Creative Business Partner Lead

Hybrid in Bristol·Full-time·Added 2 days ago (last checked 11 Nov)

Aviva

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Our summary

Salary: £80,000 a year
About £4,750 a month after tax.
Work mode: Hybrid, Bristol
Contract: Full-time
Experience: Senior level
Holiday: 29 days holiday + bank holidays
Commute: Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

Significant experience in Client Services, Account Management, Agency Leadership or senior marketing roles, gained within agency and/or in-house environments, with a proven ability to partner effectively across the business.
Experience operating at Group Account Director, Client Services Director or equivalent level, managing complex portfolios, building senior stakeholder relationships and influencing strategic decision-making across large organisations.
Strong track record of leading and developing high-performing teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, engagement and excellence in delivery.
Excellent commercial and financial management skills, including forecasting, budget management, investment planning and ensuring strong commercial outcomes.
Deep understanding of integrated marketing communications, with the ability to align business objectives, strategy, creative and media to deliver measurable results, alongside a proactive, energetic approach and strong conflict-resolution skills to balance stakeholder and business needs.

What you'll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Starting salary circa £80,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email vivien.gergaly@aviva.com.

The role

Creative Business Partner Lead - Salary circa £80,000

Help shape the future of Aviva's Creative Hub, leading strategic partnerships that connect business ambition with brilliant creative delivery.

This is a unique opportunity to influence senior stakeholders, lead a high-performing team and drive marketing communications that deliver real commercial impact.

As Creative Business Partner Lead, you'll be the senior link between our Creative Hub and stakeholders across the business. Working as part of the Creative Hub Leadership Team and deputising for the Head of Marketing Communications when needed, you'll ensure marketing activity is strategically focused, creatively ambitious and delivered brilliantly.

You'll build trusted relationships with senior leaders, influence plans and priorities, and help bring together strategy, creative, content, media and operations to achieve the best outcomes for our customers and our business.

You'll lead a team of Creative Business Partners and Delivery Managers, setting the standard for stakeholder management, governance and delivery excellence. Alongside overseeing a complex portfolio of campaigns and content, you'll bring commercial rigour through forecasting, investment planning and budget management. You'll also play a key role in evolving the Creative Hub's proposition to ensure we continue to deliver exceptional value and impact. This role requires you to be a marketing leader, both within the Creative Hub and more broadly across Customer & Marketing.

Hiring process

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We'll contact you
With a recruiter
Once you've applied, or Aviva has found you on LinkedIn, a recruiter gets in touch to discuss your application and the specific opportunity in more detail.
We'll send a test
If you're successful at the first stage, you're invited to the next stage of the process, which could be an online test or interview. If you're unsuccessful, you're told.
You'll come to interview
Aviva agrees an interview date and time. The interview may be a one-to-one meeting or a group assessment; there may be more than one stage to this part of the process.
We'll make an offer
You'll complete screening checks · 1–2 days
You can stay in touch
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Once PES checks pass, candidates receive a 'confirmation of start date' email and can ask the Candidate Care team questions before their first day.

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