About the Role
Lead Generation, VodafoneThree's in-house creative agency, and shape the creative vision for a portfolio of iconic brands including VodafoneThree, Three, VOXI and SMARTY. Drive world-class creative standards, champion innovation, and ensure every creative investment strengthens brand equity, customer engagement and commercial performance. Lead senior creative talent, influence executive stakeholders, and play a key role in transforming Generation into a best-in-class multi-brand creative organisation.
Responsibilities
- Set the creative vision, standards and governance framework across VodafoneThree's portfolio of brands.
- Act as the ultimate creative authority, ensuring exceptional quality, consistency and effectiveness across all customer touchpoints.
- Lead the strategic development and stewardship of VodafoneThree, Three and VOXI, while overseeing Vodafone brand execution in the UK market.
- Partner with senior leaders across Brand, Marketing and Commercial teams to influence business strategy and drive creative excellence.
- Lead, inspire and develop a high-performing community of Creative Managers and senior creative specialists.
- Build strong partnerships with leading external agencies and provide a single, unified creative vision across internal and external teams.
- Drive the evolution of Generation's operating model, capabilities, technology adoption and AI-enabled ways of working.
- Deliver organisational transformation, supporting the growth of in-house creative services while improving efficiency, capability and business impact.
Requirements
- Significant experience in a senior creative leadership role.
- A proven track record of leading large-scale creative organisations and developing senior creative leaders.
- Deep experience managing and evolving major consumer brands within complex, multi-brand environments.
- An outstanding portfolio demonstrating creative excellence and measurable commercial impact.
- Experience leading organisational transformation, including capability development, operating model evolution and technology adoption.
- Strong executive-level influencing skills, with the credibility to engage and challenge senior stakeholders.
- Established relationships and reputation within the creative industry, with experience working alongside senior agency leaders.
- A strategic, commercially minded leadership style, with a passion for developing talent and building high-performing creative cultures.
- Background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks, are required for this role.
Skills
- Creative vision
- Brand equity
- Customer engagement
- Commercial performance
- Creative standards
- Innovation
- Strategic development
- Brand stewardship
- Business strategy
- Creative excellence
- Operating model evolution
- Technology adoption
- AI-enabled ways of working
- Organisational transformation
- External agency partnerships
Location
- London Speechmark
- Newbury
Work Type
- Hybrid Working
- Full time
Experience Level
- Senior creative leadership
Benefits
- Great pay
- Bonuses
- Up to 28 days off plus bank holidays
- Paid time for charity work
- Personalised benefits
- Discounts
- Vouchers
- Pension plan
- Learning & development tools
About the Company
- We are here to build a network the UK can count on – one that connects people, places and potential.
- We are creating more than the UK's best network; we're helping close the digital divide, empower communities and drive meaningful progress.
- We believe that everyone should feel they belong, and we're building a workplace where different perspectives are welcomed, voices are heard, and everyone feels safe to show up as themselves.
- We are expanding connectivity and reimagining what a connected nation looks like.
- With £11bn invested in 5G and digital infrastructure, your work will directly power businesses, services, and communities across the country.
- We move at pace because what we're building matters, and we're learning as we go.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe that everyone should feel they belong. Whoever you are and whatever your story, there’s space for you here.
- We’re building a workplace where different perspectives are welcomed, voices are heard, and everyone feels safe to show up as themselves.
- We know that everyone is unique, with multiple aspects to their identity and different experiences behind them. We are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background.
- We believe everyone should have the opportunity to interview for a role that matches their skills.
- We identified a range of reasonable adjustments to help you feel comfortable and perform at your best self during the interview process.
