Burberry Looking for BEAUTY PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SENIOR MANAGER – Maternity Cover at London, England Full Time

INTRODUCTION

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.  

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is integral to the successful partnership between Burberry and Coty, in delivering programs of work for the category, that deliver both commercially and from a brand perspective.

The purpose of the role is to deliver unique creative and guidelines to Coty, to enable Coty to roll out launches to the agreed critical path. The role is the liaison between Coty Marketing and Creative, as well as being the linchpin between Production, Marketing and our Coty counterparts.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The licensing setup for Burberry, is such that the creative work is delivered by the inhouse creative team of 8.  This role is responsible for the timely delivery of creative for both Fragrance and Makeup, across the following areas:

• Art Direction / Content Creation
• Graphic Design
• Packaging
• Point of Sale
• Event Design/ Production
• Digital Creative
• Architecture
• Beauty Instagram

The responsibilities for this include:

• Programme Management across all Burberry Beauty projects – from briefing through to final delivery of the creative output
• Relationship management of Coty on all creative aspects of the partnership
• Working to Coty’s ambitious launch plan – this role is responsible for resource planning for the creative team across all elements of projects, and projecting freelance budget required for the year
• Ensuring briefs have the right information ahead of the creative team starting work – and identifying any discrepancies in budget vs ambition, to ensure we are aligned on approach from the outset
• Management of the critical path for the 3yr launch plan with Coty
• Connecting across multiple Burberry teams to ensure the right team members are involved at the right point – ensuring Beauty is represented in the Burberry Marketing calendar and we are supporting on owned channels, with consideration for concurrent brand messaging
• Prioritisation of work across the team – to ensure we stay flexible and aim to meet Coty’s needs
• Partnering with Social and Creative to deliver against COTY’s strategic ambition to successfully launch and maintain a platform solely dedicated to Beauty in the upcoming Burberry Beauty Instagram account
• Collaborating with the in-house production team on content creation, being the driving force behind timely Coty deliveries and ensuring that post-schedules are adhered to
• Partnering with the Beauty licensing team to resolve any changes to the calendar or negotiating on resolving requests that work for both parties
• Driving and facilitating key strategic unlocks or discrepancies between COTY and Burberry, in order for creative projects to progress in a timely way
• Line Management to Project Coordinator supporting across project delivery
• Line Management to Project Manager supporting across project delivery for Beauty Instagram
• Continuous operational improvements

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Excellent Project leadership skills are required to get to the core of briefs, and bring clarity on next steps for teams – across a significant volume of work
• With Beauty being such a commercial category – an excellent understanding and passion for the beauty market is required
• At least 10 years working in creative delivery is required
• Ability to represent creative in meetings, to minimise time spent in meetings by creative

FOOTER

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.