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Centrica

2mo ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior & Expert Level
  • Marketing
    Design
  • London
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AI generated summary

  • You must have extensive consumer brand experience, a diverse portfolio, strong Adobe skills, design versatility, management experience, and excellent communication abilities. In-house preferred.
  • You will lead creative initiatives, develop brand guidelines, manage design projects, oversee a small team, and facilitate creative reviews to enhance brand recognition and equity.

Requirements

  • Extensive relevant experience in consumer brands.
  • A portfolio of well-conceived and beautifully executed work across a number of channels including digital and social media.
  • A strong knowledge of the core Adobe Creative Suite applications and a good working knowledge of other apps including Figma, Sketch and experience with tools like Frontify.
  • Be able to demonstrate a broad palette of design skills, from logos, icons, illustrations, typography, art direction, to animations and other short-form assets for social media.
  • Management experience, comfortable with shaping and leading creative teams.
  • Excellent communicator and able to work with people at all levels.
  • In-house experience preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Set a high bar for quality and creativity and keep raising it, provide creative leadership support and guidance across internal teams.
  • Develop clear brand identities and guidelines across British Gas, Hive and Centrica that are understood and used across the business.
  • Shape and own our brand architecture across Centrica.
  • Develop distinctive brand assets that build brand recognition and equity.
  • Manage and execute design requests across business units, working with internal design support and agency partners.
  • Own projects from concept, through to execution and to delivery of final assets.
  • Develop and run creative forums for review and sign off creatives across the brands.
  • Manage a small team of designers and brand managers, providing steer and guidance.

FAQs

What is the job title for this position?

The job title is Creative Lead.

What are the primary responsibilities of the Creative Lead?

The primary responsibilities include championing and guarding the brand identities for British Gas, Hive, and Centrica, developing brand guidelines, managing a creative team, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality creative outputs.

What qualifications are required for this role?

Extensive relevant experience in consumer brands, a strong portfolio of work across various channels, knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and other design tools, management experience, and excellent communication skills are required.

Where is the location of the job?

The position offers Flexible First working arrangements, with the team typically spending two days a week in a London office and occasional travel to the Head Office in Windsor.

Who will the Creative Lead report to?

The Creative Lead will report to the Head of Brand.

How does Centrica address diversity and inclusion in the workplace?

Centrica actively seeks to attract individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, focusing on inclusivity and providing opportunities for employees from various cultures, genders, and abilities.

Are there any specific tools or software that the Creative Lead should be familiar with?

Yes, the Creative Lead should have a strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, as well as familiarity with tools like Figma, Sketch, and Frontify.

Is there a team that the Creative Lead will manage?

Yes, the Creative Lead will manage a small team consisting of two brand managers and a designer, providing guidance and leadership.

What kind of work environment does Centrica promote?

Centrica promotes a Flexible First working environment, allowing employees to work in ways that best suit their individual needs while ensuring opportunities for team connection.

What benefits does Centrica offer to its employees?

Centrica offers competitive salaries, bonuses, a pension scheme, an Electric car lease scheme, a generous holiday allowance, and a variety of flexible benefits including technology vouchers and travel insurance.

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Centrica

Leading energy services and solutions provider focused on helping customers live sustainably, simply and affordably

Energy
Industry
10,001+
Employees
1997
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Centrica is a leading energy services and solutions provider founded on a 200-year heritage of serving people. We are the UK’s biggest retailer of zero carbon electricity, serving around 10 million customers across the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe through brands such as British Gas, supported by around 9,000 highly trained engineers and technicians. Centrica’s purpose of helping customers live sustainably, simply and affordably drives our strategy and our People and Planet Plan.

Culture & Values

  • We care deeply about our impact: Care

    The safety of our team and of others around us is paramount. We respect others, and the trust they place in us. We want to make a difference to society and those we effect. We have a sense of responsibility which goes beyond our job

  • We do things right and deliver: Delivery

    We value delivering great service and customer outcomes. We are rigorous, do things the right way, and follow best practice. We appreciate the journey as well as the results. We seek simplicity, efficiency and continuous improvement

  • Together we win: Collaboration

    We enjoy working with others. We believe relationships and partnerships are fundamental. We are best when we work as a team. We seek out views and mutual understanding, even from our harshest critics

  • We are nimble, curious and innovative: Agility

    We don’t stand still and know when to change. We seek out new things which will make a difference. We are restless, always looking to do better. We embrace the ideas and perspectives of others

  • We step up and take responsibility: Courage

    We pursue the right outcome, knowing it is rarely easy. We are prepared to stand for what we believe. We will challenge where we believe the path is wrong. We face into the challenge and grasp the opportunity

Benefits

  • Financial Benefits

    To help our people look after their finances we offer different options to support with saving for the future, learning more about your money and giving peace of mind.

  • Health & Wellbeing

    Helping our colleagues to take care of their physical and mental health is something we really care about. We offer a wide range of benefits in this space.

  • Home & Lifestyle

    Colleagues can also level-up their benefits by taking advantage of discounts on those things that mean the most to them.