Creative Content Manager

Background

Edelman London produces highly successful communications marketing campaigns for a wide range of predominantly global clients including Microsoft, Xbox, Ikea, Shell and HP. Passionate about developing creative ideas and driving integrated communications responses to help the world’s biggest brands connect with their audiences, Edelman London consists of dedicated teams who work collaboratively across the entire Edelman network to evolve, promote, and protect our client’s brands.

The role of Junior Graphic & Motion Designer sits within the Assembly group and their dedicated content team, which caters to Xbox UK’s social channels and integrated campaigns, as well as other Microsoft consumer, corporate, and commercial campaigns. The Assembly team has a wealth of experience working in the social landscape and is looking for an agile and capable junior designer to support in continued development of high quality and fast paced content creation.

The Role

Within this role the Associate Content Creative will focus on bringing to life static and motion graphical assets for Assembly’s client output. You will be experienced with the Adobe Creative Suite – including programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator (InDesign is a bonus but not essential – and familiar with handling template files, working within the parameters and following brand guidelines, and how to version assets for different aspect ratios, logo treatments, and utilisation of photography.

Candidate will also have familiarity with video editing and motion graphics (Adobe Premiere and/or After Effects), able to craft short-form and long-form video content, and also work in client or partner supplied working files to make edits and export assets.

Assembly’s output is built on being high quality as well as fast paced, with the team being experts in what works on social and digital platforms. With oversight from senior members of the team, you will develop content assets for social-first campaigns, responding to briefs with precision and attention paid to the client’s tone of voice and campaign aesthetics. The ambition with all content output is to ensure that the creative makes a real impact with audiences on social. You will be adept at developing digital-first creative, being truly platform, channel and format agnostic. You will understand what makes content succeed on every social and digital platform from TikTok to Instagram, Facebook to Twitter, Twitch to YouTube, across owned platforms and channels, as well as partner channels (e.g.content creators, third party game developers, etc.).

Where applicable, you will also work with Edelman’s wider creative teams to develop content for social-first extensions to bigger, 'iconic act’ ideas (ensuring that the work is just as impactful on social as it is to the press and awards shows).You will also have the chance to work across highly diverse campaigns and brands not only under the Microsoft umbrella.

Requirements

• Experience working in graphic design, with a strong understanding of the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Essential: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere/After Effects
• Beneficial: InDesign, Audition
• A hybrid creative skillset, able to create static content as well as video content.
• Graphic design skillset to include, but not limited to:
• Working with art boards and template files
• Masking imagery and alpha channels
• Compositing visual material into assets
• Versioning, including social/digital/print aspect ratios, logo variations, photography, etc.
• Motion graphic skillset to include, but not limited to:
• Working with projects, compositions, and video timelines
• Key framing manipulation and basic animation principles
• Audio mixing
• Familiarity with production timelines and processes, including concepting, development, feedback, iteration, approvals, mastering, etc.
• Ability to respond to client feedback with creative problem solving and proactive creative rationale.
• The ability to ideate/provide top-line art direction in the creation of a concept and presentation, as well as a desire to input on creative executions more widely.
• A creative portfolio containing examples of digital and social content.
• An excellent understanding of social media trends and content formats which drive engagement across platforms.
• The ability to work with external production partners, brand guidelines / visual identity documents, as well as file handling, and packaging and delivery of working files.
• Good presentation, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to articulate and deliver campaign ideas effectively.
• Excellent time management skills and attention to detail.
• Nice to have but not essential is familiarity with content capture – photography and/or videography – using professional camera equipment or smart phone technology.
• Interest in contributing to the development and of a new and rapidly expanding proposition for Assembly and Edelman across EMEA regions.
  
  

Assembly is an integrated agency providing purpose-built communications to Microsoft – bringing strategy, creative, research, social and digital, and influencer marketing together to drive tangible business results and advance Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

We advocate for ideas based on real audience insights and sound strategic opportunities and bring them to life with creative executions that earn attention. We are the team behind some of Microsoft’s most exciting work across Surface, Xbox, M365, and Windows to name a few. We are the lead agency for the Microsoft brand across social; the global PR agency of record for Xbox; and the influencer agency of record for Xbox, Surface, M365 and Windows. Assembly is also a strategic partner for executive communications across Microsoft Store and several executives across the company.

Our results are a direct reflection of our culture and people – we believe that bringing together diverse perspectives enhance creativity and innovation, and we embrace and celebrate differences both in our organization and through our work. We’ve partnered with Microsoft for 27 years, across 17 countries around the world. Come be a part of our collective story as we partner with Microsoft to enable each other to achieve more.

Assembly Media was founded in 2014 under DJE Holdings to exclusively service Microsoft. In 2019 our parent agency, Edelman, was recognized by AdAge as one of the top 10 creative companies in the U.S. and recognized as a 2019 Best Place to Work.