CREATIVE STUDIO MANAGER

We are recruiting an experienced Creative Studio Manager to join our Marketing & Communications Team at Grant Thornton. In this dynamic role, you will lead our in-house design team while directly contributing to creative projects. Your key responsibilities will include developing our creative studio, managing workflows, ensuring brand consistency, and overseeing the execution of advertising campaigns. This position is perfect for someone who thrives in hands-on, creative work as well as in team leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team that includes a graphic designer and a multimedia specialist, focusing on efficient and high-quality creative outputs.
• Translate complex ideas into clear, impactful designs and oversee all stages of design, video and photography production.
• Create various brand and marketing materials, including videos, infographics, presentations, proposals, brochures, reports, social posts.
• Lead the development and execution of advertising campaigns across various channels, including radio, press, digital, and outdoor media.
• Oversee the studio’s workflow, align projects with business objectives, and ensure timely delivery of creative materials.
• Manage relationships with external agencies and suppliers, ensuring consistency and quality in all brand communications.
• Maintain the integrity of the Grant Thornton brand, working closely with the global brand team to ensure consistent application of brand guidelines.
• Drive improvements in operations and effectiveness of the Creative Team

Required Experience:

• A third-level qualification in design or other relevant disciplines
• 7+ years’ graphic design experience
• A creative mind-set, with a thorough understanding of the design process while working to deadlines
• Depth and breadth of experience delivering excellent creative for large campaigns and proposals in various digital forms, including video and website
• An awareness of the latest techniques, best practices, equipment and developments in the design community.
• Client-centric, with an excellent work ethic and a positive, collaborative, robust and flexible outlook
• Ability to work to multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, organisational and project management skills
• Adept Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and PowerPoint
• Technical experience across motion graphics, 3D and video editing (After Effects, Premiere Pro)

Benefits:

• A competitive compensation package with a defined career path
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• On-site gym and shower facilities with fitness classes
• On-site restaurant, coffee dock
• Subsidised healthcare insurance
• Hybrid working week – blended arrangement where you can work from home, at the Grant Thornton office or client sites depending on business, client and teams needs
• 3pm finish on Fridays during the summer months and before a bank holiday

At Grant Thornton, our people are at the heart of our business. Our teams are built with a variety of background, cultures, age, gender, gender identity, ability and family types to ensure we have a diversity of thought in everything we do. Grant Thornton is committed to ensuring that every staff member can bring their whole selves to work and that individuality is embraced.
Life at GT
Reward and benefits:
Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.
Equity, diversity and inclusion
At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued
We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.
Recognition:
We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.

LI-KS

• Lead a team that includes a graphic designer and a multimedia specialist, focusing on efficient and high-quality creative outputs.
• Translate complex ideas into clear, impactful designs and oversee all stages of design, video and photography production.
• Create various brand and marketing materials, including videos, infographics, presentations, proposals, brochures, reports, social posts.
• Lead the development and execution of advertising campaigns across various channels, including radio, press, digital, and outdoor media.
• Oversee the studio’s workflow, align projects with business objectives, and ensure timely delivery of creative materials.
• Manage relationships with external agencies and suppliers, ensuring consistency and quality in all brand communications.
• Maintain the integrity of the Grant Thornton brand, working closely with the global brand team to ensure consistent application of brand guidelines.
• Drive improvements in operations and effectiveness of the Creative Tea