Creative Director
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10102526 Location London, United Kingdom Business The Walt Disney Company (EMEA) Date posted Oct. 14, 2024Job Summary:
Be you, be here, be part of the story!
Overall Purpose of the Role
Creative Director Disney+ EMEA is an in-house role leading the creative team in London with creative direction over local markets in EMEA. The primary job is to lead and inspire the creative teams and to bring a strong, uncompromising creative point of view to the leadership of the business. We are looking for
someone who can balance creating best-in-class creative, with a strong sense of storytelling and high attention to detail, whilst also building and nurturing stakeholder relationships.
The Creative Director will be responsible for overseeing a wide range of marketing output, from brand and content creative direction, Originals trailer and key art assets, performance and customer creative, to PR events. They will need to be highly collaborative and partner closely with the marketing directors, building a climate of trust, openness and respect. They will bring energy, passion and optimism to the role and ensure that those around them are motivated and enjoy working together.
Areas of Responsibility
CREATIVE OUTPUT
- Creative concepting with a strong vision for through the line ideas
- Creative output across multiple platform: AV (TV ads, trailers, digital, social, radio), static (OOH print and digital, PR events, emails, Key Art, bespoke stunts)
- Approve creative campaigns across EMEA
- Brief and manage external agencies.
- Producing variants of existing assets to refresh and optimise campaigns
- Ensure quality and consistent tone of voice across all work delivered
TEAM
- Be a leader, manager and mentor whilst inspiring and guiding creatives.
- Identifying and developing teams skill base
- Fostering an inclusive, collaborative and happy culture, where wellbeing is prioritised
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
- Present, sell-in, and communicate creative concepts and timelines to senior stake holders
- Make decisions/manage rounds of approval
- Build and manage relationships with other LOBs, communicating and agreeing creative direction
- Ensure quality, compliance, and integrity across all work delivered
- Improve attribution scores of Disney+ content through continued innovation and collaboration
Ideal Experience
- Extensive experience working at an Associate Creative Director or Creative Director level in a similar environment.
- Enthusiasm for, creating 360 campaigns from brief to delivery and beyond
- Leading and managing a large in-house creative team and driving results
- Managing and presenting to senior stake holders
- Leading AV, static design and through the line ideas
- Working in a high profile, fast moving, consumer facing brand
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and adapt to changing business demands at short notice
- Able to multi-task across a number of work streams and deliver to deadlines
This role will require you to be on-site in Hammersmith 4 days a week.
Application deadline: Please apply by the 29th October.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
About The Walt Disney Company (EMEA):
Disney EMEA aims to drive growth, innovation and brand affinity across an extremely diverse collection of countries with a team of over 6,000 employees operating in 59 markets with offices in 29 countries.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with The Walt Disney Company Limited, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (EMEA).
The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.