Entain is hiring a Head of Design to join our Inhouse creative agency here at Entain. This role is a pivotal part of our internal creative agency. You will creatively lead and inspire a team of designers (static and motion) providing design direction across our global brands and marketing campaigns, ensuring they are executed to the highest standards across a variety of mediums and channels.
You will be confident interpreting all manner of multi-discipline briefs, every interaction a customer has with our brands from the ads they see in the world, to the emails they get in their inbox. Your team will create and innovative award winning work that tell stories and drive business performance.
Entain is a leading global gaming and sports gambling operator, with a roster of household brands such as Ladbrokes, Coral, Gala and Foxy Bingo to name a few. As our Head of Design you will lead a team of designers working across these brands, bringing creative briefs to life and creating exciting moments for our millions of customers.
Please ensure a link to your portfolio of work is available on your CV upon application.
What you'll do
- Set and lead the vision for design across our brands, being the go-to brand guardian of all design assets.
- Acts as the go to Design craft lead and mentor for the team.
- Line manage and lead a team of Design Leads,
- Lead a team to generate insightful, strategically grounded design concepts and branding design projects from conception to completion.
- Lead brand guideline development for design assets across our suite of brands
- Explore and shape creative ideas and align them with strategic brand goals.
- Lead pitches and obtain buy-in from stakeholders.
- Introduce and deliver brand consistency across all design touch points.
- Review and approve design concept and work developed by the team, ensuring that deliverables address marketing goals and challenges effectively.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and external agencies to effectively raise the bar and deliver high quality, creative work.
- Lead brainstorming sessions with the creative team, maintaining strategic thinking to develop innovative and actionable initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner
- Analyse brand tracking, market trends, consumer needs, and the competitor landscape
- Implement best practice, tools and processes to ensure we have optimal workflows in place to deliver at scale
- Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to create award winning work
- Some international travel will be needed as part of this role
Who you are
- Proven experience of leading design teams for multiple brands
- A track record of successful creative work (please include portfolio with your application)
- Experience of leading teams through change and transformation
- Experience of leading remote teams
- Excellent understanding of the design principles, of typography and motion design.
- Experience of leading a large, multi-location team in a high volume digital business
- Demonstrable experience in some/all of the following (Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Cinema 4D)
- Practical experience across conceptual design, branding, campaign branding, advertising and all integrated channels.
- Experience of leading teams through change and transformation
- Experience of building credible relationships whereby positive tangible business outcomes is achieved
What we offer
At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning. Working for us in the UK, you can expect to receive great benefits like:
- Life insurance
- Pension contributions
- Retail discounts
- Financial wellbeing support
- Holiday buy/sell
- EAP – Employee assistance programme
- Access to Unmind for personal wellbeing support
- ShareSave – a chance to share in the company’s success
And outside of this, you’ll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes. Join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.
Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.
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