Creative Lead Yuppiechef at Mr Price Group

• In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing our internal Creative team (Design, Copy & Photography), making sure they have the briefs and context they need, and the right project prioritisation, to consistently deliver impactful creative assets on time. You’ll also oversee the efficiency of our daily new product listings process – a critical part of our revenue growth, and only possible with close daily collaboration between our Buying, Planning, Photography and Copy teams. 

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate between the Marketing project managers and the Creative team to ensure they’re aligned on campaign timings, expectations and prioritisation
• Represent business strategy to the Creative team, to help the Photography, Design and Copy leads best manage deliverables within their sub-teams, in allocating the right time and skill sets to the right work
• Lead a productive and cohesive Creative team, encouraging a culture of proactive projects that improve customer journeys on our website, beyond briefed work
• Oversee the efficient daily turnaround of high-volume new product listings, by co-ordinating Creative and Buying workflows
• Identify knowledge gaps where interventions like additional training could improve product listing processes within the team and between teams
• Build confidence in using Airtable to solve process problems, making sure the platform is being best-utilised to meet the team’s needs

Qualifications
Required:

• 8+ years' relevant marketing and creative experience
• Experience working in retail (in a marketing/creative role)
• 3+ years in project management (including traffic management), in a creative agency environment 
• 3+ years’ track record of positive and impactful team management 
• Confidence managing workflows with software like Airtable, monday.com, Asana or Trello 

Advantageous:

• Undergraduate degree in commerce/marketing/journalism/photography/design or related field
• Experience working for another e-commerce retailer in a related role 
• Experience working in a role overseeing creative traffic or project management