Creative Manager - 12 Month Contract
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Hmgroup · London, UKContractOn-siteToday
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Responsibilities
- Creative Direction Leadership - Provide inspirational and strategic leadership to the design team and wider COS functions, ensuring alignment with the brand's vision and long-term goals.
- Managing seasonal direction, research and workflow - Managing seasonal direction, research and workflow through to final delivery, ensuring alignment with the design calendar.
- Trend, Colour & Print Development - Lead the creation of seasonal colour and print palettes, using research from fashion, art, design, and competitor analysis to deliver relevant and directional content.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work closely with design, buying, and production teams to integrate trend insights into the collection, ensuring consistency and relevance across departments.
- Team Management & Development - Manage and develop the creative team (colour and trend) guiding them through recruitment, performance, and growth while maintaining high creative standards.
- Insight & Communication - Condense trend research into clear, actionable insights and present findings through seasonal workshops and internal presentations, ensuring creative strategies are understood and implemented across the business.
- In combination with our values we also looking for:
- Significant experience in a senior creative research or trend-building role within the fashion industry, either in-house or an agency environment.
- A strong ability to translate brand vision into forward-looking creative strategies, combining trend forecasting, cultural insight and commercial awareness
- Proven expertise in both long- and short-term trend forecasting, with the ability to shape elevated colour and print direction
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally, ensuring creative direction is consistently realised across design, buying and production
- Strong leadership skills, with ability to build a high-performing, engaged team while fostering a culture of creativity, accountability and continuous learning
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to present clear, compelling ideas that influence and align stakeholders
- Please kindly note that in order for us to consider your application, you will need to include a portfolio or examples of your work most suited to the COS design aesthetic.
- This is a full time temporary 12 month contract based at our Head Office in London.
Benefits
In addition to this UK based colleagues also receive:Up to 25 days holidayAnnual health checksPension schemeDiscounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hubCycle to work schemeDiscounted gym membershipEmployee assistance via retail trustPrivate health & dental careInclusion & DiversityCompany DescriptionReady to register interest? Click on the I'M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we havHealth insuranceDental insuranceVision insurance
Additional Information
We have an exciting opportunity to join COS as Creative Manager on a 12-month contract. You will work directly with our Design Director and be responsible for developing and delivering seasonal colour and print palettes, using insights from fashion, art, design, and competitor analysis. You will deliver trend-led strategies and a continuous flow of inspiration that directly influences the collection and supports the brand's creative direction.
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