Creative Lead: Brand Studio Director & Mentor

next level - marketing, creative, PR & digital recruitment; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Mentor talent

Creative leadership impact

Job summary

N/A agency in the UK is seeking a Senior Creative Lead to balance strategic thinking with hands-on design, owning the creative output and mentoring the studio team.

You'll work closely with senior leadership to shape the agency's creative direction, ensuring high-quality work across branding, print and digital campaigns, while fostering a culture of collaboration and continual improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in a creative or branding agency at senior level.
• Portfolio showcasing branding, print and digital design.
• Strong conceptual thinking and typography/layout craft.
• Experience mentoring designers in an agency.
• Confidence presenting work to clients and stakeholders.
• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Experience with motion design and AI-enabled workflows (advantage).

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative output across branding, print, digital and integrated campaigns.
• Develop compelling creative concepts that exceed client expectations.
• Remain hands-on, producing high-quality design work across multiple channels.
• Mentor, coach and develop designers and artworkers, helping them reach their full potential.
• Review and quality-check key creative projects before client delivery.
• Present creative ideas and rationale confidently to clients and stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with client services and production teams to deliver exceptional work.
• Improve studio processes, workflows and ways of working, including the adoption of AI tools where appropriate.
• Support the recruitment, onboarding and development of future creative talent.
• Foster an innovative, collaborative and high-performing creative culture.

Skills

Creative leadership

Branding

Print design

Digital design

Typography

Conceptual thinking

Mentoring

Client presentations

Adobe Creative Suite

Motion design

AI-enabled workflows

Job description

N/A agency in the UK is seeking a Senior Creative Lead to balance strategic thinking with hands-on design, owning the creative output and mentoring the studio team.

You'll work closely with senior leadership to shape the agency's creative direction, ensuring high-quality work across branding, print and digital campaigns, while fostering a culture of collaboration and continual improvement.