Head of Digital Creative

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Ascential Full time

We're looking for a Head of Digital Creative to join our team in London as part of our Creative function.


Your Role:
You will work on creative projects from brief to delivery for all our products, awards and events.

You will drive high design standards and be a brand guardian for the globally known LIONS brand and our portfolio, which includes LIONS Membership, The Work, Advisory, Learning, Cannes Lions, Eurobest and more.

Key Responsibilities

  • Graphic design, Concepting and Art Direction for a range of digital formats. Bringing a fresh eye and enthusiasm to each design project.
  • Providing new solutions and creative innovations across all digital executions in line with the brand's DNA.
  • Owning briefs from start to completion and leading a team to help you complete it. Designing and testing work to make sure each element is completed in full, on time, and in line with company/brand standards
  • Liaise and collaborate with relevant business partners to produce assets. Will followup with questions, updates, and edits as needed.
  • Ability to work independently to lead a creative project, while continually sharing progress with stakeholders on the Marketing team and across the business.
  • This role involves close collaboration with all current and future members of the LIONS Marketing team, including copywriters, designers, digital producers, other designers, as well as marketing managers and colleagues in other departments.
  • Ability to thrive in an exciting and busy environment, working for an iconic brand. Strong problemsolving skills and leadership qualities. Motivates and inspires the team around them.
  • You are an advocate and ally for diversity, equity and inclusion
Your Experience

  • Ability to create sophisticated and compelling designs that meet project requirements, brand guidelines and LIONS creative standards.
  • Strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, XD etc.) as well as Canva and other tools. A specific skill or strength is beneficial (coding, illustration, photography, UX, video, animation, etc.). Understanding of typography, colour, print and digital production is essential.
  • Curiosity, creativity, and pride in the craft of graphic design. Stays up to date on upcoming trends and technologies in the design field and on social media platforms.
  • Excellent organisational skills required; must be able to handle multiple projects and produce a high volume of quality work within tight deadlines.
  • Selfmotivated and able to own creative projects, but still be a team player, comfortable with following directions and receiving feedback as required.
  • Experience as a Creative. Relevant experience working in a team based environment is ideal.
If you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply.

At LIONS, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role we would still like you to apply.

Who are we?

Ascential delivers specialist information, analytics and ecommerce optimisation platforms to the world's leading consumer brands and their ecosystems. We help our customers to make smart decisions that improve performance now, and in the future.


With more than 3,00 employees across five continents, we combine local expertise with a global footprint for clients in over 120 countries.

We are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Why choose us?

At Ascential, diversity, equity and inclusion is core to us.

We're a company built around our people - and we're committed to supporting each and every one of them to be the best they can be.

We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas and different strengths and perspectives to Ascential.

Our employee-led groups and networks, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and EmPower: An Ascential Women's Initiative, Shalom Ascential and Latinx, help us to create a place where communities and allies can connect and share experiences.

We are proud to have been recognised as a best performer in the FTSE Women Leaders Review for six consecutive years, listed in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and ranked in the top 1500 companies on Sustainalytics.


We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.

Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.

We have a truly flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile-working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been - and will continue to be - actively encouraged here.

Our benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including:

  • 25 days of holiday per year
  • with an option to buy/ sell upto 5 days
  • Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
  • Flexible benefits

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