Head of Creative, Not On The High Street
Salary not provided
Expert level
London
The home of small brand magic
Job no longer available
The home of small brand magic
21-100 employees
B2CMarketplaceFoodFashionInterior designFurnitureHome improvementWeddingseCommerce
Job no longer available
Salary not provided
Expert level
London
21-100 employees
B2CMarketplaceFoodFashionInterior designFurnitureHome improvementWeddingseCommerce
Company mission
Making small businesses the future, adding passion and purpose to the world.
Role
Who you are
- You are an endless source of phenomenally original and inspiring conceptual ideas, and craft these into attractive, distinctive executions across all channels
- Experience of developing and repositioning brands from a creative perspective
- Significant experience of leading and managing a creative team
- Experience developing concepts and ideas that solve a business challenge while championing the values of the business and defining the brand
- Ability to create and art direct powerful imagery and design solutions to connect with audiences in such a way that they feel rewarded and emotionally engaged
- Extensive experience developing solutions and producing work tailored to diverse channels such as social, print, digital or experiential
- Can demonstrate natural leadership, establishing trust and credibility and providing mentorship and support to their team and the wider business
- Possess an articulate and engaging style when presenting ideas to engage stakeholders, team and audience with the brand
- Ability to work collaboratively, both with creative and clients to produce the best outcome
- You are personable, positive, adaptable, collaborative, creative, and engaging – providing support and guidance to help others deliver their best
- You are internally motivated to produce outstanding work while providing support and opportunities for others to do the same
- You are dependable and consistent and can be trusted with owning a problem and finding a solution, assuming accountability for their team and its work
- You are a natural leader, encouraging and inspiring not only your team but the wider business
- You are creatively curious and bold, constantly challenging yourself to learn more and stretch your abilities even further
What the job involves
- As our Head of Creative, you will be owning and championing the aesthetic of the brand within the Creative team, across the business and within the industry
- An expert of your craft, you will solve business problems with creative solutions to deliver a meaningful and memorable brand.
- You will spearhead projects, inspiring and mentoring not only your direct reports, but across the wider business whilst being a guardian of the brand, ensuring consistency and quality
- The Head of Creative directly reports into our Brand & Creative Director.
- You will be managing a team of designers and art directors, as well as freelance designers.
- You will recruit, support and mentor other members of the team such as designers and senior designers, ensuring they are fully supported within their roles and meeting their objectives
- You will maintain close relationships with Production, Copy, Brand, Social and Performance Marketing.
- You will work closely with teams outside of Marketing such as Product and Technology to help influence and inform our product roadmap
- Own, define, evolve the brand look and feel, ensuring it remains distinct, consistent and effective across all campaigns and touchpoints
- Champions the customer and ensure all creative work supports the customer journey and connects with our audiences
- Collaborate with other members of the Marketing team to develop original concepts and ideas, finding insightful and impactful ways to support key marketing and advertising strategies
- Lead and inspire a team of designers, both permanent and freelance, ensuring their quality of work, their continued development and enabling their success through mentoring and leadership
- Share expertise and knowledge with team and the wider business, educating and mentoring others to ensure an understanding and appreciation of the creative process
- Pitch concepts to internal stakeholders, ensuring they are engaged in the idea and the outcomes of the project, clearly articulating how a creative solution meets the challenges of the brief
- Support the Brand and Creative Director on strategic projects to ensure we continually evolve the brand look and feel to support our customer and business priorities
- Supported by the Traffic and Production team, you will manage the workflow of the design team, ensuring work is delivered within scope of the project schedule, while keeping all stakeholders, within the team and externally, apprised of workflow status
- Review and sign off all design work, ensuring consistency and alignment to the brief, and encouraging the team to create inspiring content
- Concept, scamp, plan and art direct product and hero campaign shoots (stills and video)
- Provide support and inspiration to the team, with trends and culture that may influence the brand and be aware of competitor activity
- Pick up design work when needed, ranging from digital assets, through to print artwork to retouching
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Notonthehighstreet have found a niche within eCommerce, providing a curated online platform for small businesses.
They currently have 5,000 small businesses selling their unique products on the platform and their business model is similar to Etsy.
Amazon are increasingly doubling down on their marketplace proposition and are powerful competition for Notonthehighstreet. However, their user base is one that values the uniqueness and curation they provide, so this should provide them with a competitive advantage.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Top investors
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2016
$29.9m
SERIES E
Oct 2013
$13.7m
LATE VC
Total funding: $72.6m
Company benefits
- 33 days holiday – to make sure you are well rested and ready to give your absolute best, we offer 33 days holiday a year (including bank hols). Plus, there is the option to buy an additional 5 days holiday each year too. And, to top it off we also give an extra half day of holiday for every year of service!
- Private healthcare – keeping you in the best possible health is top of our list, that’s why we offer private medical insurance with Bupa and a cash plan with Healthshield which allows you to claim back money on your healthcare essentials e.g. dentist & opticians
- Pension plan – it’s never too early to start saving for your retirement and with our pension plan in place, it’s easy too! We offer a 4.5% matched contribution
- Life insurance – it’s never nice to think about, but in the very unlikely event of anything happening we’ll pay 4x your basic salary to a nominated person
- NOTHS discount – if you are anything like us, you’ll have an ever-growing wish list from the site. We give everyone who works here 20% off anything from the site (yes, that includes stuff that’s on sale!)
- Video therapy sessions through Spill, to support positive mental health
- Work from anywhere policy – work for up to 45 days of the year from anywhere in the world you don’t need to be in the office, so the world’s your oyster
- Family planning – we’ll support you through your pregnancy, adoption, IVF, or surrogacy journey - we offer 13 weeks at full pay 13 weeks at 50% followed by 13 weeks at statutory pay
- Do your bit for the planet and hire an electric vehicle with a salary sacrifice
Company values
- Stay Focused - We keep the main thing, the main thing. We prioritise, react to change and don’t get distracted
- Champion Team Spirit - We're playful and compassionate. We trust each other and raise each other up. All for one and one for all.
- Act Boldly - We have courage and conviction. We think big, dare to try and take risks
- Be speedy not perfect - We’re nimble, take ownership and move at a pace to achieve our goals. We act, then use learnings to refine
Leadership
Jessica Nesbitt
(CEO)After serving as Chief Growth Officer, Jessica stepped up to take the role of CEO, leading all of Not On The High Street’s commercial efforts.
Holly Tucker
(Co-Founder)Started 'Your Local Fair', a series of upmarket events, which sparked the idea for Not On The High Street. Received an MBE in 2013.
Sophie Cornish
(Co-Founder)Previously both a journalist and marketer. Received an MBE in 2013.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Not On The High Street
- Diversity and Inclusion are really important to us at Not On The High Street. We celebrate difference and strive to make everyone feel welcome.
- As part of your application you’ll be asked to complete a demographic survey to help us learn more about who wants to work with us. It’s completely optional (but really appreciated) and it’s 100% anonymous. We’ll only use the information to help us figure out how to make our team even more inclusive and attract more brilliant people to join us, with the help of our cross-team Diversity Champions to drive progress
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