About the Role
As a Creative, you will work closely with the Strategy team to understand client briefs and challenges, developing creative concepts that achieve measurable results. You will also collaborate with Creative, Design & Production teams, overseeing the production process to bring ideas to life.
Responsibilities
- Translate strategy into effective social-first creative ideas for pitch, project, always-on, and campaign work.
- Build social-first creative guidelines covering visual identity, art direction, and tone of voice.
- Pitch and present creative concepts during new business pitches and project deliveries.
- Lead internal and external ideation workshops.
- Build briefs and oversee the creative production process to ensure alignment with the creative vision.
- Manage allocated time efficiently to meet client scopes of work.
- Produce thought leadership and internal education to define and establish social best practices.
- Support the writing of case studies and awards entries to demonstrate creativity and effectiveness.
- Stay informed about new behaviors, platforms, and tools impacting the social media landscape.
Requirements
- Agency experience in a conceptual Creative or Creative Strategy role.
- Deep understanding of social media and its application for various brands and businesses.
- Proactive and comfortable working independently to explore different approaches to a brief.
- Proven track record of overseeing the creative production process.
- Strong deck writing, formatting, and presentation skills.
Skills
- Social-first creative concept development
- Creative guideline development
- Pitching and presentation
- Ideation workshop facilitation
- Creative production oversight
- Time management
- Thought leadership
- Case study and awards entry writing
- Social media trend analysis
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Hybrid Working - 3 days in the office per week
- Fix + Flex model
- Fix Days: Wednesdays and Thursdays
- Flex Day: Monday, Tuesday, or Friday
Experience Level
- Several years in a social conceptual creative role (in-house or agency)
Salary/Compensations
- £44,280 - £50,760
About the Company
- Born Social is a social-first creative agency bringing brand building into the social era.
- We have a track record of delivering transformation for iconic brands like Guinness, Ford, and Barclays.
- Our team consists of social natives and brand experts, underpinned by technology.
- We are backed by a B-Corp certified business.
- We are consistently recognised as one of the best places to work.
- Our creative mantra is 'No Grit No Pearl', emphasizing commitment, care, and perseverance to achieve great work.
- Our values include: See Challenge as Opportunity, Say It Simply, Do What You Say, Make Each Other Better, and Consciously Contribute.
- Born Social is part of Croud, a global, full-service media, creative, and data agency operating as a scaled network of specialists.
Equal Opportunity
- We celebrate different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds.
- As an equal opportunities employer, we believe in the power of an inclusive and representative team.
- We welcome applications regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, family, or parental status.
- We go further than complying with the Equality Act to build a stronger and more creative work environment committed to inclusion, diversity, and representation.
