We're looking for a highly experienced, low-ego senior creative who is excited at the prospect of having a huge impact on our brand, team and business. Reporting into the Brand Director, this is a unique opportunity to showcase your creative, strategic and leadership skills whilst playing a key senior role in our wider Brand & Proposition group.

You will be responsible for:

Leadership

Supporting, developing and inspiring a thriving, high-performing Content & Creative team to deliver the best work of their careers

Serving as our senior creative on the Brand Leadership team, helping build capability across the broader brand team and providing brand stewardship for our brand world and new brand identity

Championing our Ethical Marketing Policy across the business, and leading on all brand initiatives supporting our new B Corp certification

Leading the in-house creative team to produce best-in-class creative that brings our brand to life whilst delivering impact across the customer journey

Partnering with marketing and commercial teams to meticulously fulfil their creative needs via the in-house team, producing and iterating high-performing creative

Leading the in-house editorial team, ensuring that our brand voice is clear, consistent and inline with our brand strategy

Partnering with our Proposition team to deliver creative and campaign assets for NPD and EPD launches and campaigns, through from product identity and packaging to launch campaign toolkits and channel assets

Defining strategy and provide direction for our Tails.com Facebook community (The Wet Nose Nation), delivering growth and improved engagement of the Facebook group, and building the business case for further investment in the community

Developing our organic content strategy and leading delivery across focus social channels ensuring that content leverages the native capabilities and storytelling characteristics of each platform

Compelling prior brand creative leadership experience (10+ years), ideally both client and agency side (mix of B2C and D2C brands preferred)

Substantial track record of leading a highly effective internal creative team across creative, organic social and community disciplines

Evidence of exceptional conceptual and executional creative flair and strong communication skills (across the creative mix, including copywriting and artwork / design, ideally with some exposure to brand identity and packaging development)

Mastery of organic social content strategy and execution across channels that builds brand awareness, equity and community

A natural and inspiring leader who will help our brand team to do the best work of their lives whilst role-modelling the Tails.com values

Pet, Food & Beverages, Nutrition, and/or Baby categories

e-Commerce, direct-to-consumer, and/or subscription models (brand management experience of products that are both physical and digital would be a bonus)

Belly rubs and ear-scratching of office dogs

We're Tails.com, a dog food subscription company with a big difference. We create truly tailored food for each and every dog we serve. We start by asking people a few simple questions about their dog. Then we use that information to create their dog's unique Tails.com recipe - so their dog gets exactly the nutrition they need, in the taste they love, delivered to their door every month. It's clever stuff.

Competitive salary, reviewed annually

Annual bonus, based on company performance

Flexible core hours, giving you true work life balance

Hybrid role to ensure this role works for you

25 days of holiday (excluding bank holidays) which increases over time to a max of 27 days

Optional 5 days unpaid leave and 1 paid volunteer day each year

When you need a change of scenery, you can work from abroad 2 weeks every 6 months

Health insurance for you, paid by Tails.com and discounted gym membership

Extended maternity, shared parental and adoption pay. Up to 6 months at 70% pay, linked to statutory parental pay

Flexible paid care leave to support immediate dependents, people close to you and pets

An external financial coach to support a range of topics - debt management, savings and investments

In house L&D team, with access to year round courses to help drive your development

50% discount on all Tails.com and 40% on Republic of Cats products