Head of Digital Design – 12 Month Maternity Cover FTC

Role Overview

• Oversee a talented team of designers (>8-10 growing), overseeing business wide briefs, and supporting the team to develop a broad variety of global digital assets, ensuring consistency across all assets (i.e. emails, CT.com, Paid Marketing, Charlotte Tilbury App, and Affiliates, BAU & Evergreen templated digital assets)
• Executing large scale digital roll outs or tech initiatives in a systematic and meticulous manner
• Working within digital constraints and exploring new ways of challenging and innovating the brand digitally, through new layout design, tools, and technology including the use of AI.
• Support the digital content team by reviewing and approving digital-friendly image & video assets.
• Support in the creation of Digital Marketing assets e.g. display banners and paid social creative
• Applying learnings on assets across various platforms, identifying opportunities for personalisation and targeting.
• Communicate effectively within the broader Creative team; Project Managers, Copywriters, Graphic Designers, Product Designers, Art Directors, Retouchers, Video Editors and the Creative Director to ensure that milestones are met and the team stays on the pulse with changes and plan alterations.
• Influence the in-house agency with trends, best practices, digital advancements and competitors to help improve the team’s approach to digital design
• Diligent approach to ensuring all content is optimised for mobile-first devices and web
• Conduct research and stay updated on the latest design trends, tools, technologies and AI platforms.

Requirements

• Proven experience in team management and leadership of an army of creatives
• Experience working on digital + ecommerce design, in-house or agency experience
• Experience in, and enthusiasm for, developing creative ideas for digital platforms, as well as 360 campaigns, from brief to delivery
• Ability to marry art (creative) and science (data); analytically looking at data, reporting and applying it to future projects and creative
• Understanding of online accessibility, UX / UI
• A strong track record in project planning, including accurate estimation of costs and timings
• Expert knowledge of user interface, application, mobile and responsive design, using the latest prototyping and design tools
• Great sense of design and composition with a strong eye for layout and appreciation of brand guidelines across all devices and channels
• Ability to work at pace, with a confidently calm demeanour
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of seniority across the business
• Exceptional information presentation (visual and written) experience
• Infectiously positive and passionate energy
• Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft (email, docs, Onedrive), insight in to AI tools such as Chat GPT, Adobe Firefly, Google Gemini
• Experience using Dropbox, and project management tools such as Trello / Monday.com

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday.
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey.
• Financial security and to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces and not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!