Creative Lead

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Government Digital Service Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 341701**Salary**:

- £53,400 - £64,000- The base salary of this grade is £58,800 for London and £53,400 for other locations.**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GDS - Business and People Services**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Bristol, London, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want to join a vibrant communications team that works within one of the most important areas in the Civil Service?

At the Government Digital Service (GDS), our mission is to build a simple, joined-up and personalised experience of government for everyone. Using our unique position at the centre of government, we develop services that work for the user, however complex the underlying systems may be. We believe that ensuring things work for end users is the only way to realise the efficiencies that come with digital transformation.

Our focus is on delivering five missions in the following areas:

- GOV.UK as the single and trusted online destination for government information and services
- Joined-up services that solve whole problems and span multiple departments
- A simple digital identity solution that works for everyone
- Common tools and expert services
- Joined-up data across departments

You can read more about these missions and our vision for the transformation of government in our 2021-2024 strategy.

**Job description**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative leader who will direct and drive the creative output of the Communications team.

As the Creative Lead you’ll:

- be responsible for day-to-day management and delivery of all creative projects
- set direction and inspire the team to deliver content that adheres to the highest standards, ensuring content is aligned with communications objectives
- be a creative problem-solver, using the latest innovations and trends to inform your team’s output and responsible for setting the creative approach and quality of the work produced by your team
- build and implement strong project management practices within your team’s work
- own and drive forward GDS’s creative standards, ensuring all content produced adheres to them. Continually iterate these to reflect best practice and alignment with wider design principles and accessibility
- work with senior leaders across GDS to identify, commission, edit, develop, and produce content for GDS channels, including commission of evergreen content, providing expert advice on the use of digital channels within GDS and wider government
- work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve shared business goals, positively influencing behaviour, and identifying and negotiating resolutions to difficult issues

**Person specification**:
We’re interested in people who have:

- demonstrable experience in leading a creative team, including, designers, writers, and creative content producers with strong oversight of output and quality
- experience in leading multi-channel creative campaigns with excellent written and verbal communication, to explain complicated concepts simply, so they can be understood by a wide range of audiences
- proven personal leadership, able to inspire and set direction for your team and others
- effective stakeholder management skills, with experience of influencing and working with senior colleagues
- excellent project management skills, with hands-on experience of delivering digital, film, and print projects in a fast-paced, high-quality environment, balancing multiple projects simultaneously

**Benefits**:
A career at GDS is built around three main pillars:

- ** Impact**: Join GDS, and you’ll be part of rewarding work with impact on a national scale. Your role will help millions of people access services they need. You’ll come in every day to deliver exceptional digital initiatives at pace, right from the centre of government. You’ll come out able to feel really proud of the difference your work has made.
- ** Flexibility**: Our lives outside our jobs are important. An inclusive, kind workplace helps you succeed while you're working, and switch off when you're not. At GDS, you get to be flexible in where and when you work. You choose the package that works for you.
- ** Expertise**: You'll leave GDS more expert than when you arrived. From world-class learning and development provision to ongoing career opportunities, GDS is where you can shape yourself for the career success you want, building a portfolio of impactful, door-opening digital work.

**The benefits of working at GDS**

**Additional Benefits**

On top of your salary, there’s a range of benefits and support available to employees at GDS. Listed below are a few examples of what we offer, to find out more about our pay

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