Campaign Art Lead - FTC

Campaign Art Lead - FTC

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract 10-12 months

Location: Hatfield (Blended working - 3 days in the office)

Working hours per week: 40 hours - Full Time

Level: Lead/Head of Department/Director

Application closing date: Sunday 10th November

Start Date: No later than Monday 2nd December

About us

Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivaled service, and reassuringly good value.

We’re Ocado Retail, a market-leading, joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S and the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket ocado.com. Not only is Ocado.com the only place to shop a full range of M&S food online, but it’s also the home to the widest online supermarket range in the UK and champion of small, independent brands. We’re also the brains behind Zoom by Ocado, our same-day grocery delivery service.

About the team and the role

We are on the hunt for a multi-skilled lead level, campaign art director with an eye for detail and a drive for big-picture thinking. Ideally a foodie with an advertising background.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-moving, growing business in a fun and dynamic team that is always ready to go the extra mile.

Reporting into our Head of Creative, you will join a team of creatives (partnering with our Campaign Copy Lead), within our Hertfordshire-based in-house studio that also includes writers, photographers, developers and more.

You are a brilliant creative problem solver, highly skilled at turning briefs into exciting, customer-first creations to inspire and help our audience with their grocery shopping decisions. You’re capable of breathing life into our current style yet passionate about pushing the boundaries and helping us engage our customers in new and exciting ways.

You know how to sell a big idea, defend creative work and how to make it all stand out in a world cluttered with average advertising and mediocre merchandising.

As a Lead, with over ten years of experience, you’re an ambassador for our brand and creative ideas. You lead teams to think about the customer journey from awareness to consideration and bring it all together, considering every touch point. You understand composition, styling, and messaging hierarchy and are excellent at managing expectations both internally and externally.

You thrive by bringing people together, collaborating and inspiring.

You are the type of person who says yes to bigger thinking, loves being in a team, who gets things done and is the centre of change; You will set the bar with all things art direction across all channels.

What you’ll do

• Art direction specialism. Capable of creating concepts, presenting and producing work that can live across all channels and stand out in a cluttered environment.
• Digital channel expertise. Our world is digital; print and out of home is a small part of our overall mix. You’ll need to understand how to create brilliant social-first, digital-first, mobile-first campaigns.
• Usability and accessibility. Understand the needs of the customer and create campaigns that will put us top of mind.
• Presentation skills. Use scamps, moodboards and other presentation material to present your work to colleagues and/or business partners.
• Team-first. Take ownership of projects and work across teams and with Leads to ensure that the concepts come to life by following through on what was presented and approved.
• Alignment. Share and align on creative ideas, concepts and campaigns with team members and leads before presenting them.
• Brand guardianship. Ensure that all work adheres to our brand guidelines.
• Meet business objectives. Understand what business owners are asking for, and translate that into commercial, powerful, creative solutions. Act in the best interests of Ocado and its customers at all times.Include any line management responsibility

Who you are

• Ability to concept, scamp, think-through and present ideas.
• Strong art direction skills with all things creative.
• Strong and up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, and an understanding of effective advertising.
• Strategic mindset and willingness to push ideas.
• Understanding of photography, styling and composition.
• Understanding of how art and copy need to live together to be effective.
• Team-first attitude and willingness to grow juniors and help develop their skills.

What’s in it for you

By joining Ocado Retail you’ll have the chance to experience life at the world’s largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge what’s possible each day, and grow your skills and career in online retail.

If that’s not enough to tempt you, you’ll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal. Here’s a taste of what we offer:

Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance with the option to add your family, Digital GP appointments, market-leading family policies, mental health support, discounted gym memberships, dental insurance, and more.

Spend & Save: Annual bonus scheme split between personal and business objectives, recognition with reward platform, up to 7% matched pension contributions, 15% Ocado discount, 20% M&S discount, free breakfast every day in the office, electric vehicle leasing scheme and free shuttle bus from Hatfield station to the office.

Never miss the moments that matter: Blended/Hybrid working, 26 days holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays, options to buy an extra holiday, 2 weeks work from anywhere, and lifestyle break opportunities.

Our Hiring Process

Lucky for us, we get loads of great applications and we really appreciate that so many people put the time and effort in to apply. To recognise that, we treat all applications respectfully and fairly. So, if yours stands out, you’ll follow our standard hiring process - one of our Talent Partners will talk you through this in an initial call.

Everyone’s welcome

We’re an equal opportunities employer. That means that we make sure all potential colleagues are treated fairly and equally. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form.