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Marketing Design Manager

London Temporary 36000 - 60000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

At a Glance

Tasks: Lead creative design projects and manage a talented team to deliver impactful marketing solutions.
Company: Join CH&CO, a vibrant collection of brands that values creativity and diversity.
Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, personal development opportunities, and a range of employee perks.
Why this job: Be part of a dynamic culture that encourages innovation and collaboration while making a real impact.
Qualifications: Degree in design preferred; strong portfolio and leadership skills required.
Other info: This is a 12-month maternity cover contract with a mid-senior level position.

The predicted salary is between 36000 - 60000 £ per year.

This range is provided by CH&CO. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

We are CH&CO a collection of specialist businesses and market leading brands .

We want our people to love what they do and have fun. We celebrate diversity, and our inclusive culture encourages everyone to bring their whole self to work every day. Working at CH&CO gives our teams the opportunity to work across all of our brands, experiencing the variety of our business and the services we deliver. We are currently recruiting for a Marketing Design Manager to work with us on a 12 month maternity cover contract.

Location: Flexibility to work from home, travel to London Head Office – 1-2 times a week

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week – Monday – Friday

Key Responsibilities:

Overall purpose of job:

Providing creative direction for SME, Brand and Marketing across CH&CO Group. Championing projects that are strategically astute, creatively sensitive and culturally aware with an emphasis on driving results and supporting best practice, brand strategy and greatest ROI for CH&CO Group House of Brands.
A go-to for to creative problem solving, a central point to manage cross-agency innovative solutions to projects; bids, brand, consumer-facing marketing, interiors etc.
Budgeting and financial processes, account management for third party relationships, delivery of presentations, focus on economies of scale across CH&CO brand projects.
Key areas of the business we support include Marketing, People, L&D, Comms, Tech, Procurement, Sustainability, CH&CO Charity and Sponsors, CH&CO Marketing Portal etc.

Key Responsibilities

Creative leadership and relationship management – Lead and manage, individually and through your team (both internal designers and external agencies) creative design work for the business at large, fostering a creative environment. Inspire, collaborate and share knowledge to the team to push boundaries at every stage whilst maintaining relationships.
Thought leadership – Conceptualise, moodboard, script, design and deliver presentations and engaging designs that feels authentic and relatable to our customer base and emphasise our brand values. A deep technical knowledge of the complete design process from concept to creation and delivery.
Forecasting, planning, scheduling and budgeting – Managing the annual design schedule, prioritise tasks based on information and push through to completion. Be aware of pressures each week and find solutions, ensuring all work is delivered to the highest standards within time frame and budget. Supporting Sales, Marketing and SMEs.
Research, manage and deliver – Strong research skills required to support the production of content. Instinctively creative and forward thinking with an ability to articulate ideas clearly to non-designers to build momentum and enthusiasm. Able to ascertain what is required and offer solutions, translate the requirements into briefs for other designers, selecting the most suited designer to the task.
Relationships – Act as a key contact regarding brand and graphic design for our internal customers and clients as appropriate.
Communication – Ensure that working parties are set up to develop and deliver best work and that processes and practices are in place to uphold standards from design through to delivery.
Creative and technically astute – A brilliant eye for innovation and trends and ideas of how to integrate these, future proofing our creativity.
Brand guardian – Championing, guarding, and developing compelling visual guidelines across all platforms and mediums, adapting the right tone for the different channels based on established needs and strategy.
Competitor and industry awareness – Maintain a sound knowledge of the competitive landscape including current trends in foodservice and design and ensure that these findings are reflected in the execution of creative work.

Skills

Degree or diploma in design preferable.
Able to manage, lead and deliver well-defined and focused creative briefs to ensure the production of compelling and commercially effective marketing communications.
Able to write appropriate copy and copy edit as required. Awareness of the customer in any given circumstance.
Experience of nurturing talent, identifying skills in others with a willingness to build a strong and cooperative team with both internal and external working parties.
Effective time management and project management skills. Able to juggle multiple projects.
Outstanding portfolio demonstrating an ability to create clever and intriguing designs that are emotive but not distracting, consistent but impactful.
An integrated design background ideally client side with a strong understanding of the hospitality industry.
Confident at explaining the reasons behind every idea and presenting your thinking to the client and team. Ability to give and receive critical feedback.
A thorough understanding and appreciation of brand and its connection to the consumer.
Big business mindset, ability to consider overall business strategy and goals and ensure projects meet these targets with projects landing successfully internally and externally.

What\’s in it for you?

Working with CH&CO has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we\’ve developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

Personal Development and Training opportunities
Private medical eligibility
Eye care
A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
Family friendly support
Regular social events and communication with our leaders
Professional subscriptions
Recognition schemes and people awards
Long service awards
Access to some great high street discount vouchers

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Job function

Marketing, Design, and Management
Industries

Hospitality and Caterers

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