Midweight Creative in City of London

Job Purpose

Reporting into the ACD, this role is a midweight position within the team – as such, you will be expected to support, champion and embody the values of the agency, while also having the space to grow and develop your skillsets. You will lead on smaller briefs, develop messaging frameworks, and refine campaign ideas. Priority is social‑first content ideation to scope, KPIs and budget. You are here to create the best work of your career and support others in doing so. As a Creative, you are here to come up with best‑in‑class creative solutions, champion craft and help the work find its feet, come to life and reach its full potential. You are the gatekeeper of great work, fiercely protected and evangelised with the team and wider agency, always putting it first – protecting, nurturing and supporting great ideas. You must have a deep understanding of all your projects, ensuring Senior Creatives/ACDs are kept in the loop and up to speed at all times. You are responsible for managing your workload, liaising with Resource and more senior members of the team to manage the flow of work, maintaining the high Creative standards we have set out and ensuring deadlines are met. It is your responsibility to identify and raise issues with the work, escalating to the Creative Lead on the project as soon as possible.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Social‑first content ideation – both pre‑planned and reactive ideation
• Clearly brief team members to execute production of your ideas, producing your own work where feasible (e.g. Creator‑style video content)
• Mentor Junior Creative(s) and support their personal development
• Have your finger on the pulse of trends and the social space, and translate these into client opportunities
• Spot reactive social media opportunities and create the ensuing content
• Deliver your own projects, keeping Senior Creatives informed and up to date
• Copywriting
• Work with ACDs and the Resource team to ensure workloads are managed and deadlines met

Job Requirements

• 3+ years working in Social marketing, Social PR or equivalent (including experience as a Senior Social Media Executive / Social Media Manager or similar)
• Proven experience within Social Campaign and Content projects
• A portfolio of consistent, social‑first work
• Presentation skills are required
• Excellent writing skills and attention to detail
• Proven craft skills are required
• Basic deck design skills are essential (design skills desirable)
• Basic video filming/editing skills
• Proven passion for social
• Vision to grow and develop
• Determination to “get it done”
• Ambition to create generation‑defining work

What you’ll get

Our people make us who we are, so to make sure we attract and retain the best and brightest in the industry, we offer an attractive benefits package. But not only that, we are the UK’s first carbon neutral agency (a status we have held since 2018), with a serious commitment to monitoring and reducing the impact our work has on the planet across three core sustainability pillars of Greenhouse Gases, Waste & Recycling and Sustainable Consumption.

• Dynamic working: To keep that work‑life harmony in check, we\’re flexible on where and when you work
• Private medical insurance: To keep you fighting fit and give you and your family peace of mind
• Life assurance and income protection: We know it feels good to be covered, just in case
• Calm Subscription: Now more than ever, it’s important to mind your mind!
• 25 days annual leave: This increases to 27 days after three years with us, and then increases every subsequent year up to a maximum of 30 days
• Christmas closure: No need to save holiday days for the Christmas closure period. It\’s on us!
• Birthdays off: One extra day to celebrate your big day
• Summer hours: Between June and Aug we finish at 15.00 every Friday
• Online coaching and mental health support: Unlimited coaching via OpenUp
• Remote Working: Work abroad for up to one month a year
• Performance & Salary: Reviewed twice a year for everyone

Finally, we’re proud and committed to being an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal opportunities for all and treating all existing employees and all job applicants in the same way, regardless of their age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity status and marital & civil partnership status.