Creative Manager (Catalogue)

Are you a Graphic Designer/ Design Manager/ Creative Manager looking for a job in Oxfordshire? Do you have catalogue or editorial experience looking to take control of your own brand? If so, read on!

We are working with a very well-established brand with various consumer sub-brands under its umbrella. They are based in Oxfordshire, easily accessible from all of Oxfordshire and Berkshire and a car is essential! People who enjoy working at this company, and get the most out of their day-to-day working life there, enjoy the team spirit and the well established systems, procedures and resources that have been established over the years to ensure everyone can do their job well and deliver easily to deadlines.

The creative team is headed up by a Creative Director, with Creative Manager’s owning one of their mail order catalogues – and its design and delivery. The team is well supported with a Production Manager, Artworkers and Buyers, so the Creative Manager can focus on what they’re good at, owning the design and process to delivery.

This role looks after their biggest brand, a niche gifting traditional brand, targeted at history enthusiasts. The catalogue has two seasons – Sprint/Summer and Autumn/Winter – with many variations of the catalogue within each season. It needs a new ‘owner’ to get under the skin of the brand and inject some love into it. Your responsibilities start with working with the buyers to agree products, then working with Photographers to art direct the photography of product and backdrops, before moving into the layout design of each catalogue.

To be successful in this role:

· You need to have solid experience in catalogue design or editorial design
· You need to be a self-confessed control freak who likes to be one step ahead of process to ensure seamless delivery
· You need exceptional layout skills and be a lover of detail
· A good eye for art direction
· A team player who shares progress and information with others

If you have worked in mail order or publishing and consider yourself to have fab lay out skills but you have not yet had the opportunity to take the lead/control your own projects please apply too!

If you’d like to know more please send your cv to us asap!