Creative Strategy Manager

**European Bartender School is looking for a Creative Strategy Manager to join our team**

**The role**:
As our new Creative Strategy Manager you will be responsible for the entire creative department of the brand, from the visual aspects (design, photos and video), to content and organic social media. You will be reporting to our Head of Marketing.
We are looking for a passionate, fun, talented and experienced creative leader, in order to guide our team to the next level.
If you are an innovative, curious person who loves finding new ways of doing things and achieving goals, this might be the role for you

**The main objectives of the role include**:

- Set the standard of creative excellence for our products and brand, directing through the production of sketches, storyboards and roughs to visualise ideas
- Innovate and iterate on existing creative concepts, scaling what is working and eliminating what isn't
- Support Social Media team in the implementation of their strategy and development of EBS’ presence
- Work with the Performance Marketing Team to develop ad and video copy that directly connects with the concept, strategy, product and audience
- Define and create guidelines per product to ensure that creatives have a coherent brand aesthetic while being effective for our customer acquisition strategy
- Define, measure, analyse and improve key metrics that will help us understand the effectiveness of our creative strategy (e.g. click through rate, conversion rate, relevance score, video views behaviour, etc).
- Ensure effectiveness in project accomplishment through Agile methodology
- Stay on top of all trends and maintain best practices

**Required Skills**:

- At least 5 years of experience as Creative Manager/Art Director, or comparable experience
- Extensive experience developing and managing international creative campaigns
- Understanding of Organic Social Media strategies and implementation
- Experience leading people, as well as coordinating and prioritising across cross-functional teams
- Ability to interpret user test results and the general use of data to support creative decision
- A creative and innovative mindset in order to contribute to the growth of the EBS brand
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise different projects at the same time them, always meeting deadlines
- Passion for the bartending sector is highly desirable
- Excellent command of English
**EBS Core Values**:
Our team is guided by our core values, which distinguish us in everything we do.
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Communication**: the ability to express oneself clearly and in an effective & positive way in interactions with others.
- **Teamwork**: the ability to demonstrate interest in getting groups to perform well together, as well as interest in being actively involved in the dynamics of the team.
- **Flexibility**: the disposition to be open to different and new ways of doing things, as well as the ability to modify one's preferred way of doing things or change approach quickly.
- **Innovation**: the ability to develop, sponsor or support the introduction of new and improved methods, products, procedures, ideas, technologies.

**The Offer**:

- A competitive salary package
- Flexible working hours
- Shorter shifts on Fridays
- Option of remote work
- A young, dynamic and international working environment, with 16+ different nationalities
- Casual dress code
- Relaxed office environment including chill-out area, terrace and in-office music system
- Ping-Pong table and PlayStation 4
- Free weekly Spanish/English classes for all levels
- EBS Birthday & Anniversary presents
- Company subsidised events and trips (in the past we’ve gone to Rome, Berlin, Mallorca, Ibiza & Amsterdam)

**About EBS**
European Bartender School is the market leader in the bartending industry. Our mission is to educate exceptional bartenders from all over the world; making the world taste better, one cocktail at a time.

With three global offices, more than 28 schools and a dedicated team of professionals, we have trained over 70,000 bartenders from across the globe over the last 22 years. A lot has happened in that time and we’ve grown and improved a lot. Now, our aims are to expand our reach, epitomise the value of a skills-based education and be a driver of industry standards the world over. To do that, we need the right people, at all levels, who really understand our 'Hard Work, Spirit and Soul' motto.

Bring your A-game and we'll bring ours; a youthful and dynamic workplace, great atmosphere and conditions, as well as growth opportunities for those who make positive, constructive contributions to our development.