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Job Opening: Experienced Junior Creative

Today is really the best time ever to join Taylor Herring and be part of a huge growth moment. We are on such a winning streak, with incredible clients knocking at the door, and the work is just going from strength to strength. Since our merging with Publicis, the agency has grown to double its size to 50 people. We are on the hunt for people who share our passion for creativity, stellar coverage, talked about campaigns and want to win awards…

Who are Taylor Herring?

Taylor Herring have been around for 20 years. We are deep seated creatives, no idea we will not try, no brand marketing department that hasn’t heard of us, and 30% of our work force have been with us all their careers!

The Taylor Herring body of work, our creative hall of fame, our awards, our new West End offices continue to attract the absolute best talent in the world, plus the TH crew are the greatest bunch of people around – passionate, smart, adventurous, creative, determined, supportive, collaborative, we are a tight knit community of like-minded souls all in pursuit of the best work, and deep friendships.

From big bold stunts to high-end creative campaigns to ‘quick and dirty’ behind-the-scenes news packages – our passion is to create highly shareable and newsworthy content that captures the imagination and crashes social media timelines, crafted to deliver for a wide variety of channels.

Job Description

The Hiring Team:

This role is a pivotal position on a seriously busy, dynamic creative team. The Team structure is Chief Creative Officer, Creative Director, Mid-Weight Creative, Junior Creative (to be filled!)

This isn’t an internship or a first ever placement, this is for someone who has a bit of experience under their belt. We’re looking for someone who has completed one or two creative placements (or has worked in an agency before), has heaps of creative drive, is a self-starter but works collaboratively, takes feedback and implements it – working up what you already have or coming back with a list of new ideas! We’re looking for someone who is keen to get stuck in, but knows how an office works and can keep to deadlines as well as have fun.

Recent Campaign Work:

• https://www.taylorherring.com/paddy-power-release-world-cup-album-crouchy-conducts-the-classics/
• https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/05/celebrations-scores-pr-hit-with-outrage-over-bounty-bars-that-arent-being-removed
• https://www.taylorherring.com/natwest-presents-scammer-house-of-horrors/
• https://www.taylorherring.com/rex-on-the-beach-dinosaur-prints-appear-ahead-of-apple-tv-launch/

Your Role:

• Liaise with teammates, and account teams in a confident manner and build strong working relationships at a junior level
• Research and share ‘sticky’ insights that could be used to spring board a creative idea
• Proactively share interesting stories / trends etc that we might be able to ideate around for retained or spec clients
• Support campaign and programme development through relevant research and contributing ideas to creative conversations
• Responding to creative briefs in a timely manner with a range of creative – self-edited so the top ideas are delivered first, with cutting room at the back
• Listening to and building upon any feedback given by team lead
• Effective management of the team down, across and up, working closely with staff and peers – anything that is your responsibility, is yours to own
• Creating mock ups for ideas – both for pitch documents and retained responses
• Helping teams with small design requests
• Reaching out to suppliers to see if an idea is viable – and doing creative due diligence as a matter of process
• Being a central creative hub for the junior team – getting into their heads and drawing out great insights and thoughts from across the agency
• Attending all creative conversations – being prepped for them
• Writing up initial long lists of ideas – in a snappy and engaging way
• Pitching ideas to team lead and occasionally joining client pitches
• Occasionally running creative conversations and helping to encourage teammates who are less creatively confident
• Mentor and guide junior colleagues who aren’t from a creative background
• Organising offsite inspiration trips for the agency
• Being point person for the creative weekly newsletter
• Providing support to the Creative team in pitch deck writing and retained client idea development
• Managing the time of any creative placements

Qualifications

Expected Skill Set:

• Creative training in creative advertising or completed time within an agency and have demonstrable creative skills
• Industry placement experience – preferably in an earned first environment, but traditional creative is fine
• Skilled and interested in AI technologies
• Design & art direction experience
• Proficient skills in PhotoShop / Indesign to support with mock-ups and general design work for pitches, RTBs and live activations
• Demonstrably able to pull apart a brief and rewrite it if needed
• Be able to research, digest and share interesting /relevant insights
• Ambitious, self-motivated and spirited attitude to life and work
• Keen to work in a fast-paced environment – note this is not an ad agency, things move far quicker in earned-first
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• You’ll have an ‘always on’ attitude to creative – everything and anything could be an idea. Someone who finds inspiration where others don’t
• You’ll be receptive to creative crits and will come back with another page of ideas because they’re just spilling out of you
• 360 understanding of the UK media landscape; from papers to social media
• Strong time management skills
• An ability to multi-task on a number of different creative requirements
• A passion for food, travel and retail, along with a hunger to grow and develop a career in one of the UK’s most awarded consumer earned-first agencies
• Active on social media, creator of own content (desired not essential)

Additional Information

Benefits:

On a staff survey completed in May 2022, our staff gave us 97% rating on a fun & vibrant environment with a positive & supportive company culture, we scored 86% on getting work life balance right, and 100% said they have great feedback on their work and relationship with their line managers on their progress; 93% said their contribution was valued and they felt heard on work and social issues; 100% said they knew what was going on across all areas of the agency; 93% said they felt connected to their co-workers; 93% agreed they knew what their career KPI’s were and how to get to the next level; 100% said we had a great office with great energy, light and layout.

We believe diversity drives innovation and creativity. It connects us closer to our clients and the audiences we serve. So we’re shaping an inclusive agency culture where difference is valued. We celebrate the diverse voices of our team. As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Taylor Herring is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.