Designer - Creative Direction

Job Introduction

Selfridges has always been much more than a shop. We’re a social space where everyone is welcome and feels a sense of belonging, a creative playground where culture and commerce collide, and an experimental hub where you can discover the most innovative and sustainable ideas in retail. We’re here to help make the world brighter. And you can be an important part of this. We’ll talk more about the role below, but before we get to that, let’s share with you the good stuff…  

Rewards and benefits 

Life at Selfridges is dynamic, exciting, and always evolving. As well as working with some of the most cutting-edge, iconic and boundary-pushing brands, designers and creatives, we also offer our team members opportunities to help make a positive difference through our network of communities, both within and outside Selfridges. Here are just a few of our rewards and benefits that help make our team experience that bit more extraordinary. 

• Flexible working options to benefit you, your family and your wellbeing that can include part-time, flexi-time, job sharing or hybrid working

• Generous annual leave that increases with length of service 

• Up to five paid volunteering days – from beach cleans to co-ordinating food and clothing donations 

• Family leave that suits your set up including Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental leave policies 

• Defined pension contribution scheme  

• Generous bonus and/or commission scheme  

• Enviable team member discount including sale previews and double discount days 

• Exclusive local discounts on a range of restaurants, bars, beauticians and entertainment 

• Subsidised gym memberships  

• Annual travel pass and cycle-to-work schemes  

• A sustainable car salary sacrifice scheme 

• Several internal communities to get involved in from our Diversity Board and Green Warriors who are leading the charge on D,E&I and sustainability, to the Wellbeings who are always thinking of new ways to champion healthy minds, bodies and routines for our team members 

• Workplace Options, our confidential team member assistance programme for when life gets tricky or you need a little guidance 

• Access to a wide range of training programmes to help your career development 

Read on to find out how you can play your part in Reinventing Retail… 

Role Responsibility

The Creative Direction team operates as Selfridges’ in-house creative agency. We provide the business with creative concepts and future-thinking research material spanning creative schemes, advertising campaigns, architecture and retail spaces, customer experience, brand guardianship, customer behaviour, business culture, alternative business models, and future opportunities and risks. Our key objective is to provide exceptional creative direction that pushes the brand and business forward in a way that is consistent with our brand’s values and identity.

Job Purpose:

As the Creative Direction team’s sole Designer, you will assist the team in designing creative presentations and design-led content for use both internally and on occasion externally. Rather than being bound to rigid brand guidelines we are seeking a designer who can make bespoke and tailored solutions per project.

Key Responsibilities:

• The design and development of forward-thinking and engaging presentations appropriate to audience

• Formatting and designing regular Creative Direction communications (E.g monthly newsletter, symposiums, printed bi-annual broadsheet, Instagram posts and more)
• Ensuring the quality of image and design of the presentation is of the highest standard
• Working closely with key members of the Selfridges team to gather content and information, explaining clearly what is needed from them and by when
• Ensuring all written copy is grammatically correct and spell checked
• Advising and inspiring the team and beyond on visual culture and graphic trends
• Liaison with printing partners for ad hoc printed items (E.g. boards, decks, short publications)
• Connect with Design team on a regular basis to inform and inspire each other

The Ideal Candidate

• Has a Graphic Design background
• Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills
• Excellent Powerpoint skills and all common office applications 
• Art Direction eye. An excellent and relevant visual vocabulary (E.g. great taste in reference imagery and sources)
• A curious brain who is deeply interested in Art, Design and Culture.
• Ability to create moving image content suitable for social media and presentations (Gif, Video etc)
• Articulate with good writing skills including excellent spelling and grammar
• Meticulous eye for detail and high presentation standards
• Highly organised with an ability to develop and work to processes and deadlines
• A calm and polite manner with an ability to communicate with all levels of the business including Directors
• Confidential and discreet
• Enjoys a mix of both independent working and teamwork

About the Company

Everyone is welcome 

Selfridges is a place where we want everyone to feel a sense of belonging. We embrace every self and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are leading with purpose to not only increase the visibility and recognition of under-represented talent within our organisation, but the wider industry too. Here at Selfridges, everyone is welcome – irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or disability, we stand by equal opportunities for all.   

Our awards cabinet  

We’re not ones to brag, but since you asked...Selfridges has won the award for The World’s Best Department Store an unprecedented four times at the IGDS awards, with an additional award for the Best Sustainability Campaign. We were also recognised as a ‘Best 25 Big Company to Work For 2020’ as awarded by The Sunday Times. 

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