Description : Midweight Creative. Company : Grayling. Location : Hybrid remote in London

Location: Grayling London (Holborn)

Working pattern Full time, hybrid working (3 days in the office)

About the role:

We're on the hunt for a brilliant midweight Creative who thinks earned-first but can push ideas into broader channels too. You'll join a cracking team of creatives, planners, data analysts and designers, developing ideas for great brands and businesses across the UK and around our global network.

We're looking for someone who is a great human being, loves what they do, has been in a creative agency role for a few years and has a proven track record of developing and delivering creative campaigns that have delivered real impact for a broad spectrum of clients.You'll be a self-motivated individual, with a curiosity for the world around you, who can inspire and engage the rest of the team,

We are a sleeves-rolled-up, all-hands-on-deck kind of team. We want individuals that will challenge and push the brief and get others excited about the journey a brief can take them on, then make it happen with passion, positive energy, a unique voice and a can-do spirit.

Interested? Read on…

As a midweight Creative, you'll have a strong skillset across earned-first creative. You'll bring innovative, exciting & surprising conceptual thinking to the table and will be confident in directing executional excellence across film, photography, copywriting.

You will sit as part of a core creative and strategy centralised team, called IGNITE which supports the entire Grayling agency, globally. The team is about 20 people strong and includes Data Analysts, Planners, Creatives, Social + Digital experts and a design studio.

As part of a central team, you will work across the agency's portfolio of clients, which includes consumer brands, corporate, public affairs and health briefs, working alongside the planners to develop powerful creative campaigns that speak to multiple audiences and stakeholder groups. Whilst the core team and this role is based in London you will get to work on briefs and clients across the network which includes 9 offices in the UK, 25 in Europe and a further 20 offices across the globe including the USA and APAC.

The day to day

• Developing, pitching and selling outstanding creative ideas and campaigns that punch above their weight in media but can also live and breathe in multiple channels including social, digital, internal comms and on occasions, ATL
• Regularly debriefing, discussing and presenting ground breaking concepts both with internal teams and clients in a simple to understand and friendly manner.
• Working on scripts when necessary, crafting powerful stories that engage our audiences
• Working with a wider team of skillsets such as strategy, data analysts and design
• Developing the creative campaigns into production. Working closely with external and internal production teams to craft the content
• Owning the creative direction of projects, in collaboration with other senior stakeholders.
• Partnering with our Creative Director and Head of Studio in developing and delivering innovative proposals for new business opportunities.
• Working independently but also collaboratively with Social Media & PR teams, ensuring ideas are maintained at the highest standards in a channel agnostic environment.
• Guiding clients ambition in close and respectful collaboration, producing smart strategical decks that are in line with the brand's objectives and vision.
• Having your finger on the pulse of current trends in the world of art / fashion / creativity / culture and bring that information and enthusiasm for popular culture into the studio every day.

About You

• A great storyteller, with a strategic mind
• Passionate about creating world class earned creative ideas
• Collaborative work ethic and easy-going nature
• Experienced in working in an agency environment, as part of a busy creative team, with junior creatives working into you
• A fount of inspiration to the team with a keen eye for detail and a drive for creative perfection in yourself and others
• Hands-on attitude, keen to make a positive impact on our team, our work and our clients
• Ambition to produce award-winning work and strive for the highest creative standards
• Proven success rationalising concepts and effectively persuading stakeholders
• Ability to accept critical feedback and respond accordingly
• Experience working across consumer brands, but also developing campaigns that speak to multiple stakeholders and audiences, including corporate and political

Our promises to you

• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working (where you can work two days a week from home)
• 25 days' holiday, increasing by one day every year up to 30 days.
• Duvet morning on your birthday
• Gifted time off over Christmas
• Life insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line
• Flexible benefits platform where you are in complete control of what you receive. It could be anything from dental to gym membership, wellbeing initiatives, training, discount deals or simply a contribution to everyday bills and subscriptions (think Netflix, Amazon, Spotify etc!)
• Regular team socials and early finish Fridays.
• An abundance of personal development opportunities, through our Grayling Advantage Academy (with courses ranging from writing, resilience, creativity and more)
• New business and employee referral bonuses.
• Cycle to work scheme

About us

Grayling is the UK's best-connected communications agency. With nine offices across the UK and 70 offices around the world, we create advantage for our clients through insight-led campaigns that deliver tangible results.

We're in the top 5 of Newsweek's 100 UK Most Loved Workplaces due to our open and supportive environment and were 'Highly Commended' in the large consultancy of the year category in the 2022 PR Week awards. We're a sociable bunch and life at Grayling will offer you a whole host of benefits including 4pm Friday finishes, hybrid working, regular training workshops and regular socials – not to mention the opportunity to work across award winning global campaigns!

We are proudly part of Accordience. Accordience is an international public relations, public affairs, financial and corporate communications group – made up of Grayling, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR), Red and Cirkle. Together, we have c.1,000 employees and operations in 30 countries.

We believe diversity is strength. Our commitment at Grayling is to combine our employees' unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organization that represents all of us and the businesses we work with. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will give fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity and disability status.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and will be very happy to provide any reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process. For any advice or assistance please contact [email protected]

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.