Description:
As our Creative Production Manager your focus is to be the main point of contact between marketing and creative services, managing briefing, production, effective traffic management and delivery of Le Boats’ varied design, print, web and content requirements.
Le Boat is the world’s leading provider of inland waterway boating holidays. Currently operating 37 bases in 9 countries, with a fleet of 950 charter boats, we attract more than 120,000 customers from all over the world each season. A global business working in 45 sources markets around the world with 6 sales offices (UK, Canada, Germany, France, South Africa & Australia). We have been established for over 50 years and are passionate about providing outstanding quality and service.
What you will be doing:
- Managing the in-house creative team and external agencies as required, to ensure the smooth running of workflow globally
- To be the first point of contact for creative, copy and production briefs, creating production plans and budgets, and assigning team members to each necessary step in the process
- Schedule, track and document all projects effectively, to ensure work is delivered on time and on budget
- Accountable for improving creative workflow, streamlining processes for faster turnaround, accurate responses to briefs, at less cost and with the highest quality output
- To proof artwork, copy and creative to ensure consistency of quality and adherence to brand guidelines and creative objectives
- Handle global content pool of images, video and copy, ensuring content is up to date, accurately logged and can be accessed by all markets
- Maintain relationships with key suppliers, e.g., design agencies and print agencies, to ensure maximum value and quality is achieved for all projects
- Influence collaborators to provide feedback on design and creative impact, allowing for continual improvement
- Hands on creative design: 20% of time allocated to any necessary design work e.g. building assets for print, online and physical spaces producing clean, high-quality graphic design artwork
What we are looking for:
- Previous experience in a creative project management role
- Collaborative approach, great facilitator and team manager
- Evidence of skills across copywriting, workflow management, scheduling, trafficking, graphic design and project management
- Working knowledge of Adobe software suite
- Passion for delivering creative solutions that adhere to brand values and engage the customer
- You’re ambitious. Not only in the scale of projects you’re delivering, but also in your own career path. The expectation is you will be pushing for that next step