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We are The Very Group and we’re here to help families get more out of life. We know that our customers work hard for their families and have a lot to balance in their busy lives. That’s why we combine amazing brands and products with flexible payment options on Very.co.uk to help them say yes to the things they love. We’re just as passionate about helping our people get more out of life too; building careers with real growth, a sense of purpose, belonging and wellbeing.

About the role

We are looking for a visionary and dynamic Senior Creative Manager who thrives on delivering exceptional campaigns and content across a diverse range of projects. With the launch of The Very Media Group in 2024, Very is bringing the power of deep consumer insight to brand partners, helping them connect with our distinct and engaged audience at scale.

As a Senior Manager within Very's Creative Team – one of Europe’s largest in-house agencies – you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping digital-first concepts, leading on-set creative direction, and driving the delivery of outstanding multi-channel campaigns. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with some of the world’s biggest brands, elevate our creative output, and make a lasting impact on how our customers experience The Very Group.

Key responsibilities:

• Creative Vision & Direction
• Set and evolve the creative direction across all seasonal campaigns and digital content.
• Lead the ideation and execution of fashion and sports campaigns from concept to delivery, ensuring alignment to the Very brand, trend relevance and emotional impact.
• Brand Storytelling
• Develop compelling narratives that express the brand’s fashion identity and values across all platforms.
• Drive a consistent visual & language across all brand content & activations.
• Team & Talent Leadership
• Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing in-house creative team with best-in-class fashion and sports skills.
• Collaboration & Influence
• Work cross-functionally with Brand, Marketing, VMG, and buying teams to ensure creative alignment with product strategy across the customer journey.
• Be a strategic partner to senior leadership, advocating for creative as a commercial growth lever.
• Executional Excellence
• Oversee all fashion and sports shoots (campaign and editorial), ensuring creative direction, upholding a strong style lens, deep experience in talent & casting, and tight production planning that meets brand and budget standards.
• Set and enforce creative processes that ensure on-time, high-quality delivery with strong experience in motion, still photography both on-figure and product approaches, animation and illustration expertise.
• Innovation & Cultural Relevance
• Be a resource & stay ahead of fashion, cultural, and design trends to keep the brand relevant, in the know and connected with the cultural landscape.
• Drive experimentation in digital, social, and immersive content formats always with one eye on future technologies, inclusive of AI.

About you.

• Excellence in storytelling, building creative ideas and bringing conceptual campaigns & content to life.
• Ability to align and unify creative collaborators to deliver a shared creative vision. Experienced leader in motivating and inspiring teams and stakeholders across the business.
• Experience in sourcing/QC'ing, briefing and directing talent, including models, videographers, photographers, stylists, hair and makeup artists, set builders and producers.
• Strong understanding of advertising, marketing and visual design principles.
• Fiercely protective of brand identity and passion for elevating creative standards.
• Impressive visualisation skills, including storyboards and video concepts.
• Proven seasoned experience in art direction for campaigns, video content, social media and e-commerce channels.
• Proficiency in Adobe CC including Premier Pro, Photoshop, InDesign (After Effects would be beneficial).
• Strong experience and expertise in fashion, homewares, sports, and lifestyle categories. Strong understanding of fashion culture and brands role in it.
• Customer obsessed, always learning from previous campaign research to strengthen future concepts to drive attribution to Very, brand recall, purchase intent and success metrics for our brand partnerships.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews
• £6,500 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• Udemy learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be found on our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you may be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS and DBS check.

What happens next?

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if you’re successful so keep an eye on your emails! We’ll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we’re a good match, we’ll share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - An informal 45-minute video call with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

2nd Stage – A one-hour formal task based interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If you'd like to know more about our interviews, you can find out here.

Equal opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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