Agency : Havas Media Group Job Description : Creative Director (Mat Cover) – Growth Team.
ABOUT HAVAS.
Havas Media Network are part of the Havas Group, one of the world’s largest communications agencies. Our headquarters are based at Havas Village at King’s Cross/St Pancras, London. Our overarching mission is to make a meaningful difference to the brands, businesses, and lives of the people we work with. Our solution is simple: we identify and create meaningful media experiences to deliver meaningful growth for our clients. We’re on Campaign’s ‘Best Place to Work’ list each year and our Talent team has been awarded the IPA Gold CPD Accreditation. Havas Media Group is a place where you can make things happen by pursuing your professional and personal dreams. As such, we’ve also launched the ‘Meaningfully Daring Side Hustle’ programme, while Havas Boost announced its first investment into STEM educational toys business, Ambessa Play.
THE ROLE.
Creative Director at Havas Media Network (Mat Cover)
About the Role: We are seeking an innovative, visionary Creative Director to lead our Design team as a key part of the overall Growth & Marketing team within the Havas Media Network. The Creative Director will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the creative vision for new client pitches, marketing events and materials, and helping to develop the agency’s brand reputation and presence in the market. This individual will oversee a talented team of graphic designers, motion designers, editors and resourcing, and work closely with the growth team and client teams to deliver compelling creative pitch campaigns that drive new business opportunities and enhance the agency’s market positioning.
Key Responsibilities
- Creative Leadership: Develop and articulate a creative vision that aligns with business growth objectives and marketing strategies. Lead the ideation, creative development, and execution of all new business pitches, agency branding exercises, and marketing initiatives. Ensure all creative concepts align with client needs, industry trends, and the agency’s long-term vision. Ideate, manage and produce pitch and marketing videos, taking video scripts and concepts from internal stakeholders and developing into emotive and engaging content.
- Team Management Oversee and mentor a cross-functional creative team, fostering a collaborative environment to deliver innovative solutions. Lead brainstorming sessions and creative reviews, providing constructive feedback and direction to team members. Manage team workload, timelines, and resources to meet business and project objectives effectively.
- New Business Development: Partner with the New Business team to craft compelling pitches that win clients and showcase the agency’s unique strengths. Direct the development of pitch materials, presentations, large scale pitch theatre, experiential design, and marketing collateral that support new client acquisition. Collaborate closely with account and strategy teams to ensure creative solutions are grounded in consumer insights and brand goals.
- Marketing Strategy & Branding: Oversee the creative strategy for all agency marketing campaigns, ensuring they reinforce brand identity and position the agency as an industry leader. Lead the creation of multi-channel marketing campaigns that engage prospects and enhance brand awareness. Work closely with client teams to understand their vision, ensuring the creative output meets or exceeds expectations.
- Trend Analysis & Innovation Stay informed on emerging industry trends, competitive landscapes, and new technologies to ensure creative work remains innovative and forward-thinking. Continuously seek ways to improve creative processes and deliverables, keeping the agency at the forefront of the media landscape.
Qualifications
- Ideally 8+ years of creative leadership experience, preferably in a media or advertising agency.
- Proven track record of leading successful creative campaigns that have driven new business growth.
- Strong portfolio showcasing expertise in branding, marketing, and multi-platform campaigns.
Skills & Experience
- Ability to think both strategically and creatively, with strong problem-solving skills.
- Experience collaborating with business development, strategy, and account management teams.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills, with experience leading high-performance creative teams.
- Proficiency in creative software (Adobe Creative Suite, Powerpoint, editing, motion graphics etc.).
- Experience with Ai platforms with the ability to create conceptual creative outputs and visualisations.
Why join us?
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the creative direction of a leading media agency and directly impact its growth trajectory. You’ll work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with talented individuals who are passionate about delivering exceptional work.
Contract Type : Temporary
Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.
About Us
Founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model covering all communications activities. The teams of the three business units, Creative, Media and Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer clients tailor‑made, meaningful, innovative and entertainment‑oriented solutions that support them in their positive transformation.
Life at Havas
We take great pride in our Havas family. They bring many unique personalities, perspectives, and passions to their work. Collaboration is at the core of how we operate, and Havas Villages are the homes we work in. We encourage our people to take advantage of our many opportunities to learn and grow. Through local agency training sessions, our unique global and development programs, we offer our people endless opportunities to explore.
Havas Media Network
We create the best media experience, capitalizing on the most meaningful media to build more meaningful brands. We know how to connect a client with their target audience – in the context of where they are, through the content they pay attention to. We deliver this expertise through the Mx System, our global operating methodology and strategic planning process, that creates value for our clients by turning consumer intelligence into clear growth targets, aligning stakeholders and KPIs, and measuring the impact of media experiences.
Havas Creative Network
At Havas, we believe creativity isn’t just a description of our business, it is part of our agencies’ DNA. We bring together some of the industry’s most creative and accomplished agencies. By combining creative expertise with the strategic and innovative power of our Villages, we can build seamless teams around the individual needs of each of our clients.
Havas Health Driven by human purpose and focused on the betterment of humanity through health, Havas Health & You leverages a global collection of experts and individuals to help people everywhere live healthier lives. With a spirit rooted in innovation, creativity, and education, we are dedicated to delivering consistent excellence and groundbreaking work.
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