Role: (Copy) Associate Creative Director (FTC - 1 year)

Location:Hybrid / London, England (3 days onsite in Blackfriars)

Account:Global FMCG - Beauty & Wellbeing

ROLE MISSION

Working in partnership with our client, the Associate Creative Director will manage campaigns from both a global branding and more local activation level, setting an example globally for copy, art and conceptual teams and briefs.If you love language, are passionate about beauty, health and wellbeing, enjoy writing as much as coaching creatives and are obsessed with social and cultural trends – this job is for you. As an experienced copywriter, you will own and drive copy across all stages from brief to production – from big conceptual ideas to scriptwriting, SEO, long-form and social. As an ACD, we will look to you for clear, kind communication, helping to build and strengthen client relationships and have a collaborative approach with business, strategic and operational leaders to see wholistic success of projects. Working side-by-side with an expert team of beauty experts, copywriters, social media managers and cultural strategists from around the world, you’ll bring fresh ideas plus a native knowledge of digital and category trends – all crafted with expert attention to detail and persuasion power.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN YOUR ROLE

• Work collaboratively under a Creative Director and with a team of art directors or designers to solve design and marketing content problems
• Create campaign concepts, storytelling and copy optimised across all digital platforms: e-com, social (paid and organic), brand.com
• Craft collateral for internal brand comms – sizzle reel scripts, key visuals, concept boards
• Create and uphold each brand’s tone of voice, flexing your craft across straplines, presentations, scripts and long / short SEO or social activations
• Think beyond words to bring concepts to life visually and take the creative lead
• Quality control & attention to detail – apply impeccable craft to all written output with a vibrant, experimental writing style
• Unlock growth opportunities with proactive / reactive creative ideas rooted in social trends, beauty and culture

WHAT SKILLS WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL 

• A portfolio of great conceptual and creative copywriting work especially in the beauty category, with a keen focus on visually impactful, clever and high-craft storytelling
• Mandatory: luxury, premium, beauty or fashion experience (can also include premium alcohol or luxury auto experience)
• Experience presenting creative to clients and developing relationships with them
• Preferably above-the-line TV, film, scriptwriting, content or storytelling work that smashed it on TV but extended effortlessly into digital.
• Portfolio with social media campaigns that were effective, beautiful and entertaining
• Solid experience in all disciplines of brand copywriting and concepting – specifically digital, social, SEO and internal brand comms
• Experience of working as part of a creative team with an art director / designer
• Knowledge of how to adapt / optimise copy across different platforms
• Experience in writing for beauty / personal care / fashion categories and the language and needs inherent to writing for beauty brands
• Experience in managing / mentoring junior team members
• Experience in crafting and developing brand books and tone of voice for brands
• Experience with copy-specific tech tools including KWERY for editorial articles, use of ChatGPT to aid creative, use of Celtra for asset creation and any experience with PencilPro to combine culture, creative, AI and copy for digital assets.
• Solid experience in presenting and communicating confidently, persuasively and clearly to team members and clients.
• Highly collaborative. We work across many markets and with a wide global team. Excellent communication, transparency and positivity are required.

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Lots of agencies say they're different. OLIVER is.

OLIVER believes that agencies work better inside a brand's organisation; delivering more effective work at the speed required to drive modern businesses forward. Using our unique Inside Intelligence methodology, we build specialist, dedicated in-house agencies that collaborate with clients to form better marketing solutions.

Established in 2004, our model is now driven by over 4000 people, working across more than 200 in-house agencies globally. Clients include The Guardian, Unilever, Barclaycard, PepsiCo, AXA, The AA, Adidas, BMW, Post Office, and 3M. OLIVER is part of the Inside Ideas Group (IIG), which also includes a global content agency to Adjust your Set, design, experience, and engineering company DARE and property marketing specialists Aylesworth Fleming.

OUR VALUES

We are a company built on our values, we have given you a brief overview below but would love to tell you more.

Be Ambitious to succeed

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work

Be always learning and listening to understand

Be Results-focused to exceed expectations

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

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We've set ambitious, market-leading environmental and social goals around sustainability at OLIVER. We have committed to be net zero by 2030 and take far reaching action on DE&I in the sector. We expect everyone to contribute to our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle. 

Inside Ideas Group and its’ affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All [suitable] applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.