Creative

CREATIVE

A skilful dreamer, designer, and doer - you’ll work across major brand activations and experiential events for high-

profile clients.

We’re looking for a playful creative who has a strong conceptual mind. Someone who can translate an idea into a brand experience through set build, lighting, food and drink, and styling elements. You’ll lead on projects from concept to install and support the team across large scale activations.

You’ll play an active and collaborative part in contributing to the company’s creative output. Working with producers, graphic designers, and suppliers to deliver work that goes beyond the expected and experiences that stop people in their tracks.

We’re looking for passion, energy, and strong creative eye – a creative who is excited to push their skillset and grow with us as a business.

ABOUT US

We are a new-generation, multi-discipline, experience design studio.

Taking you clients from concept to delivery, we create culture-smart brand experiences that bring joy to clients and their audience. We do not believe in “one size fits all” propositions and think that powerful design doesn’t always have to be serious to get serious results.

A perfect blend of strategy, creative, design and production. We dream and deliver pop-up shops, dinners, parties, press trips, photoshoots, activations and packaging design toolkits on our home turf and abroad. We work with brands to produce experiences that are playfully chic and perfectly timed.

We are a team of culture divers, big dreamers, curious makers and playful planners. Together we make big things happen and inspire each other to go beyond.

We are a young team based in South West London who put people first and promote a friendly atmosphere. We work hard, we’ve got each other’s backs, we like to have a laugh, and ultimately, we are looking for strong teammates who are looking to build upon the successes we have already had and takes us to new lofty heights

Heaps + Stacks is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse, neurodiverse and inclusive environment, where all applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disabilities.

We are SO proud to be B Corp certified. We are part of a growing group of companies championing conscious business practices by prioritising purpose as well as profit. B Corp (in a nutshell) envision a global economy that uses business as a force for good Pushing for positive change has been a critical part of our company’s growth and success – if we can make it better, more robust and more green - we will. Now we are certified our aim is to be the very best creative partner for brands that want to achieve fabulous creative but not at the earths expense.

OUR VALUES

IMAGINATION - We dream big.

JOY - We believe in the power of fun.

PROGRESSION - We never stand still.

CARE - We are considered.

WHO YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH:

Internal

• LeadCreative(line manager)–you’ll work closely with them and report to them on day-to-day successes, developments as well as any challenges along the way.
• Producers–you’ll will work in tandem with the producers to deliver projects
• Graphic designers–you’ll work closely with them to realise ideas and brief in graphic elements

External

• Suppliers such as florists, set build, lighting, tech, stylists etc.

WHATS EXPECTED:

External Output

• Dream up original and distinctive experiential concepts that are relevant to the brand and answer the brief
•  Naturally able to adapt to a wide range of brand personalities and identities ensuring the output is reflective

of the brand

• Contributes to pitches and team thought showers
• Confidentatcreatingcreativedecks.Conveyingaconceptclearlyandaccuratelyinusingmoodboards,3D
• visuals and engaging copywriting
• Able to follow H+S brand guidelines accurately
• Solid client communication–able to convey ideas and collaborate with clients to get the best result
• Have a good knowledge of materials and processes and keen to lean more
• Happy to play and experiment with designs to get to the best solution
• Create schemes that are sustainable and consider the complete lifecycle of all items

Internal

• Regularly share current trends and cultural insights
• Contribute on company processes so that we are always levelling up
• Accurately update timesheets
• Use asana across all jobs
• Making sure all finance processes are followed to a T
• Approach to work
• Critic own work and welcome constructive criticism from others
• Be flexible and excited for company change and growth
• Have a collaborative approach to work

EXPERIENCE:

• Able to suggest, design and specify designs which are in budget and the right solution(logistical constraints)
• Able to create in budget styling/set and dressing lists
• Able to collaborate with suppliers to ensure the highest quality output
• Gather, prep and pack styling items ready for the live event
• On-sitestyling
• On-site event delivery–UK and overseas. Sometimes working weekends and evening as required
• Making sure all projects are wrapped properly and marketing content is captured and shared
• Communicate in a clear, positive, and constructive manner
• Bring optimism to your day-to-day tasks
• Actively engage in company culture

To be considered for this position we are looking for people with min 3 years’ experience working within a creative, event or experiential agency. You must have a degree within the creative arts.

SKILLS:

Proficient in Adobe Suite, Powerpoint and Excel

Sketch-up or any other 3D skills are a bonus

SALARY & TIME COMMITMENT

This role is predominately office based (we imagine at least 2/3rds of your time would be in the office) and we are ideally looking for someone to work full time.

Salary would range between £32-45,000 depending on experience.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us your portfolio, cover letter, salary expectation and notice period to recruitment@heaps-stacks.com

Please note we review salary regularly to make sure the team move in line with the business as well as their individual efforts

WORKING WITH US:

To enjoy your role and to succeed here, you need to be able to work at a fast pace and love a busy, ever-changing environment. The industry is non-stop and our goals as a company are big – which we love Change is a certainty – you’ll need to be comfortable and happy to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re a passionate, agile and creative team.

WHY JOIN US?

Flexi working times– The team can work their 7.5 hours with a start and finish that suits them. This is completely up to the team member to decide on their own accord but of course altered working hours must not disrupt the wider team or the paying client.

Training – We are proud to offer training to all employees including group training days with varying themes and topics as well as offering employees further individual training to upskill for the maximum value of £500 per year.

Duvet Days – Our team have 2 duvet days per year. A duvet day can be taken whenever you need a day off at random and you haven’t already requested annual leave. Maybe you’ve just woken up and feel like you need to be alone or you’re super tired and just want to curl up on the sofa. These days are for you.

Holiday - we offer 25 days annual leave per year and after an employee has completed two years working at Heaps + Stacks you are entitled to one day extra holiday per year for each additional year of service, capped at a maximum of 30 days holiday per year (excluding Bank Holiday and National Holidays).

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