Work For Youtube – Head of Design In Leeds, UK

Overview

Position Title: Head of Design

Company: YouTube

Location: Leeds, UK

Job Description:

In this role, you will be a part of a multidisciplinary team that’s on a mission to rethink design and communication for YouTube. We work at the intersections of data and art, physical and digital, entertainment and culture. We’re here to focus on work that challenges and inspires – for us, our partners and our community.

As Head of Design, you will conceptualize creative work that aligns with the brand’s goals, and work with the Executive Creative Director on delivering the work within the YouTube network. You will lead projects that focus on the look and feel of the brand, drive the creative vision, and navigate the brand and its relationship with multiple sub-brands, products, and systems.

In this role, you will help build and lead a team of designers, partners, as well as network with emerging talent.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

Responsibilities:

• Lead with the Executive Creative Director on the future visual strategy both internally and externally, communicating with stakeholders to continually push the creative.
• Work on briefs that deliver against the brand mission, and deliver on self-initiated marketing briefs, with an emphasis on truthful insights to always lead the story.
• Create work as we build the team, and support the team.
• Lead and elevate the bar of creative and design excellence within your team and across EMEA marketing.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a creative marketing leadership role.
• Experience in various mediums of communication; moving image, graphic design, art direction, experiential, and spatial design but with a strong conceptual process that binds the work.
• Experience managing teams and organizational design.
• Experience in an advertising agency and/or client-side advertising.
• Experience with creative concepting with a heavy emphasis on rethinking how to expand the brand’s dimensions with future-forward creative to drive the work across different touchpoints.