Creative Director

We are Wiser, an award-winning Employer Branding & Early Talent agency. We build employer brands to guide the best in the biz into their dream career with our clients.

We’re a home for people who think big and expect more; where creative and recruitment meet to change the way people think about work — not to mention having the only rainforest in Farringdon.

Our creatives use design, product, film, strategy and marketing to capture what makes companies great and showcase it in the market. Our recruitment teams introduce the right people at the beginning of their career to set these companies apart.

We believe that people will do their best work when they're in a space that enables it. And that's what we've shaped at Wiser — a culture where everyone can be real and back themselves, surrounded by high performers who take ownership of their career and make moves, no matter what their background.

To find out more about us, take a look at our website wearewiser.com or check us out on Instagram @wearewiser.

ROLE

With no line management responsibilities, your sole focus will be on improving the quality of our creative output. From the briefing stage, to the idea generation, production and selling the work to the client - it will be your responsibility to push Wiser to the next level particularly our copywriting and storytelling output.

As one of the most senior roles in our business, you will be responsible for supporting efforts to upsell work to existing clients, renew partnerships and win new work on pitches.

Some of your time will be dedicated to levelling up the skills of our teams and our processes to maximise the impact of your expertise beyond the projects you're working on.

• Your expertise will most often be used on the creative strategy and copywriting side of our brand and campaign projects but you will also be expected to lead the creative for the visual identities and visual treatments

• Reviewing, pushing and improving briefs from research and strategy to our creative teams (creative, design, films, product) to ensure they set us up to deliver the best work for our clients

• Representing the creative teams on client calls as a senior voice, supporting the work, understanding any hurdles and building a trusting relationship with the client to create the space and opportunity to create boundary pushing work

• Leading the creative efforts on pitches for new work, directing the internal teams to produce the best stand-out pitch work and representing Wiser as one of our most senior creatives in the room

• Leading our drive towards award winning work with our Head of Brand and CCO, selecting work and supporting the creation of applications

• You’ll support our Creative Operations team on resourcing and forecasting - giving guidance on who is best suited to which projects, time required, additional support needed and the best working conditions for the results we want

• You’ll work with our other brilliants Heads of teams (Films, Product, Design, Research, Creative and Strategy) to deliver end-to-end work that helps us reach our goals

• You’ll be based in our Wiser HQ office in Farringdon Monday to Thursday. Friday is a WFH day at Wiser, but when there’s a shoot you’ll likely need to be there. We’re an in person team so remote or hybrid applicants won’t make the cut.

• 9+ years of experience - ideally a mixture of advertising or brand agency and in-house. Examples of suitable past experience may include Strategy Director, Copywriting Lead, Head of Creative. Employer Brand experience is not a necessity but is a bonus.

• Confident script writing and directing capabilities for photography and film shoots

• Proven sales and pitching track record

• Proficient copywriting skills in English and transcreation (with partners - multilingual is not a requirement but is a bonus)

• A deep understanding of brand systems and advertising, the nuances of each and how to create award winning work in both fields

• Experience in a high volume agency, managing 10+ live client projects at a time.

• The opportunity to work with in-house teams for all aspects of the brand building process and advertising process - Research, Strategy, Creative, Design, Films, Product, Social, Marketing and Media.

• A high performance company culture that will help you to progress quickly and grow with us

• Breakfast and snacks provided in our award-winning* HQ in Farringdon, central London (yep, our office won an interior design award)

• Regular events and socials - from black tie in the Gherkin to barbecue in the park, there’s something to suit everyone

• Support from our Happiness team who keep our wellbeing at the top of the agenda.

• Kitted out with a full suite of Apple goodies and any additional tech you may need, with our very own in-house Apple Genius

• An office environment and team dynamic that will bring the very best out of you

• Additional wellness support in the form of our performance coach, therapy budget and vitality health insurance.