Head of Creative, Publishing and Production London, England
Job description
About Schroders
We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.
We have around 5,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.
The base
We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We're close to our clients, in the heart of the UK's financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.
The team
The team will sit within our dynamic and award-winning Global Marketing and Communications team, supporting communications across our global offices. The Creative, Production and Publishing team will work across projects that deliver consistent and effective brand communication for Schroders globally that is digital and video first in approach.
What you'll do
You will lead this central team across the full creative, production and publishing of our global marketing campaigns. You will work in collaboration with central and local marketing teams to ensure all campaign touchpoints are effective and delivered inline with timelines. You will oversee all projects and deliver outstanding results that push boundaries and provide engaging and effective assets across multiple touch points with a particular focus on the multi-media experience for our audience.
On the creative side, you will work with a team of designers, both internal and external along with 3rd party agencies, to provide creative and innovative approaches to briefs. Within the newly formed team you will also manage the end to end process of the production and publishing of all global central initiative.
An integral part of this role is the role management responsibilities meaning that impactful leadership and influence are an extremely important skill.
Other responsibilities of this role
- Planning and implementation of the end to end process to deliver global scalable marketing campaigns from creative, through production and to publishing.
- Using innovative design and production processes to create and deliver multi-media assets to support digital, video, and live communication
- Develop and drive creative direction across marketing communications, with a focus on visual storytelling using industry-leading technology
- Works closely across the Marketing Department to deliver a cohesive approach to brand, content, communication directives, including ‘story packages'
- Develop strong relationships with other Marketing Heads to ensure joined up delivery
- Develop excellent working relationships with stakeholders (both internal and external)
- Work with the Account Executive to ensure briefs are developed and are in-line with the Marketing Departments requirements
The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
- Experience of running an in-house central Marketing team across multiple areas
- Experience of managing complex projects
- Experience in supporting with the development of strategy for an in-house central Marketing team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Be familiar with working within a global marketing team
- The experience of successfully leading creative projects from brief to delivery
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong design skills with an ability to translate complex information into engaging communication
- An excellent understanding of digital-first approach
- A knowledge of brand and communication design.
What you'll be like
- You thrive in a fast-pacing and challenging environment
- You have experience working collaboratively across multiple departments
- You bring energy, drive and enthusiasm to the team with a can-do attitude
- Be highly organised, with a sensible approach to tight deadlines and complex projects
- Share ideas and a strong collaborator.
We're looking for the best, whoever they are
Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. You're welcome here whatever your socio-economic background, race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious belief, age or disability.
