Director, Brand Experience Agency (Maternity Cover Contract)

Director (Maternity Cover Contract) – Brand Experience Agency – To £90k Pro Rata – South-West London / Hybrid

Stunning brand experience agency seeks Director for eight-month maternity cover from this September, with a view to a permanent role.

The agency

This growing multi-discipline design studio creates spectacular brand experiences for big-name clients across fashion, beauty and retail.

With enviable output ranging from high-end influencer events and press trips to creative mailers, premium packaging and set build, its talented team takes immersive experience to the next level.

The agency’s full-service, uniquely playful approach to event production, styling, prop-making and graphic design really is a feast for the eyes.

And as an ambitious B-Corp with a strong emphasis on sustainability, the agency’s aim is to be the very best partner for brands that want to achieve fabulous creative but not at the earth’s expense.

Now they are looking for a dynamic, experienced Director for an eight-month fixed-term maternity cover contract from September.

There is real potential for this role to become permanent afterwards.

The Director role

This role is fundamental to the direction of the agency, team and clients, giving them ultimate upthrust towards their strategic goals.

Forming part of the Leadership Team, the Director will help to build, maintain, inspire and nurture a very strong team of creative thinkers and brilliant doers, and proactively lead on a range of opportunities that contribute to the ongoing vision and growth of the agency overall.

Alongside supercharging strategy, the day to day will largely comprise overseeing output from the Project Directors and wider business unit, ensuring first-class planning, delivery and execution, as well as ensuring strong commerciality across every project. The Director will be continuously identifying revenue growth opportunities across the project lifecycle and clients organically.

This role requires a strong and seasoned visionary leader with a background in heading up complex experiential projects, who wants to take their love for growth, strategic direction and leadership excellence to the next stage.

What’s required

• At least 10 to 15 years’ experience working within an events or experiential agency
• A strong track record in delivering and managing the production process of high-level creative events
• A finely tuned ability to nurture and grow client accounts
• Experience building, leading and recruiting for a team in a fast-paced creative environment

Work from home policy

Two to three days per week will be spent either in the agency’s gorgeous offices or at face-to-face meetings.

Salary and benefits

To £90k pro rata alongside some of the best benefits in the business including:

• Flexible, hybrid working
• Professional development budget
• Duvet days and volunteering days
• Incremental holiday allowance and sabbatical
• Enhanced maternity / adoption pay accompanied by a bonus on your return
• Mobile phone allowance, expensed gallery trips, financial help with moving house, a whole host of fun agency events and much more

To be considered for this role, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Whilst every effort is made to contact all candidates, due to a high number of applications we are unable to give individual feedback to those who are unsuccessful.