Video Creative Director
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Job Summary
This role is based in our 5 Howick Place London office.
The Video Creative Director will be part of the in-house production studio leading a team of creatives to produce various types of social-first video including; interviews social formats sizzle reels explainers and event coverage. The ideal candidate will consider themselves a creative who uses video and moving images to bring content to life.
This role reports into the VP Creative Operations as part of the wider Studios content creation team.
Key requirements:
- Translate briefs into high-quality and achievable creative visions
- Champion creative excellence ensuring work is culturally relevant strategically sound and shareable
- Inspire mentor and manage a team of video creatives fostering a collaborative high-performing culture
- Oversee team resourcing in agreement with the VP Creative Operations including hiring and onboarding new talent and freelancers.
- Create an environment where creatives thrive balancing creative freedom with commercial effectiveness.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with partners across the business
- Lead and deliver creative pitches
- Responsible for ensuring a high level of craft and production is applied across the work
APPLICATIONS WITHOUT A PORTFOLIO OR SHOWREEL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED
Qualifications :
- A creative leader from a video background
- 10 years experience
- Previous experience managing a large team fostering and developing creativity practices
- A portfolio/showreel of work across different channels
- Deep understanding of platforms culture and trends
- Exceptional leadership skills that drive creative excellence
- Strong storytelling abilities
- A hunger to push creative boundaries while ensuring work drives real-world results
- Technical knowledge and understanding of video production
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative suite
APPLICATIONS WITHOUT A PORTFOLIO OR SHOWREEL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED
Additional Information :
We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. Thats why we work in-person with each other or with customers and partners three days a week or more. When youre not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces like at an Informa event you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.
We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Heres some of what you can expect when you join us. But dont just take our word for it see what our colleagues have to say
Our benefits include:
- Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
- Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer with charity match funding available too
- Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When its time for the next step we encourage and support internal job moves
- Time out: 25 days annual leave rising to 27 days after two years plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
- A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from plus company funded private medical cover
- A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
- Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance mental health first aiders a healthy living subsidy access to health apps and more
- Recognition for great work with global awards and kudos programmes
- As an international company the chance to collaborate with teams around the world
Were not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most although not all of the skills and experience listed we welcome your application.
If you would like to request reasonable adjustments or accommodations to assist your participation in the hiring process and or in the advertised position please inform the appropriate Talent Acquisition Partner for the role once they have been in touch. Your request will be reviewed and considered in confidence. At Informa youll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Marketing
- Logo Design
- Trello
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Martech
- Adobe Photoshop
- Social Media Management
- Adobe Illustrator
- Copywriting
- Customer relationship management
- Experience Design
- Adobe Indesign
About Company
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