Creative

Reporting to: Executive Creative Director

Location: Holywood, N. Ireland

Areas of business activity: UK, Ireland, Europe and USA

Closing Date: Monday 6th May 2024 at 1pm

What we’re all about:

We are a globally active performance communications Group, using data, insight, strategy and creativity to solve commercial problems and deliver significant return on marketing investment.

Our mission is to be a trusted strategic partner to each of our Clients. We are creatively restless, respectful, fearless, innovative, invested and always effective. Setting and smashing those targets we set ourselves has allowed our team to grow bigger than ever, so we need more people who will share in our goal of achieving spectacular results for every Client.

As a fully integrated communications business, the Ardmore Group offers strategy, creative, design, digital, media planning and buying, and branding, as well as PR and event management through our sister company LK Communications, awarded PR Consultancy of the Year at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Pride Awards 2022, and eCommerce intelligence and performance marketing through our second sister company, Built For Growth Digital, awarded Best eCommerce Agency in the UK 2022 by the eCommerce Association.

Globally connected, as shareholders in Worldwide Partners Inc., the Ardmore Group has direct access to global talent with localised insight. This enables us to create impactful campaigns delivered on local, national and international scales.

More than that, we’re all about our people. Inside our offices, you’ll find a friendly and collaborative group of highly creative professionals all striving for the same goals: to create brilliant work and exceed expectations every step of the way.

Interested in working alongside industry experts on some of the best known International, UK & Irish brands? Enjoy a flexible, collaborative and stimulating work environment? Ready to drive your career forward with an ever-growing, innovative company? Then this is the place for you!

Who we’re looking for:

Ardmore is looking for a Creative to join our busy Creative Team and create the best work in the country.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working as part of the Creative team producing creative, design and digital concepts for client communications.
• Presenting concepts to clients.
• Client dialogue and meetings.
• Art direction of film and photographic shoots on location where required.
• Estimating timing and costing of jobs.
• Allocating and overseeing of creative, design, and digital communications within Creative team colleagues.
• Contributing to the profitable conduct of creative outputs.
• Completing all jobs to the required finish for all production outputs.
• Developing excellent working relationships with new and existing clients.
• Ensuring accuracy and attention to detail in all creative work at every stage, while working to production schedules.
• Copywriting as required.
• Contributing to written content to tenders and pitches.
• Perform any other duties as may reasonably be required from time-to-time.
• Participate in training and development opportunities, staff performance appraisals and reviews as required.
• Comply with Data Protection Regulations with regard to safeguarding sensitive customer information at all times.
• Perform the job in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.
• Adhere to and support all other company policies, procedures, processes and working practices, including adhering to best practice.

The job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the business.

What you need:

Essential

Qualifications/Attainments

• A third level qualification in a Design or Advertising discipline or Experience in ideas and execution of broadcast, print and digital campaigns.

Experience

• Experience of working in an advertising agency.

Skills/Knowledge

• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Strong presentations skills.
• Ability to create, develop and communicate ideas.
• Dynamic team player.
• Enthusiastic and dependable.
• Interrogative.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills
• Target focused and result driven.
• Ability to meet deadlines.

Other Requirements

• Flexible and adjustable with the ability to work additional hours when required.
• Hold a current & valid Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
• Satisfactory employment references. One should be your current or most recent employer.

Desirable

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Proven experience of communications within the Effectiveness Award and IPA Area.

Skills/Knowledge/Competencies/Disposition

• Substantial knowledge of Multimedia, photography, illustration & i-phone packages.
• Knowledge of Photoshop, Indesign, Freehand, Illustrator, Quicktime.
• ISO Awareness.
• Capability to pursue and generate new business.
• Knowledge of fashion.

Additional information:

Closing date: the closing date for CVs will be as listed via the recruitment channel. Late CVs will not be considered.

Shortlisting: only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the essential criteria will be shortlisted. The panel reserves the right to apply all or part of the desirable criteria at the shortlisting stage.

Reserve list:  a reserve list of candidates may be maintained for the purpose of any similar vacancies (temporary or permanent) that may arise within 12 months of this recruitment process.

Employment offer: any employment offer is subject to satisfactory completion of two employment references, proof of right to work in the UK and proof of any required qualifications.

Ardmore is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All appointments will be made on the basis of merit.

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