Creative Lead - Video & Motion

Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a marketing agency designed to build decentralised technology-led agency teams, rooted in collaboration with clients from the ground up. Maker Lab’s cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies - from measurement & analytics to content production.

Creative Lead - Video & Motion

We are looking for an experienced creative leader with deep video and motion expertise to lead the video and motion output of a new social-first creative team for our client, a leading global technology company. The team creates B2B content for the client’s business marketing brand, speaking to marketers and business owners across the region, with the goal of proving B2B content can be as entertaining as consumer content.You must demonstrate a strong track record of developing and managing teams of video and motion creatives, partnering closely with brand marketing professionals, and overseeing all aspects of production from concept and scripting through shoot, edit and delivery. You need to be confident in exploring the world of creativity today, a lover of the latest cultural phenoms, and someone who wants to challenge the status quo and invent new ways of thinking, working and making.

Role:

• Set the creative vision for the team’s social-first B2B video and motion output, including recurring video series, creator-led content, campaigns and event coverage, and lead a small but mighty creative team, external agencies and production houses to deliver extraordinary work.
• Directly manage and lead a team of creatives across video production, editing, motion graphics, animation and film, working alongside design, copywriting and interactive disciplines.
• Develop quarterly and annual goals and strategic plans for the team’s video and motion output. Implement the processes, tools and production resources needed to achieve them for the team’s video and motion output, using performance insights and social trends to refine formats.
• Partner with the Creative team to ensure the brand’s creative vision is consistent with their broader company vision and initiatives. Ensure that all client’s creative work is supported and inspired.
• Partner with Strategy Lead, Operations Lead and Exec Producers to guide operations of the team, including planning, recruiting, and resourcing.
• Create a blueprint for the team’s continued regional growth and recruit the best video and motion creatives, directors, production partners and contract collaborators.
• Foster a respectful and collaborative environment. Mentor the Senior Art Director, Art Director and other discipline leads, ensuring alignment on all projects and both team and individual goals. Pioneer the use of AI tools in video and motion production, from rapid concepting to automated asset variations

You:

• 10+ years of experience in video, film and motion design, including five years as Creative Director managing a mid to large team, preferably from an agency, production company and/or in-house teams at global brands.
• A strong reel that highlights original social-first video and motion work, ideally including B2B or technology brands.
• Understand what it means to pay close attention to the details, they matter.
• Possess a highly strategic mindset, to connect with different groups across the organisation and identify marketing opportunities and translate them into exciting work
• A great partner and strong collaborator who can navigate a matrixed organisation with ease and build successful relationships with stakeholders
• Finger on the pulse of pop culture and social media trends, and a genuine interest in marketing, advertising and technology.
• Excellent management skills. Experience inspiring creative teams with a strong vision and empowering individuals to achieve their best work.
• Deep craft and hands-on knowledge of video production, editing and motion design (for example Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve or Cinema 4D), including directing shoots and managing production budgets.
• Flexible and dependable
• Incredible organisation, communication, prioritisation, and decision-making skills.
• Empathy for the users and empathy for individuals on a creative team.
• Exceptional verbal and written English communication and presentation skills.

Please note: due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted with a follow-up introduction email. If you do not receive an email from Maker Lab, your application has been unsuccessful this time around. Look out for future roles! By submitting your application, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your data by the Maker Lab team for the purposes of your application. Where your application contains personal data of third parties, you confirm that you have obtained all necessary consents to provide the Maker Lab team with such personal data and that we may collect, use and/or disclose such data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012.