Director of Creative Marketing

At Seasalt we live and breathe our product and are proud of the exceptional quality and level of care we take in design and sourcing, to deliver beautiful garments which are loved by our customers. Cornwall’s wild landscape, artistic culture and maritime heritage inspire everything we do. Based on the Cornish coast, we feel very lucky to live in such an inspiring part of the world. It constantly influences our designs and sits at the heart of our brand. 

From our family roots, we’ve grown into an award-winning multi-channel lifestyle brand with over 70 shops across the UK, Ireland and US, over 400 wholesale stockists internationally and a growing online business.  

Reporting to the Chief Creative Officer, this role is a rare opportunity to lead an in-house Creative Marketing department for a growing brand, delivering exceptional creative direction and execution across all channels, driving brand awareness, sales, and engagement.    

Please note this role is primarily based in our Falmouth, Cornwall head office location with occasional remote working. A relocation allowance is available to eligible candidates. 

You'll help us by:   

• Own the creative strategy and plan to create and execute creative concepts across all channels (Online, Retail, Catalogues, POS, Social, branding etc.), in-line with Brand values to ensure our customer has a clear and consistent journey  
• Align Seasalt’s creative marketing strategy to the strategic priorities, ensuring there is a clear plan for delivering our creative expression across both D2C and third parties within the UK and internationally
• Provide vision, guidance and challenge to the business on translating Seasalt’s brand aesthetic consistently across the entire Seasalt experience   
• Collaborate with peers and leadership to elevate and maintain Seasalt as a distinctive modern lifestyle brand through its creative expression
• Lead, inspire and engage the creative studio (graphics) and photography teams, delivering exceptional outputs to deadlines and connecting them to the wider business
• Champion the importance and relevance of our creative heritage and excellence as a core drive of business growth and success and continue to evolve this vision  

The skills you'll be sharing with the team:  

• An established Creative leader (in-house or consultancy), with experience of delivering innovative creative concepts
• Strong knowledge of creative processes and critical paths, including expertise in print, digital, social, photography and video
• Fashion background with a flair for styling, colour and texture
• People focused leader, able to inspire, motivate and take accountability
• Experience of delivering creative across multi-channel platforms and different mediums  
• Ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of who the Seasalt customer is and recognise their needs
• Great collaboration and influencing skills at all levels
• Good commercial understanding with ability to consider wider impacts to the business and balance creative and commercial goals 
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities 

Why we hope you’ll love working with us:  

The success of Seasalt is down to the skill and hard work of our team. We don't just want to attract the best and brightest people to come and work with us, we want you to stay and grow with us.   

As well as doing everything we can to support your development professionally, we believe encouraging personal growth is just as important. So you can fulfil your passion and purpose, not just at work but in life, we offer a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing:  

• Salary: £90,000 - £95,000 dependent on experience
• 34 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service  
• Attractive 50% employee discount   
• Flexible benefits allowance to personalise your benefits package  
• Private Medical Scheme including 24/7 virtual GP  
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust with 24/7 support   
• Pension plan with generous 7% employer contributions  
• Life assurance programme   
• Enhanced family leave policies  
• Flexible working opportunities with our hybrid working approach  
• Learning and Development opportunities 
• Do Good Things with our two days per year paid volunteering opportunities 
• Employee networks to develop and provide support to our people, including the Inclusion Network 
• 100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount hub