Creative Lead, Omlet
£50-70k
2-5 days a week in office (Banbury, Oxfordshire)
Innovative pet products
Be an early applicant
Innovative pet products
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£50-70k
2-5 days a week in office (Banbury, Oxfordshire)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To rethink every aspect of keeping and caring for animals.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience as a Creative Lead, Senior Creative, or Head of Creative - ideally from an agency background, or from a senior in-house creative leadership role within a consumer or product brand
- A strong, diverse portfolio that spans multiple creative disciplines — you understand what exceptional photography, video, 3D visualisation, motion and graphic design looks like, and you know how to push each one further.
- Deep, genuine understanding of brand identity, visual language and the principles that make a brand distinctive, consistent and powerful at scale
- Highly conceptual thinker with the ability to take a brief and develop bold, original ideas that connect with a consumer audience - and bring a team with you to execute them
- A highly organised and proactive approach with the ability to deliver prompt and accurate reporting
- Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively and effectively as part of a wider team, with the ability to build positive working relationships across functions and contribute to shared goals
- Proven experience leading, mentoring and developing multi-disciplinary creative teams in a fast-paced environment
- Strong understanding of creative production processes — from photoshoot and video production planning through to asset delivery across digital and physical channels
- Commercially grounded — you need to understand Marketing as well as you do Creative - so the work that’s produced is grounded in insight to drive business results that performs as well as it looks
- Excellent communication and presentation skills - you can articulate creative vision clearly and compellingly to both creative practitioners and senior business stakeholders
- Strong competence in the core tools used across the creative team, including Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, and video/motion production workflows
- Experience working with or managing creative output across multiple international markets is an advantage
- A genuine appreciation of the Omlet brand, our mission and our products - and a love of animals will make you stand out.
What the job involves
- Omlet is a design-led brand with a strong visual identity and an ambitious creative vision. Our products are distinctive, our audience is passionate and the creative opportunity is significant. We're now looking for a Creative Lead to own that opportunity. Someone who can set the creative standard, lead a talented multi-disciplinary team and push our visual output to places it hasn't been yet.
- This is a hands-on role. You'll be directing and elevating Omlet's creative output across photography, video, 3D, graphic design and campaign production - all culminating in marketing assets that deliver creatively and commercially. You'll be as comfortable giving detailed feedback on a product render as you are presenting a campaign concept to the senior leadership team. You’ll be expected to lead the team but also where necessary jump on the tools to help get things over the line.
- The ideal candidate might have started in a creative agency, and shifted to an in-house environment to bring that creative rigour to life with a brand you can own in the real world. Either way, you'll know what great looks like across every discipline in your team - and you'll have the confidence, vision and warmth to bring others with you.
- Own Omlet's visual identity across all creative outputs - from product photography and campaign video to 3D renders, animation, graphic design, social content and print
- Act as the creative consultant of the business - setting the bar, challenging the ordinary, and championing the highest standards of craft and execution at every touchpoint
- Directly lead and mentor the Photographer, Videographer, 3D and Graphics Designer, Graphic Designer and Creative Production Manager
- Build and nurture a collaborative, high-performing creative culture - where every team member is challenged, supported and continuously growing in their craft
- Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Ecom and Retail teams to ensure creative output is aligned with broader business goals and campaign calendars.
Application process
- 1. Apply with your profile
- 2. Phone call with internal HR (20 mins)
- 3. Video call with hiring manager (45 mins)
- 4. In person interview
Our take
Omlet sells a broad range of pet housing, accessories and other products for chickens, cats, dogs and small animals. Beginning with the Eglu chicken coop, which was designed to let people keep chickens in any garden, the brand designs products that uniquely address the needs of owners and pets.
The company is well-positioned to capitalise on the premiumisation of the pet category. Owners today are willing to spend more on the comfort and enrichment of their animals, which makes premium brands like Omlet more popular than ever. And, by catering to such a broad spectrum of animals, it should be able to stand out in the space.
With strong funding at its back and a promising growth trajectory, Omlet seems cemented as a key player in premium pet products. As it continues to expand its product suite, it will be interesting to see what the company delivers next as it remains an innovative force in the growing pet sector.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Great career opportunities
- A chance to make a big impact and put your ideas into practice
- Friendly, supportive team of amazing people
- Regular social events (including Christmas party, pub quiz, summer get together and monthly book club)
- Bring your pet to work whenever you want
- Lovely large kitchen and outdoor areas for relaxing (we have our own pizza oven!)
- 25 days annual leave plus more days the longer you work here
- 4 paid volunteer days to use every year working for a charity of your choice
- Free monthly lunches
- Fresh eggs (of course!) and fruit
- Virtual GP
- Enhanced parental leave
- Health Cash Plan
- Lots of furry friends to pet!
- Employee referral scheme
- Retail discounts
- Employee discount
Company values
- Product Designers first, we ask so we can invent - From why house cats can’t climb trees to why shouldn’t chickens listen to music whilst laying an egg? Our curiosity creates understanding, helping us bring people and pets closer than ever before
- Our people are The Curious Collective - Every day we question and every day we collaborate to find the most meaningful answers. It’s through this persistence that we create remarkable, ingenious products and experiences for our customers
Company HQ
Banbury, UK
Leadership
Simon Nicholls
(Founder & Director)Founded Omlet in 2004 with James, Johannes Paul and William Windham, after working with them to create the Eglu chicken coop as part of a final year project in Industrial Design Engineering at London's Royal College of Art.
James Tuthill
(Founder & Director)Founded Omlet in 2004 with Simon, Johannes Paul and William Windham, after working with them to create the Eglu chicken coop as part of a final year project in Industrial Design Engineering at London's Royal College of Art.
Johannes Paul
(Founder & Director)Founded Omlet in 2004 with Simon, James and William, after working with them to create the Eglu chicken coop as part of their Industrial Design Engineering course at London's Royal College of Art.
William Windham
(Founder & Director)Founded Omlet in 2004 with Simon, James and Johannes, after working with them to create the Eglu chicken coop as part of their Industrial Design Engineering course at London's Royal College of Art.
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