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Role Responsibilities:

• Working closely with Creative Director of Client Engagement to ensure the quality and integrity of work stays at a high level.
• Managing and assigning tasks to the Design Team, ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Discussing and delegating projects in conjunction with Creative Director of Client Engagement.
• Highlighting challenges and potential solutions
• Communicating and building relationships with stakeholders, both internal and external
• Managing project expectations and turnaround times with internal stakeholders.
• Managing our studio’s project range through integrated assets including print, product design, product visuals, digital, social, photography and presentations.
• Growing and driving the efficiency of the department.

Requirements

• An empathetic communicator, providing clarity on what is required,
• A great relationship builder with a positive and proactive approach.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• A flexible and adaptable approach.
• The ability to remain calm whilst working under pressure.

• Experience in a similar or comparable role, ideally 2–5 years’ experience in Studio management.
• Enjoy working collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Incredibly organised with the ability to manage workloads and overlapping deadlines.
• Strong presentation, written and verbal and communication skills.
• Expert Knowledge in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator.
• Presentation Design skills in PowerPoint.
• Create conceptual ideas for possible ranges using existing product knowledge and thinking of new ideas using 3D software for visuals (C4D, Blender etc)
• Editing Videos, Motion design, GIFs etc (Premier Pro & After Effects)

Knowledge & Experience

• Take problems and generating ideas for improvements, resolving ambiguity, and comprehensively exploring options whilst championing an outcome driven approach
• Work alongside the Creative Director of Client Engagement to help drive discussions from ideas among brand, growth, commercial and Product teams into product requirements
• Generate insights and share learnings from both successes and failures
• Been a designer for many years with a breadth of experience, deep knowledge, and expertise, particularly in brand and digital marketing
• Proficiency in, and examples of, how you resolve difficult design challenges, as well as demonstrate ability in leadership, support, mentoring and working closely with other designers
• Impeccable knowledge of design tools and workflows
• Successful examples about how you have helped others to develop, both in their craft and soft skills.

Benefits

We are looking for an experienced Public Relations Manager to increase consumer and corporate awareness of Daniel Thwaites and our enviable collection of hotels, spas, inns and pubs by developing and executing effective communication programmes.

You will be skilled in copywriting and story-telling, PR campaign management, strategy development and relationship building. You will have strong media contacts across consumer and B2B titles and experience in managing media, brand and influencer partnerships. Experience in travel and hospitality is preferred but not essential.

Your day-to-day activities will include:

• In line with marketing campaigns, develop press and communications plans including strategy, goals, budget and tactics
• In line with business needs, develop pro-active media relations strategies, seeking high-level coverage in print, broadcast and online media
• Coordinate, manage and evaluate PR events
• Engage with and work alongside the social media team to engage audiences across media platforms
• Engage with and work alongside the People Team to bolster the Internal Communications programme for the business
• Manage high profile media enquiries and interview requests
• Manage media monitoring and communicate PR results on a regular basis
• Evaluate and manage opportunities for media partnerships, sponsorships and advertising
• Build relationships with stakeholders and thought leaders to place trends and insight articles across industry press
• Manage, train and support one direct report – the PR and Media Executive
• The job may involve occasional weekend and evening work and requires travel to our beautiful properties across the UK

Who are we looking for:

• We’re looking for someone with excellent communication skills, great attention to detail, excellent management capabilities and ideally 5+ years’ experience in a senior PR role with relevant qualifications in Journalism Studies, Public Relations or Communications
• You will have a full, clean driving licence

In return, we are offering a rewarding role with scope for career progression along with;

• A fun environment where you will receive the training and support to develop and progress
• Flexible working including working from Head Office, from our properties and from home
• Excellent discounts on stays and food/beverages across Daniel Thwaites’ beautiful collection of hotels, spas and inns
• 33 days annual leave
• Long service awards, including free meals and free stays with your friends and family
• Health cash plan with access to discounted perks
• Pension Life assurance
• Wagestream – Ability to access up to 40% of your wages as you earn giving you more control over your finances
• Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7
• Free parking at our beautiful Head Office in Mellor Brook complete with a brewery, a pub, listed cottages and stables for our famous Shire Horses.

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Daniel Thwaites has a proud heritage, delivering warm hospitality for over 200 years. Alongside its brewery and pubs which are known throughout the world, it also runs hotels, inns and spas throughout the country under the brand of The House of Daniel Thwaites.

Behind the scenes is a support crew in its Head Office that helps the smooth day to day running of all its operations. It’s a wide and varied team, comprising of many different characters and skill sets. They’ve only recently moved into a new, purpose-built home in Mellor Brook, surrounded by ancient woodland, so it’s a great time to join them.

• Promotional & brand films
• Social media & digital content
• Branded stings, idents & infographics
• Animation and motion graphics
• Training and eLearning
• Event openers, content & cascades
• Live & studio broadcasts
• Audio podcasts

• Concept development and creative direction
• Storylining, scriptwriting and storyboarding
• Film production
• Video editing and crafting a narrative
• Motion graphics, animation, 3D and visual effects

• Devising, collaborating and delivering creative content across a number of different platforms and mediums to a highly professional standard.
• You will efficiently and effectively lead film projects from initial briefing through to final delivery, including overseeing shoots, managing post-production; editing, graphics and any visual effects.
• Applying your complete technical awareness and creative expertise to every job, and delivering all work to ICF Next’s high quality and creative standards: accurately, efficiently, on time and on budget.
• Ensuring all projects across pre-production, production, direction and post-production are accurately costed appropriately and efficiently planned and resourced, while ensuring budgets are maintained and client expectations are met.
• All while keeping abreast of technological trends and new releases, communicate new ideas, concepts and innovations with colleagues, and continually contributing to the quality and creativity of the team to ensure our offering is class leading.
• Working closely with the wider team(s) to create impactful creative content, whilst achieving consistently high quality standards.
• Working proactively to raise the team’s profile, you’ll take briefs confidently and accurately – with an eye to identifying opportunities to upsell services.
• You’ll play a crucial role in the development of the Film team and be a trusted advisor in all that you do.

• You are an experienced Producer with ambition, positivity and professionalism.
• You have a proven ability to tell stories through original film concepts and experience of working with a diverse range of clients and brands.
• You are commercially astute and highly organised individual with the ability to solve problems and think outside the box.
• You are able to multitask, think logically and decisively in order to efficiently plan, delegate and adapt in a challenging, fast-paced creative environment.
• You are a strong empathetic team player, you have drive and ambition to support the team.
• Being an outstanding communicator, you have excellent interpersonal and client-facing presentation skills, whilst remaining confident in challenging a brief to ensure client expectations are achieved within budget.
• You’re a skilled diplomat who can influence and negotiate with tact while maintaining a cool headed, flexible and supportive approach when under pressure.
• You have an expert understanding of the end-to-end production process, and of advanced film production techniques, kit and creative solutions.
• You can demonstrate that you take a strong strategic and creative approach to your work.

• You are self-motivated, with a commitment to developing your knowledge and skills.
• You have the drive and ambition to continually push your skills to the limit and deliver award-winning work.
• You are confident and demonstrate a passion and pride for your work.
• You’re an excellent communicator and able to build effective working relationships.
• You have a creative approach to problem-solving and are a strong decision-maker.
• You take people on the journey with you and your work.
• You are a team player and demonstrate a collaborative approach in all you do.
• You keep a cool head under pressure and easily adapt to change, taking a flexible approach to meeting client requirements and deadlines.

• Our people at ICF, are our most important asset, so we invest in them from the moment you arrive. When you join our team, you’ll have access to a vast array of benefits to help you live your life well.
• ICF offer a hybrid working policy, that will offer you flexibility to collaborate in the office, as well as in the comfort of your own home, to successfully deliver the requirements of your role and the business.
• The employee wellbeing hub, which was launched in January 2022, is designed to provide highly personalised support across a comprehensive range of wellbeing issues, such as mind, body, finances, community, career programs and HR support.
• We also offer a unique and competitive recognition programme called ‘You Matter’, awarding points as a ‘thank you’ for your work achievements, which can be spent on a large variety of high-quality items, as well as online or high-street vouchers, all with zero tax payable by the employee.
• We encourage and provide continued personal and professional growth through ongoing learning, development opportunities and career frameworks.
• ICF also offers a range of competitive benefits, which include, but not limited to the following:
  • Single Private Medical Insurance cover (Bupa), with no restrictions on providing treatment for existing medical conditions. Options available for broader partner or family level cover, plus we also offer dental insurance (Bupa) and an online GP service.
  • 25 days annual leave, plus UK bank holidays (annual leave increases with years of service).
  • Pension scheme with 5% of salary employer contribution (minimum employee contribution 4%).
  • Life assurance paying 4x annual salary and Group Income Protection paying 66% of salary for up to 5 years if you are off work on long term sick.
  • Enhanced parental leave policies, enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay.

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Join a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone is welcome and every voice is heard. A culture where people feel they belong, can be themselves and feel inspired to share different perspectives. Our culture, shared values and behaviours truly make Lumen a fantastic place to work and provides an environment where people can genuinely thrive.

Central to our product and range development process, our Art Directors are the lynch pin between Creative, Product & Ranging and Commercial functions.
Reporting into the Head of Creative, you’ll support the development and implementation of customer-specific creative and commercial visions.

Working as part of a cross-functional, customer-focused team, you will identify creative trends & market gaps and taking your knowledge of design, product development and shopper insights, you’ll establish, articulate and champion customer & consumer needs to create compelling creative strategies and product solutions. Your role is to ensure the product ranges, concepts and formats hit the shelves exceeding expectations in all areas; design aesthetic, cost of product, sustainability, market appetite and sale-ability to name a few.

A varied role, you’ll flex both your creative and commercial skills, bringing to life strategy and creative vision in a way that ultimately speaks to our varied consumer base, on a personal level, helping everyone lead emotionally connected lives.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Lead creatively in the product and range development process, ensuring the creative vision is fulfilled and championed from concept to delivery
• Interpret the customer strategy, overlay insights and define the creative direction
• Translating consumer, retailer and shopper insights & trends information into market leading product solutions and concepts
• You will play a part in determining how this shows up in store – balancing the creative with the commercials, including cost of goods and consumer appetite
• Leading the design team through inspirational, articulate briefing and art direction, ensuring a successful understanding and execution of strategies to produce market-leading product.
• A cross functional leader, you’ll be the design influencer internally and with the Customer, leading effective ways of working and strong relationships, keeping the creative vision alive
• Exemplary end to end understanding to support best practice ways of working, build efficiencies and continuous improvement in order to improve the product or work process

Whilst design, trend and insights will be the central to your success, you’ll enjoy a varied role equally leveraging your leadership and commercial understanding too. To be successful in this role we’re looking for you to demonstrate:

• Previous experience of working in a similar role, in a creative led environment. FMCG environment beneficial, but not essential.
• Previous experience of developing ranges of products, such as textiles, apparel, homewares, greetings etc
• A solid commercial understanding, seamlessly factoring this into the way you influence others, pitch ideas and lead your team. The ability to commercialise ideation and drive profitability
• A solid understanding of design, product development and visual merchandising process
• You’re skilled at bringing the right product to market, in the right way, at the right time with impact and authority
• Your commitment to engaging in and encouraging a culture of feedback, discussion and collaboration to enable highly productive, flexible and resilient ways of working from ideation through to final sku approval
• A skilled leader of people, ideally with previous experience on performance management with direct and indirect teams
• Experience of building global relationships to utilise resource and shared learnings, would be a significant advantage.

Based at our Dawson Lane site in Bradford, close to key motorway links you’ll be able to take advantage of:

• Competitive salary
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Annual bonus scheme
• Health cashback scheme
• Pension benefit
• Flexible working opportunities including hybrid working
• Free onsite parking for when you are in the office
• A variety of other cultural and lifestyle benefits, aimed at promoting a positive work/life balance

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• Experience is welcome but there is no substitute for the right attitude, a caring nature and a sense4 of humour. Experience in managing, supervising or team coordination in the care sector
• A strong knowledge of the Care Inspectorate and CQC regulations
• Compassionate and confident Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Confident, articulate, and professional
• Keenness to learn in a fast-paced environment and creatively solve problems
• Desire to always embrace our values and vision
• Ability to organise

• Annualised Hours, guaranteed monthly salary for full and part-time roles regardless of shift patterns, plus overtime opportunities
• Flexible working hours for work life balance
• Immediate interview and quick start date (subject to pre-employment checks)
• 33 days Annual Leave including bank Holidays (pro Rata)
• Employee support line to support you and your family
• Free nationally accredited training, and the opportunity to earn a qualification and progress your career
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Free enhanced DBS check
• Refer a friend and earn up to £300
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Well-being initiatives
• Access to Thousands of Retail Discounts including discounted Health Cash Plan
• An Employee Council that represents the views of staff about matters relating to work

This is a new and exciting role that sits within the recently established Good Growth Coordination Team. Our work across Good Growth covers Economic Development, Transport, Culture and Creative Industries, Regeneration, Planning and the Environment… to name but a few.

You will play a crucial role in helping the GLA’s biggest directorate to achieve its strategic objectives, by establishing a strong inclusive culture where people can perform at their best and continuously develop, innovate and use their strengths to deliver better outcomes for Londoners. You will also help foster a culture that reinforces inclusivity, trust, respect, creativity, collaboration and openness across the directorate.

The role is focused on the people side of change management and supporting the implementation of new ways of working, particularly in response to wider corporate change programmes. You will provide proactive and effective support to the directorate leadership team with regard to change activity, equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and embedding a robust culture which attracts and retains the best talent.

We recognise that we have a lot of work to do to make sure that we achieve our ambitious goals relating to equality, diversity, and inclusion. You’ll play a key role in coordinating our crucial work to achieve our EDI goals and making sure these are seamlessly embedded into people’s day-to-day activities and aligned with the wider organisation’s EDI strategy and goals.

This role will be based at London Fire Brigade’s Head Office (Union Street SE1 0LL). GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.

London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For more information on the GLA’s approach to Diversity and Inclusion, please see Diversity and our values | London City Hall

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share. In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.

If you have a question about the role, please contact helen.simpson@london.gov.uk or a question about the application process, please email glarecruitment@engageats.co.uk quoting reference GLA5121.