Creative Specialist - #2196105

Title – Creative Compliance Specialist

Location – Birmingham, UK

Hybrid working – 4 days on-site, 1 day remote

Monday - Friday; 9-5pm (37.5 hours per week)

Duration - 3 months

Rate - £17.95 per hour

Inside ir35

Responsible for supporting the consistency of global brand and creative applications. This role serves as a brand guide and ambassador for internal businesses working with the creative team, as well as external agency partners. This individual helps those who build print and digital assets by providing brand guidelines, templates, and explanations of these rules through various communication channels. Emphasis is placed on maintaining visual consistency and adherence to brand guidelines, templates, and supporting documentation, while prioritizing customers perspective.

Key Responsibilities

Brand Consistency and Application

• Support and engage in various brand initiatives as needed, ensuring visual and brand consistency.
• Provide brand compliance checks for all assets produced globally, ensuring alignment with all company brand standards.
• Develop and maintain training materials related to brand compliance, creative libraries, and supporting documentation.
• Proofread and evaluate written content for typographical and brand errors, ensuring alignment with brand standards.
• Provide brand guidelines, templates, and explanations to those creating print and digital assets.

Compliance and Documentation

• Maintain documentation for any noted or provided exceptions to brand guidelines.
• Apply and understand corporate initiatives, ensuring appropriate application and differentiation.
• Identify opportunities for interpretation or flexibility within the brand compliance model.

Communication and Coordination

• Liaise with writers, editors, and design teams to ensure cohesive and compliant brand representation.
• Coordinate and connect stakeholders to address and resolve issues related to brand guidance.
• Act as a liaison between brand and design functions to support brand compliance.
• Handle communications through shared inboxes as needed to support brand FAQs.

Technology and Optimization

• Optimize workflows by suggesting or using AI technologies to improve efficiency and automate repetitive tasks.
• Experience with Frontify and Adobe Workfront or similar project management tool is a plus.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Figma, for various supporting tasks.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications

• Strong customer and brand focus, with a commitment to responding to feedback within 24-48 hours.
• Occasionally work with limited direction to provide thorough, fact-based recommendations to senior management and other executives to uphold the brand.
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects concurrently, ensuring steady progress, on-time delivery, and alignment with internal client expectations and budgets.
• Highly developed sense of urgency and dedication to customer happiness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience or knowledge with Adobe Workfront or similar project management tool.
• Ability to present and influence key business leaders, and ability to build positive relationships across multiple layers in the organization.
• Proven familiarity with design principles and a keen eye for aesthetics, ensuring brand consistency and a visually appealing user and brand experience.
• Continuous improvement demeanor.

Other Job Requirements

• Adhere to OHS policies and procedures and ensure a safe and healthy workplace environment.
• Project management or agile certification a plus.
• College degree or equivalent marketing and brand experience.
• 3-5 years’ experience in Marketing and/or Communications.