Brand & Creative Manager – Hands-On Leadership. Travel.

Bournemouth Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

In this hands-on leadership role, you drive brand expression across HQ and a Travel Consultant network, balancing creative quality with practical delivery. You lead a small in-house team, set standards, and personally design high-impact materials. You’ll develop tools and training to empower others to produce on-brand content. This is a chance to shape a travel brand’s creative identity while delivering tangible business outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

Competitive salary DOE
Excellent benefits
Hybrid working
Full-time | permanent
On-site in Christchurch, Dorset (3 days onsite)

Responsibilities

Own brand standards and ensure consistency across HQ and the Travel Consultant network
Set creative direction and quality standards for digital, print, campaigns and events
Personally design and produce campaign, brand, and sales-enablement materials from concept to finish
Provide constructive feedback on creative work and ensure alignment with commercial/audience needs
Oversee branding for events, websites, and other high-impact applications
Lead and develop the Senior Creative Executive and Creative Executive
Manage briefs, workflow, priorities, and production schedules
Decide what to produce internally vs. outsource or self-serve with Marketing Operations
Manage external agencies, freelancers, photographers, videographers, and suppliers
Maintain photography/video libraries, permissions, and accessibility
Monitor capacity, output quality, and opportunities to improve efficiency
Oversee Design Hub and Marketplace resources for templates and self-service assets
Deliver brand and creative training to colleagues and Travel Consultants

Key requirements

Proven experience leading brand and creative delivery while remaining hands-on
Strong portfolio including brand systems and multichannel campaigns across digital and print
Advanced graphic design skills with typography, layout, imagery and accessible design
Experience taking projects from concept to final artwork and production
Brand governance, quality control, and approval experience
Experience managing designers, suppliers, workflows and multiple briefs
Confident presenting ideas, training others, and giving constructive feedback
Ability to balance creative ambition with commercial priorities, deadlines and business needs
Experience developing reusable design templates, resource libraries, or self-service brand platforms (beneficial)