Midweight Creative
Job Description
Overview
Since its foundation in 2007 It’s Nice That has become a trusted source of creative inspiration online, in print and through our events. Winner of a Webby Award for best cultural website, It’s Nice That is a leading platform in the creative world reaching over 2 million people each month.
As well as covering inspirational work and projects, we harness our creative expertise to help brands communicate their messages and products to our creative audience. This takes the shape of display advertising, sponsored content, and bigger brand partnerships. We work with brands of all scales, from local start-ups through to some of the worlds biggest brands such as Apple, Spotify, Ace & Tate, Nike and Adobe.
Job Purpose
At It’s Nice That we are looking for an ambitious middleweight creative to join our team. This person will lead the creative on a range of projects at It's Nice That – covering everything from idea generation to art direction and design – with a focus on commercial work such as brand partnerships, events and advertising campaigns.
We are interested in people who are enthusiastic, well referenced and creatively minded – ideally you are already a regular reader of It’s Nice That and someone who is excited to work with us to shape our future.
You
- Culturally astute and have a good awareness of the creative industry
- Enjoy working across ideas, art direction and design and can bring other skills to the table too
- Love collaborating with other creative, production and editorial teams
- Have experience of working with clients from pitching to delivery of projects
- Understand and have a passion for storytelling and digital publishing
- Have experience working as a creative at an agency, publisher or media group
- Bring energy, enthusiasm and a can-do attitude to work each day
- Currently in a middleweight-level creative role or an experienced junior ready to step up into a role with more responsibility
- Have an eye for detail and quality
- Have a good knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite
- Have previous experience delivering design and art-direction projects for either commercial clients, editorial projects or both
Key Skills
- You have an understanding of It’s Nice That, the business and what It's Nice That's creative team does
- You can establish, maintain and develop relationships with both emerging and established names within the creative industry
- You can lead conversations with creative talent, propose and work with creatives to commission across a variety of projects and disciplines
- You can lead the delivery of projects for It’s Nice That, from research and idea generation to building decks, presenting and executing creative work
- You have experience of presenting creative work to clients
- Graphic Design (typography, layout, artworking, image-making; animation skills a plus)
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc), Keynote, Google Docs
Tasks
- Lead the creative work on a range of projects, covering research, idea generation, pitching, presenting, commissioning and art direction
- Manage and maintain the aesthetic of It’s Nice That through art direction and design
- Oversee other creative members of the team on projects
- Develop and maintain relationships with a global network of creative talent
- Execute visual identities for brand projects and collaborations
- Commission a wide range of creatives for commercial projects
- Deliver projects for It’s Nice That across our events and commercial partnerships
- We are proud to be an accredited London Living Wage employer.
Details
Salary: £27,750 - £34,000 DOE
Level: Middleweight
Reporting into: Senior Creative
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am — 6pm (flexible hours between 8am – 7pm)
Location: Hybrid Working with two days in our London studio
Key Dates
- Application deadline: Monday, 24th October 2022
- First Round Interviews: w/c 31st October 2022
- Ideal start date: November / December 2022
As part of our Equality Policy - We are committed in our journey to eliminating discrimination, encouraging and valuing diversity amongst our workforce - We welcome enquiries from everyone
Gallery
It's Nice That's award-winning website, where over the years, we have championed tens of thousands of creatives. 
We reach over 2 million people each month across It's Nice That's platforms, speaking to a global creative audience. 
Our team work in a hybrid environment, coming together in person in our studio space in London. 
We write and commission new features, including this piece entitled 'What your favourite WordArt says about you?'. 
We explore design trends such as this piece on 'Swiping, Prompts and The Ick: Has design changed how we date forever?' 
Our annual Forward Thinking series explores visual and creative trends for the coming year. 
On the first Tuesday of every month, It’s Nice That hosts an evening of creative talks hearing from speakers from across the creative sphere. 
It's Nice that partnered with the LEGO Group on a interactive experiential event called The LEGO® Piece Garden. 
We explore the value of play in design through a collaboration between Figma and It’s Nice That