cements our commitment to doing what’s just, not what’s easy or immediately self‑serving.

BORN SOCIAL CROUD

Born Social is proud to be part of Croud. Together we are a global, full‑service media, creative and data agency. We operate as a unique scaled network of Intelligent, Creative Specialists, enabling us to deliver superior brand outcomes and unlock potential for our people, our clients and our communities.

EVERYONE'S WELCOME

We celebrate different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds here at Born Social. As an equal opportunities employer, we believe in the power of an inclusive and representative team. We welcome applications regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, family, or parental status. We don’t simply comply with the Equality Act, we go further and take pride in building a stronger and more creative work environment, committed to inclusion, diversity, and representation.

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