Associate Creative Director

Activation; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Looking for a fresh challenge or even a move away from the big agencies?

Looking for somewhere you can make your mark and help shape the future of a smaller, independent agency?

Fancy working in the super city of Bristol, creating ideas; not noise in retail media and digital for top FMCG brands, alongside a team of brilliant people?

If that’s you, then we’d love to hear from you as we’re looking for a talented Associate Creative Director to join us on our journey.

About us

We are attention seekers. We create ideas, not noise, for leading grocery brands. Our job is to create campaigns that make brands stand out. Turning heads and changing habits through the whole shopper journey – digital, retail, sales promotion.

We’re ex ‘big agency’ ourselves and we’ve been going since 2011, working with leading FMCG brands. The work is always varied and we get to work on many fun and exciting briefs.

We’re looking to build on our successes to date by bringing in some bright creative thinking to help propel us all further on our journey to become one of the UK’s leading activation agencies.

The role is an important one for us, and we think it’s a great opportunity for an established creative to try something new, and this process is all about finding the right person to join us on our journey.

Required skills

About you

You’ll be a talented, ideas-led creative at home across the whole comms mix – where a good idea is a good idea. You’ll be passionate about both the concepts and the craft, with a keen interest in FMCG & retail marketing.

Inspiring and easy going but also ambitious and driven, you’ll be able to turn sound strategic thinking into creative ideas and be able to write strong supporting narratives and rationales that meet the brief and the strategy. Here you’ll also be great in front of clients, keen to build relationships and sell your work and the capabilities of the agency.

You’ll be developing integrated campaigns across everything from digital & social, through to in-store / retail media / shopper marketing & promotions.

Internally, you’ll be enthusiastic, ambitious, and collaborative in nature, and keen to inspire the wider agency team. As Associate Creative Director you’ll also be responsible for managing the creative team. You’ll provide day-to-day line management and creative leadership, helping guide projects and create the conditions for the team to do their best work. You’ll have experience in / be comfortable with…

Creative strategy: Able to help respond to briefs with strategic thinking to tackle both large and small briefs.

Conceptual ideas: Generating a multitude of original creative ideas that answer a client brief. A passion for exploring the possible!

Copywriting / headlines: Crafting cut-through messaging.

Art direction: An eye on the craft; the ability to help turn ideas into great-looking reality (not necessarily as a hands-on designer).

Retail media: A passion for instore creative campaigns.

Pitching and presenting: Comfortable presenting ideas and creative to the biggest brands whilst building rapport with potential clients.

Strategic direction of the agency: You’ll be working as part of the strategic management team (following a successful probation period) – leading the creative output and also working with us on the direction of the agency.

Desired experience

• Previous creative agency experience.
• A pedigree in developing conceptual ideas for leading FMCG brands.
• A portfolio containing strong campaign work.
• Experienced in leading or managing a team, developing people and critiquing work.
• Enjoy being client-facing and building strong relationships.

Why have we created this role?

Alongside our fantastic current client list we also have a healthy new business pipeline, so, this role is a really important one to help us ‘power up’ our creative offering as we grow.

Like us, you’ll be ambitious and keen to grow, and with your talent in the team, we should be unstoppable.

We also want you to be influential in the growth of the agency, and you will also be given the space to suggest and implement your own thoughts and ideas across the overall business – it’s important to us that you feel that this is important, too.

Which brings us on to the future….

As an independent agency, the longer-term possibilities for this role and the right person are uncapped. If you are looking for something interesting with a long-term view, this role could be for you.

Benefits to the role include:

• 25 days holiday.
• Hybrid working: 3 days in the agency each week / 2 days WFH.
• Flexible hours.
• Annual performance-related bonus.
• Regular company socials.
• Continued professional development: regular company training and access to e-learning tools.

How to apply

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to [e-mail] with ACD in the subject line. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Closes 31st May 2025.

Equal opportunities

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements that cannot be shown to be justifiable.