Associate Creative Director - Copy

This is a great opportunity for an Associate Creative Director to take the lead on creative concepting and copywriting at a fun and thriving marketing agency- TMW Business. At TMW Business, most of the work we do sits under the B2B umbrella – within tech, the public sector, finance, healthcare and more. However, we also take on B2C projects from time to time, so you can expect a healthy dose of variety, with no two weeks the same.

Speaking of variety, we’re looking for someone who can jump seamlessly between hands-on writing, high-level concepting and overseeing campaign work. This includes being able to handle quick turnarounds and tight-deadline client requests. It’s all about getting the balance right so we can continue producing award-winning creative – while having a whole load of fun along the way.

The team (many of whom are based in and around Reading) work flexibly, splitting time between working from home and TMW’s main London (Soho) office. We only ask that you’re up for collaborating in person during key projects and pitches.

About the role...

• We believe that creativity can make anything better – whether it’s a film for a cloud software brand or an email for a packaging company. As ACD, you’ll need to be able to work across a wide range of mainly B2B (and sometimes B2C) clients.
• You’ll also be involved in a significant amount of pitching, so confidence in front of clients is a must.
• You’ll be a job juggler and a natural leader, happy to manage a small team and lead other creatives on to greatness.
• Creative concepting, impeccable copywriting skills and flexibility across different channels and formats are key to this role.
• At this level, we expect a certain amount of autonomy and speed in getting ideas from scrappy concepts to well-rounded, client-ready presentations.
• We also expect you to take ownership on accounts where appropriate, while fostering a strong sense of collaboration with art directors, creative directors, designers and the wider agency.
• You’ll be great at building strong working relationships with colleagues and external suppliers to make every piece of work the best it can be. That includes knowing when and how to challenge others.
• As a highly experienced wordsmith, you’ll have the talent to turn around beautiful, on-brief copy.
• You’ll show passion for the craft in all of your writing, from headlines to social ads to video scripts to ebooks (across different tones of voice, of course). And, if a client doesn’t have a TOV, you’ll be able to develop a unique and fresh one just for them. We like writers who love to write – passion and pragmatism should go hand in hand, after all.
• Our new ACD will have the drive and commitment to see things through from start to finish. The ability to critically assess a brief and spot potential pitfalls and opportunities.
• Present to internal stakeholders and clients alike, embracing every opportunity to do so.

Requirements

• You create brilliant ‘wish I’d thought of that’ ideas that win awards and pitches, with the portfolio to prove it
• You combine big-picture vision with painstaking craft.
• You display brilliant copywriting skills across long-, medium- and short-form.
• You understand how to use different channels to bring your ideas to life.
• You put as much effort into the little jobs as you do the big ones.
• You collaborate well with everyone.
• You work proactively, autonomously and with CDs.
• You can inspire and lead other creatives to work wonders with words.
• You help with the agency output as a whole, and the people who make it happen.
• You have significant, proven B2B experience, and keep up with industry trends

Benefits

This is us…

The TMW story is born out of the many successes we’ve created for our clients over the past 30 years, and now encompasses offices in London and Bristol with clients all over the world.

We create ideas that move people.

We believe that ideas should work everywhere and that brilliant results are what really matter. We combine deep digital and advertising expertise, a strong heritage in CRM and award-winning creativity to make it all happen.

TMW is proudly part of UNLIMITED, a fully integrated agency group with human understanding at its heart. Through our Human Understanding Lab, we uncover behaviour-led insights that power performance and create a genuine business advantage for our clients.

What we value…

Together, we put people first and believe our values make us who we are.

Give a Damn: We care about each other, our clients and our work. And this shines through everything we do.

Be Brave: We believe in challenging each other, in standing up, in speaking out. We believe in trying new and difficult things in order to make ourselves and our work better.

Stay Curious: We actively seek out the new and the unusual, finding inspiration everywhere in the world around us.

Take Pride: We are open, accepting and inclusive, and we support each other on our journey to reach our true potential. We are actively working to ensure that we as an agency more fully reflect the society around us.

What we give…

A thriving career with the chance to learn from passionate, talented colleagues and mentors. Exciting and varied client work with as much opportunity as you can handle. And a hugely sociable team to get to know.

Here’s a snapshot of just some of the benefits you can enjoy as part of the team.

• 25 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays
• Christmas closure
• Volunteer day and Birthday Day off
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Healthcare Cash Back Scheme
• Interest free travel season ticket loan, Cycle scheme

We have a calendar of social and charity events throughout the year, there’s always something going on.

Join us and join in. We make noise. We laugh. We share. We welcome new ideas and new people – including you.

Sound good? If you think you tick all the boxes, please send your CV and tell us why you should join the team.

As an equal opportunities workplace, we have a commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, socio-economic status, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, neuro divergence, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. Whether you’re just getting your foot in the door, or you are an experienced employee whose life circumstances are shifting, we are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the world we want to live in and are therefore flexible to accommodate each individual's needs as best as we can.

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