📣 A bit about the role.

We’re looking for a Head of Creative, reporting to the Brand & Creative Director, to join the Brand and Creative team at Butternut.

Are you a person who is able to think strategically whilst producing high-quality creative concepts? Would you like to lead a talented in-house Creative department? Do you want to be on set with lots of dogs? Well, look no further...

In this role, you’ll be responsible for conceptualising, creating and delivering world-class projects. You’re a highly collaborative leader who will constantly be driving the quality of the team around you. You’ll work closely with the director across our European markets to drive the standard of creative direction and delivery.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Creative Lead to head our internal Creative Agency. This individual will be responsible for overseeing high-impact strategic projects, managing a talented team of creatives, and driving the overall creative direction of Butternut Box. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in creative leadership, a keen eye for design, and the ability to translate business goals into innovative and effective creative strategies.

With each project, you’ll play a key role in Butternut’s mission to bring health and happiness to dogs everywhere. If your tail is wagging, read on…

📍 Hybrid working

This role is a hybrid one, and the successful candidate will be expected to go to the office in White City three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

🎨 In this role, you can expect to...

Conceptualise and create global campaigns; tackle big projects/problems to solve as a brand

• Lead brainstorming/creative sessions to generate ideas
• Taking insights across our European markets, you will conceptualise strong, thought-through concepts
• Create pitch documents and present your ideas
• Execute concepts by turning them into high-quality work.
• Campaigns—print & digital.
• Paid & organic social, email, OOH, TV adverts and more
• Packaging design
• Existing unboxing experience
• New product creation and launch content

Lead a Creative function

• Lead the team of of designers, editors, and copywriters across multiple projects and always ensure the quality and brand standards are met
• Direct, motivate and inspire the team to get the best out of them whilst helping them thrive in their careers.
• Revise content and presentations, approve/reject ideas, and provide articulate and considered feedback to the team.
• Monitor results of team efforts and propose actions for the future

Act as a brand guardian

• Be a brand guardian and consistently work to articulate and execute on-brand communication in Butternut’s tone, values, proposition and visual standards.
• You’ll clarify our offering whilst constantly assessing what is important to our potential customer base
• You’ll be responsible for maintaining the visual standards, tone a values
• As a brand guardian, you’ll inspire others to uphold the standards and manage our brand documents.
• Evolve the brand identity, and maintain and clearly articulate the brand vision.

Meet and pet dogs - (not mandatory, but encouraged).

👋 You are:

• Experienced and confident in your abilities as a Head of Creative
• A highly strategic creative and non-traditional thinker
• Plenty of ideas and are able to articulate and pitch concepts clearly.
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills, in order to make outstanding pitches
• Articulate in your vision and can inspire others—from teammates, to customers and, of course, dogs
• An organisational powerhouse who’s comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Someone who has a bias for action and just makes things happen.
• Highly skilled in Adobe Suites
• Someone who holds high standards for operational excellence: budgets, calendars, timelines, and efficiencies.
• Well-practised in managing, influencing and inspiring people
• You know how to work with different types of people and how to get the best out of them.
• You value building collaborative relationships across teams and functions, both internally and externally
• Proactive in your approach, anticipating challenges before a project is started.
• Passionate about the Butternut brand and the values associated with it.

🐶 A bit about us. 

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions. #LI-Hybrid

As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us. 

 🙌 A bit about what we offer.

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service 
• 5 paid 'paws' days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
• £500 personal learning & development budget 
• Butternut Box employee discount 
• Enhanced parental leave
• Co-working office space. 
• Flexible working hours and work from home options 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with NEST
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
• Time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss
• Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years at Butternut
• Discounted gym access through MyGymDiscounts
• Lots of office dogs (Ajax, Brio, Basil, Chorizo, Lenny, Jasper, Peggy, Pip and many more….)

❗️A few things to note: 

• The Recruiter is on annual leave from the 23rd Sep - 26th Sep and applications will be reviewed when he is back.
• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.

#LI-Hybrid