Global Discipline Lead for Design

What’s The Role

As the Global Discipline Lead (GDL) for Design, you’ll be at the helm of a discipline that’s pivotal to the success of Shell’s business, brand and reputation - guiding a culture where creativity counts. You will be empowered to push boundaries and challenge conventions in an ever-evolving landscape, on a hugely diverse range of projects – from digital, design centric scope to strategically critical corporate communications. Your creative stewardship will inspire business partners and the team alike, elevate briefs and drive powerful integration across Shell’s creative ecosystem.

If you’re ready to tackle a challenge, lead with purpose, create with impact and leave a legacy of bold thinking, this is your moment.

Shell’s in-house enterprise, Creative Solutions, is an integral part of the Strategic Communications and Brand Team, serving as the stewards of Shell’s iconic and globally recognized brand. Creative Solutions is Shell’s go-to team for integrated content creation, design, film and experiential. CS delivers work through a combination of in-house experienced project managers, with deep subject matter expertise and a roster of curated agency partners. Our in-house offer includes:

• Global Design Hub (GDH), the Design discipline which specializes in a broad range of scope such as integrated communications campaigns, digital & social media, event-specific design, brand and visual identities, spatial design, policies and standards creation, translations and effective presentations, amongst others.
• Content Engine (CE), an in-house film team, making internationally award-winning content, webcasts and studio broadcasts for all Shell’s businesses and functions.
• Experiential specialists that manage end-to-end events and exhibitions – from multi-million-dollar reward & recognition experiences & global student innovation programmes to exhibitions and more.
  
  

You’ll be at the forefront of shaping integrated, high-impact campaigns by working closely with the Film & Photography Lead and the Experiential Lead ---ensuring strategic design and communications are seamlessly woven into every touchpoint of our creative solutions. Together, you’ll bring to life brilliant, cohesive brand experiences that resonate deeply and deliver measurable results.

This role reports directly to the Head of Creative Solutions and is a key member of the Creative Solutions Leadership Team.

What You’ll Be Doing

As the GDL for Design, you will spearhead the discipline’s creative excellence, elevate creative ambitions across all scopes and maximise its operational effectiveness and value delivery as a group. You will be at the forefront of shaping bold, long-term strategies and breakthrough innovations that define the growth of the discipline.

Your role will include:

Strategic leadership and vision, reinforcing value delivery

• Championing the discipline’s strategic ambitions and creative stewardship
• Driving the long-term strategy for the design discipline & building its global reputation
• Leading credibility & reputation building initiatives to reinforce the value of Creative Solutions
  
  

Creative impact enabling growth

• Raising the bar for creative ambition of design projects to deliver on business & reputational objectives
• Using data and external trends to refresh our approach to delivering innovative, engaging and cost-effective campaigns which differentiates the Shell brand
• Strengthening agency partnerships, optimizing delivery and initiating fresh ideas to reimagine how we collaborate and innovate with partner agencies
• Managing the roster of design agencies, upholding standards & building innovations to unlock quality and value
• Proactively identifying growth opportunities and enabling project acquisition internally
  
  

Excellence in delivery driving consistent customer satisfaction

• Driving customer satisfaction and commercial performance
• Ensuring the consistently excellent delivery of projects across all KPIs including project management, creative & commercial excellence, brand & functional standards compliance, and overall value delivery
• Driving design excellence and spearheading the delivery of key strategic design, integrated campaigns and communications, both on the regional and global level
• Being the Design SME whom project managers across all disciplines can consult
• Leading growth and development-centric initiatives for a global team of project managers
• Integrating across disciplines to deliver operational efficiencies and seamless customer experience
  
  

You’ll lead and inspire a global community of passionate design and communication specialists, directly managing a Senior Discipline Specialist and a Design Integration Advisor, while coaching and mentoring the broader team.

What You Bring

As the Global Discipline Lead for Design, your mastery of all design and communications sub-disciplines, creative operations and strong leadership skills will enable Creative Solutions to deliver highly efficient and powerful design-related content for Shell.

You must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Extensive experience in a strategic, leadership position with deep expertise in integrated communications, digital innovation and design excellence --- in-house at a large international company and/or in an agency
• Demonstrated ability to drive brand impact through strategic storytelling, cross-channel campaigns, and high-performing creative teams
• Strong track record of delivering business growth and elevating creative standards across diverse markets
• Mastery in visual storytelling, design, and digital-first creative solutions, with a proven ability to blend design craft and emerging technologies to create innovative brand campaigns and experiences
• Commercially savvy and data driven leader; demonstrated strength in managing commercial performance and delivering measurable results
• Experience of delivering to complex Health & Safety, Data Privacy, Ethics & Compliance requirements
• A change agent with a passion for people who can inspire and maximize the key strengths of individuals to harness their collective brilliance
• A “learner mindset” that displays curiosity, openly learning from mistakes and successes and encouraging others to do the same
• Creative bravery, innovative thinking, and a passion to consistently excel
  
  

What We Offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performancerelated salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
  
  

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

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