Content Creator - Beauty

We’re currently looking for a Beauty Creative to join our Creative Operations team in Harrods’ Hammersmith Head Office. Our Beauty Creatives are responsible for upholding a strong creative identity for Harrods beauty, creating and managing all creative social briefs, paid partnership briefs and ad hoc shoots – all while ensuring the creative content is aligned to the Harrods beauty brand goals.

About the Role 

Our Beauty Creatives report into one of our Art Directors to support with responding to briefs and submissions, as well as working in collaboration with the Beauty Editor and Head of Creative to deliver outstanding beauty creative content across all platforms. Bringing creative into every aspect of our social media storytelling, the Beauty Creative role is centred on crafting visually creative and engaging creative content.

In conjunction with the Harrods Studio and Video teams, the Beauty Creatives need to deliver shoots that meet specified briefs, as well as working closely with the rest of the beauty teams to marry visual direction and tone of voice across all assets. 

Please note that the nature of this role requires early morning shoots, both on location or in a studio. As such, our Beauty Creatives must be able to commit to a flexible working schedule.

About You 

You will have an art direction background with an understanding of the beauty world and experience working with beauty brands. You’ll be a visual storyteller, able to bring to life your creative ideas through ideation and art direction. Confident converting industry knowledge and expertise into creating for the Harrods beauty channel, you will have a strong understanding of consumer behaviour and how to creative successful creative content for a retail customer.

You will also be:

• An omnichannel expert across different digital and print platforms, understanding the nuances of each and be able to offer strategic creative recommendations based on these.
• Experienced in creating engaging, social-first creative content, with an enthusiasm and interest in Instagram and what it takes to be best-in-class on the platform.
• Impeccably organised with excellent time-keeping, able to work on several projects at once under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Confident and convicted in art direction of photoshoots and videos, as well as strong storyboarding and creative ideation experience.

Depending on your role, you may be fully on-site or have a mix of on-site and home working – this is what we refer to as ‘Hybrid’. Our hybrid working policy allows colleagues to work from home for part of the week, with a minimum of three days on-site, depending on business needs.

Please see our Hybrid@Harrods policy on our Career Site for more information or speak to a member of our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions regarding the requirements for this role.

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.

In return you’ll receive an excellent benefits package, including an enhanced company pension, flexible working, 25 days’ holiday and your birthday off, up to 33% in-store discount (including across our food hall and restaurants) and a season ticket loan.

Uniquely You

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply. 

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods