Junior Creative - PR

Who are Taylor Herring?

Taylor Herring have been around for 20 years. We are deep seated creatives, no idea we will not try, no brand marketing department that hasn’t heard of us, and 30% of our work force have been with us all their careers!

The Taylor Herring body of work, our creative hall of fame, our awards, our new West End offices continue to attract the absolute best talent in the world, plus the TH crew are the greatest bunch of people around – passionate, smart, adventurous, creative, determined, supportive, collaborative, we are a tight knit community of like-minded souls all in pursuit of the best work, and deep friendships.

From big bold stunts to high-end creative campaigns to ‘quick and dirty’ behind-the-scenes news packages – our passion is to create highly shareable and newsworthy content that captures the imagination and crashes social media timelines, crafted to deliver for a wide variety of channels.

Today is really the best time ever to join Taylor Herring and be part of a huge growth moment. We are on such a winning streak, with incredible clients knocking at the door, and the work is just going from strength to strength. Since our merging with Publicis, the agency has grown to double its size to 50 people. We are on the hunt for people who share our passion for creativity, stellar coverage, talked about campaigns and want to win awards…

Your Role:

• Liaise with teammates and account teams in a confident manner and build strong working relationships at a junior level
• Proactively share interesting stories / trends etc that we might be able to ideate around for retained or speculative clients
• Supporting campaign and programme development through relevant research and contributing ideas to creative conversations
• Responding to creative briefs in a timely manner with a range of creative – edited back to the top ideas
• Building upon any feedback given by team lead
• Effective management of the team down, across and up, working closely with staff and peers
• Creating mock ups for ideas – both for pitch documents and retained responses
• Helping teams with small design requests
• Occasionally reaching out to suppliers to see if an idea is viable
• Being a central creative hub for the junior team – getting into their heads and drawing out great insights and thoughts from across the agency
• Attending all creative conversations – being prepped for them
• Writing up initial long lists of ideas
• Occasionally running creative conversations and helping to encourage teammates who are less creatively confident
• Mentor and guide junior colleagues who aren’t from a creative background
• Organising offsite inspiration trips for the agency
• Being point person for the creative weekly newsletter
• Providing support to the Creative team in pitch deck writing and retained client idea development
• As and when a placement scheme is set up, managing the time of the creative placement

Expected Skill Set:

• A foundation of creative, design & art direction experience
• Proficient skills in PhotoShop / Indesign to support with mock-ups and general design work for pitches, RTBs and live activations
• Be able to pull apart a brief
• Be able to research, digest and share interesting /relevant insights
• Ambitious, self-motivated and spirited attitude to life and work
• Keen to work in a fast-paced environment – note this is not an ad agency, things move far quicker in earned-first
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• You’ll have an ‘always on’ attitude to creative – everything and anything could be an idea. Someone who finds inspiration where others don’t
• You’ll be receptive to creative crits and will come back with another page of ideas because they’re just spilling out of you
• 360 understanding of the UK media landscape; from papers to social media
• Strong time management skills
• An ability to multi-task on a number of different creative requirements
• A passion for food, travel and retail, along with a hunger to grow and develop a career in one of the UK’s most awarded consumer earned-first agencies
• (Desired not essential) Active on social media, creator of own content

Benefits:

On a staff survey completed in May 2022, our staff gave us 97% rating on a fun & vibrant environment with a positive & supportive company culture, we scored 86% on getting work life balance right, and 100% said they have great feedback on their work and relationship with their line managers on their progress; 93% said their contribution was valued and they felt heard on work and social issues; 100% said they knew what was going on across all areas of the agency; 93% said they felt connected to their co-workers; 93% agreed they knew what their career KPI’s were and how to get to the next level; 100% said we had a great office with great energy, light and layout.

We believe diversity drives innovation and creativity. It connects us closer to our clients and the audiences we serve. So we’re shaping an inclusive agency culture where difference is valued. We celebrate the diverse voices of our team. As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Groupe UK is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.