Creative Director | PGIM Ireland

Description

The Irish creative team needs a Creative Director to lead it. The team works in-house, handles many tasks and deadlines at once, and creates work for both B2B and B2C markets.

A design background is preferred, along with a sharp ear for persuasive copy. You should have a refined sense of style across digital and print, a drive to innovate, and real interest in where design meets technology. Your portfolio should pair strong concepts and usability with engaging storytelling.

You will lead a wide range of projects, turning the sales and marketing goals of US business partners into engaging work that drives results. The team is highly collaborative, values speed and quality, and works closely with US clients, so you will need to ask hard questions, pitch ideas and defend your work.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the creative output of the Ireland-based team.
• Develop and refine marketing assets across digital, email, print, data visualisation and video or animation, working with strategy, editors and US creative directors.
• Keep up with industry trends and new technologies.
• Act on feedback to grow as a creative leader.
• Apply lessons from past programmes to current work and keep improving how the team operates.
• Use established best practice when producing materials.
• Serve as a brand ambassador for the parent brand.
• Bring a positive, practical attitude to the role.
• Share responsibility for the results of the work, measured against programme KPIs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, multimedia, motion graphics, 3D or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• 10+ years of design or creative work, including leading high-performing teams.
• Find more efficient ways of working on your own initiative.
• A positive outlook is essential.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with excellent spoken and written English.
• Build strategic concepts and carry them through into innovative digital and multimedia work in a collaborative setting.
• Solid knowledge of best practice in motion graphics, 3D, web design, email, UI and information architecture, brand identity, and print and advertising design.
• Superb information design skills.
• A strong portfolio showing concept work across several platforms.
• Awareness of current design trends, and a drive to push creative limits and think beyond screen and print.
• Balance high design standards with tight deadlines.
• Work independently and with writers, developers, planners, strategists, team members and business partners.
• Skills in Adobe CC, Final Cut, HTML, CSS and Microsoft Office.
• Candidates who meet most but not every requirement are still encouraged to apply if their skills fit.

Conditions

Hybrid role based in the Letterkenny office two days a week.

Offers are subject to satisfactory references and background checks for all successful candidates.

The US parent is not affiliated with any UK-incorporated Prudential entity.

Equal opportunity employer; all appointments are made on merit.

Benefits

• Health insurance through Laya and BUPA, covering eligible employees' day-to-day medical and hospital costs.
• 23 days' annual leave at full pay.
• Pension scheme: members can contribute up to 8% of salary a year, and the company matches up to 8%. Voluntary extra contributions are allowed.
• Annual bonus, plus Shop LK vouchers or CleverCards paid tax free, subject to eligibility.
• Life assurance fully paid by the company from the start date, paying beneficiaries a lump sum of 4 times salary.
• Education assistance that reimburses eligible employees for further study.