Associate Campaign Creative Director in City of London

We are Universal Music Group UK - the UK's leading music-based entertainment company. We exist to shape culture through the power of artistry. We help UK artists produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to inspire and entertain fans at home and around the world.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

On behalf of UMG, we are looking for an Associate Campaign Creative Director for a 4 Month Day Rate Contract based in London. Please note this will be hybrid working with 4 days in office and 1 day working from home.

How We LEAD

Universal Music Group for Brands seeks an Associate Campaign Creative Director for our UK office who can generate creative campaigns and build content-driven stories across any platform to drive engagement. They stay on the pulse of innovative trends in digital marketing. A conceptual thinker who has pitched, developed, and launched integrated 360 campaigns for well-known brands.

How You'll CREATE

• Act as a creative lead on developing innovative marketing experiences that deliver business and cultural impact to brands across existing and emerging platforms.
• Support all concepts with visually compelling pitch decks and verbally communicate how the creative vision will help achieve business goals both internally and to clients.
• Help facilitate or lead global brainstorming with creative, sales, or client teams.
• Lead by example to help team members develop strategic creative concepts locally, regionally, and globally.
• Drive deep collaboration with internal partners, clients, and external vendors.
• Ability to establish client relationships and act as a creative leader.
• Maintain momentum on creative concepts as a core part of the team responsible for bringing them to life.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring the team meets deadlines.
• Experience in the development, budgeting, and execution of a range of content executions, from live experiences to branded content.
• Stay current with creative trends and the competitive landscape to inspire and motivate the wider team and our markets.
• Exceptional design aesthetic, ensuring all creative output adheres to brand and artist standards.

Bring Your VIBE

• A proven track record of working for an agency or similar.
• Able to demonstrate originality and innovation with an award-worthy portfolio of work for various well-known brands.
• Excellent copywriting and design skills are used to communicate concepts effectively, delivering exceptional pitch proposals that get results.
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills and organize, motivate, and improve the creative output of those around you while accepting creative decisions from upper management.
• Experience collaborating with motion designers, technologists, live production teams, product designers, and vendors to seamlessly execute projects - with a clear understanding of budgeting and scheduling.
• Able to take the initiative and proactively come to the table with new ideas to push forward the creative work for clients and strengthen market relationships.
• Solid organizational skills, hit deadlines, and multitasking.
• Ability to contribute to the UMG FOR BRANDS team's culture and participate in activities that foster team spirit.
• Strong knowledge and experience with key 'presentation' programs, PowerPoint (occasionally Keynote) and design tools such as Photoshop/In Design or similar.
• An evident love for music.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging at UMG UK

The best way to flourish in our ever-changing industry is to create a team that truly reflects the incredible diversity of our artist roster and society. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can belong, thoughtfully express themselves and bring something unique to our creative journey and our shared passion for music. Our diversity sets the stage for the creativity, collaboration and innovation that make our artists successful. Here, we want everyone to be seen, supported, valued, respected, and ensure contributions are appreciated and actioned where appropriate.

Next Steps

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

Employment Terms

We can only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model. Please note that for the duration of this assignment you will be working as an external resource engaged by AMS.