Creative Director

JR United Kingdom; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency seeks a Creative Director to lead their creative team and integrate AI into their projects. The position involves managing creative direction across various clients, driving business growth, and being flexible with full-time or freelance contracts. This role is ideal for someone with significant experience in digital advertising and a passion for innovation.

Benefits

Flexible hours and remote-first working

£750 annual training budget

Private healthcare

Employer pension contributions

28 days holiday FTE

Qualifications

• 7+ years of agency experience, 3+ in a senior role.
• Proven expertise in paid social and digital advertising.
• Excellent portfolio showcasing brand and performance creative.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative direction and content strategy across client accounts.
• Utilize network to identify and win new business opportunities.
• Manage team resourcing and build scalable creative processes.

Skills

Creative testing

Digital advertising

Client relationship management

AI integration

Job description

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Role Overview

We're looking for a Creative Director who can lead our creative team and introduce new ways to amplify our capabilities. You'll be responsible for driving creative excellence across multiple high-growth clients, while exploring innovative ways to leverage AI in our creative process.

Starting 3-days per week with a view to increasing to full-time. The role is open to candidates seeking a freelance or employed contract.

This is a rare opportunity to:

- Put your mark on an evolving creative function

- Lead the AI-for-creative charge within an agile agency

- Grow your personal brand while shaping the agency’s creative offering

What We Offer

• A high-impact role shaping our creative vision and AI innovation strategy
• Flexible hours and remote-first working, with one monthly London team day
• Work with ambitious, fast-growing brands across sectors
• Collaborate with a skilled team across creative, CRM and paid media
• £750 annual training budget + £100/month co-working allowance
• Private healthcare and employer pension contributions
• 28 days holiday FTE (18 days for 3 days/week)

About Us

We’re a specialist marketing agency delivering creative, paid digital media, and CRM solutions for ambitious, fast-growing brands. Our approach is built on trust, collaboration, and a deep commitment to measurable impact. We pride ourselves on staying agile, working smart, and continuously evolving through innovation.

You’ll have the opportunity to work with forward-thinking clients including Google DeepMind, Save My Exams, iwoca, and Marquee TV.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead creative direction, content strategy, and brand development across all client accounts
• Shape creative plans for paid media and CRM, including testing matrices, channel-specific approaches, and objective-led messaging
• Stay on top of platform trends and campaign performance to drive innovation and optimise engagement

Business Growth

• Use your network to identify and win new business opportunities
• Build strong client relationships and spot upsell potential
• Deliver against creative services revenue targets

Team & Process Management

• Manage team resourcing and build scalable creative processes
• Lead reviews and feedback sessions to drive creative excellence
• Flex capacity with trusted freelance talent from your network

Brand & Client Management

• Lead client meetings and strategic planning sessions
• Ensure brand consistency across touch points and assets
• Monitor creative performance and adjust based on results
• Explore and integrate AI tools to streamline creative workflows
• Develop scalable creative production strategies using AI
• Upskill the team on effective AI usage and stay current with industry developments

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of agency experience, including 3+ in a senior creative role
• Proven expertise in paid social and digital advertising across channels like Meta, TikTok, Google, Reddit, YouTube, and LinkedIn
• Experience developing high-performing CRM creative (email, push, IAM) for lifecycle and promotional campaigns
• Skilled in creative testing (hooks, angles, formats) and tailoring for different campaign goals
• Strong grasp of platform trends, design best practices, and performance optimisation
• Track record of winning and growing business through your creative network
• Excellent portfolio showcasing brand and performance creative across paid and CRM
• Passion for using AI to scale and enhance creative work
• Confident team leader and clear communicator in client-facing settings

If you’re ready to lead with curiosity, embrace AI, and create impactful work for ambitious brands, we’d love to hear from you.

• We review every application carefully and will respond to all candidates within three weeks, regardless of the outcome.
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial interview with Laura (Co-Founder) and Sarah (Creative Director), where we’ll discuss your experience and highlight some of your favourite projects.
• Final-stage interviews will include members of our Paid Digital and CRM teams to explore cross-functional collaboration and fit.