Creative Lead

Creative Lead
Substrakt, United Kingdom

Experience
1 Year
Salary
0 - 0
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
Qualification
As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Apr 22, 2021
Last Date
May 22, 2021
Location(s)

Job Description

Salary: 45,000 50,000 (depending on skills and experience) + benefits

Location: Flexible/remote options are available the role-holder needs to be based in the UK and spend at least one day per fortnight in our Birmingham office.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, (we’re happy to discuss flexible working hours, the majority of our clients have office hours of 10-6)

Deadline for applications: Friday 14th May 2021

If you are thinking of applying (or have applied) for this role we have put together a short guide about what to expect.

Overview

We are looking for a passionate, thoughtful leader to join our team in the new role of Creative Lead. This person will be responsible for setting and maintaining design standards at Substrakt and will manage the people and processes involved in achieving this.

Why Join Substrakt?

At Substrakt we believe that arts and culture enriches lives and brings society together. We want to ensure that amazing cultural experiences can be enjoyed as widely as possible by harnessing the power of digital technology.

Substrakt creates digital solutions for cultural organisations. The types of organisations we work with include theatres, performing arts centres, music venues, museums, galleries, and performance groups in Europe and North America.

We work with some of the most exciting and interesting cultural organisations in the world including Shakespeare’s Globe, Santa Fe Opera, Royal Court Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Bridge Theatre, Malmö Live and Malmö Opera amongst many others.

We also provide consultancy services and training on analytics, digital strategy, ticketing, project management and digital community events.

By supporting organisations with their digital needs, we enable them to reach new and wider audiences so that arts and culture can be accessed and enjoyed by everyone.

Role description

The Creative Lead role is a new senior role at Substrakt. Because it is a new role we don’t want to be overly prescriptive about it as we would expect the person appointed to develop a strong vision for how they want to shape the role.

However there are a number of areas of our thinking and work that we would like this role to inform and lead on, and we think we have a clear idea of the type of person we are looking for.

This position would have a key role in leading and coaching the design amp; front-end development team at Substrakt, setting and maintaining a clearly articulated and understood approach to our design work (and accompanying standards) and talking about that work with clients and the wider design community.

All of our designers are also front-end developers and we would expect this person to also understand and have an appreciation for both sets of skills.


The ideal candidate.
  • is passionate about design and user experience
  • has an entrepreneurial, problem-solving mindset, you enjoy and excel at identifying and diagnosing problems, and developing effective solutions
  • enjoys managing people and processes, you are emotionally intelligent and comfortable adapting your approach depending on who you are working with
  • is adaptable and comfortable being at the centre of a busy and fast paced agency environment where priorities and context switch daily
  • has an interest in, and understanding of, web development, web technologies, digital activity and user behaviour and feel comfortable and confident being involved in (and leading) complex discussions about these technologies and concepts
  • enjoys interacting with clients and colleagues to ensure we are always delivering the best, most appropriate solutions
  • has an exceptional eye for detail, always ensuring work is interrogated and tested thoroughly and meets requirements
  • is not afraid to sensitively explore and challenge proposed approaches and be the critical friend when required
  • is diplomatic and comfortable managing relationships with senior stakeholders
    always champions the user and put them at the heart of the work we do
  • has an understanding of and interest in web standards and accessibility
    enjoys working on highly collaborative projects where we may not be the only design partner
  • has an interest in the business of arts and cultural organisations and the needs of their users

Some of the following knowledge and experience would be helpful:
  • Experience of defining, developing and implementing design systems and standards
  • Experience and a passion for leading teams, to work efficiently and produce high quality work that keeps our clients happy
  • Experience of, and ability to, clearly communicate complex issues and proposed solutions
  • Experience of accurately estimating work (and understanding when and why estimates will

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Substrakt

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