Company Profile:
Woodhall Capital Ltd is a Premier International Finance Company specialising in raising Global funds and fostering financial relationships with international banks and sovereign entities. Our mission is to provide innovative financial solutions and build lasting partnerships across the globe. We are seeking an experienced Creative Director and Head of Branding to create and lead on our creative business portfolio, branding and our international expansion and niche in the Creative industry.
As part of the Woodhall Capital team you can expect:
- Opportunity to join an international company within an open, transparent, and dynamic team with a great working culture.
- Join an enthusiastic, close knit and high performing team to provide support within Woodhall Capital nationally and globally.
- Flexibility and the opportunity to develop your career working in an exciting and diverse environment.
The Opportunity:
Woodhall Capital has an exciting opportunity for a highly competent full-time Creative Director and Head of Branding to join our team in Lagos. This is a key role for the business that requires a highly experienced individual with strong leadership skills that can create and build a niche for Woodhall in the Creative industry.
Ideally you will possess the following skills and experience:
Requirements:
- Develop and maintain a consistent creative vision for a company’s brand and projects.
- Design and execute the overall strategy for the unit with achievable goals, timelines and resource allocations
- Execute Group branding and Founders personal brand
- Supervise the preparation and development of a report/paper to understand and present a funding structure for the creative industries
- Responsible for the assessment and decision making for funding of projects and marketing campaigns
- Prepare a structure to grow the role in response to the needs of the dynamic market the industry presents
- Guide a creative team, establish budgets, and manage client relationships.
- Meeting with clients or executives to discuss their requirements and vision
- Establish relationships with creative industries through partnerships and key infrastructure projects
- Develop and lead creative projects, and provide creative direction and vision from the earliest through to the final stages of a project.
- Review and analyse processes and structure to ensure efficiency and maximising impact and productivity
- Conduit between the Finance House and WC in aligning the goals for the new and existing structure as regards the funding of creative projects.
- Carry out intelligence audits to review existing information and data within the key sectors of the creative industries of focus
- Constantly liaising with clients during a project regarding progress, issues and changes
- Ensure that projects are completed within time, scope and budget and in accordance with stakeholders’ expectations
- Good presentation skills to present effective pitches
- Hiring, managing and motivating a creative team
Qualifications:
- A creative mind to invent innovative concepts and campaigns
- Strong leadership to ensure that all stakeholders work towards a common brand or project vision
- Excellent time-management and organisational skills, as will often work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong track record of successfully translating business strategies into campaigns
- Superior professional judgement and credibility.
- The ability to cope well under pressure
- Minimum bachelor's degree from a reputable tertiary institution
- Professional qualification in relevant discipline will be an added advantage
- Minimum of ten to fifteen (10-15) years' experience
- Advanced degree in relevant field (Business administration, Marketing or related discipline).
- Excellent communication, negotiation, interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence.
- Fluency in English required; proficiency in additional languages is a plus.
