Manchester
Creative Lead Manchester Centre - 3 days in the office 2 days working from home C40k Are you a visionary creative who thrives on shaping bold, memorable brand experiences? We’re looking for a Lead Creative to drive the storytelling, design, and innovation across a portfolio of brands. What you’ll do: • Define and elevate brand identities, ensuring each has a distinctive voice and visual presence., • Conceptualize campaigns and creative platforms that resonate culturally, delight guests, and deliver commercial impact., • Bring brand strategy, customer insight, and business priorities to life across digital, social, print, and in-store experiences., • Lead the creation of seasonal campaigns, launches, events, partnerships, and high-profile initiatives., • Explore and embed AI-driven creative tools to speed up ideation, content production, and workflow efficiency, while maintaining brand integrity., • Oversee the full creative process - briefing, prioritization, resourcing, delivery - ensuring projects run smoothly and deadlines are met., • Direct photography and video production, maintaining excellence in typography, layout, visual storytelling, and art direction., • Safeguard and evolve brand standards, guidelines, and creative quality across all outputs. About you: • Proven experience in a senior creative, art direction, or brand leadership role, ideally managing multiple brands or campaigns in a fast-moving environment., • Strong portfolio showcasing brand identity, integrated campaigns, digital content, print, and art direction., • Someone from an agency background / background within retail or hospitality, • Hands-on experience using AI tools to enhance creative output and production workflows., • Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite; motion/film editing experience is a plus., • Deep understanding of design principles, visual storytelling, and print production., • Confident communicator, able to present ideas, influence stakeholders, and make smart commercial decisions., • Organised and strategic, with the ability to manage competing priorities and ensure high-quality delivery across multiple projects. If shaping iconic brands and pushing creative boundaries excites you, this is the role for you.