Global Creative Director: Brand & Visuals

Buro Happold; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

10% Car allowance

25 days holiday

Generous pension

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing programme

Professional memberships

Job summary

Buro Happold in Bath or London seeks an experienced Head of Creative & Visuals to lead our global creative function, elevating the brand’s storytelling across campaigns, publications and digital media.

You will report to the Chief Marketing & Brand Officer, shape visual strategy, mentor a high-performing team, and collaborate with thought leadership to translate research into compelling visuals for diverse markets worldwide.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior creative, design or brand leadership role.
• Proven success leading multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Strong portfolio showcasing brand development, storytelling and creative excellence.
• Experience translating strategic objectives into compelling creative campaigns.
• Demonstrated expertise in data visualisation and visual storytelling.
• Experience delivering thought leadership and content-rich publications.
• Understanding of website UX and UI design principles.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• Strong project planning, prioritisation and delivery capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative direction for major global marketing campaigns.
• Develop engaging concepts and storytelling across digital, print, video and experiential channels.
• Champion creative excellence, innovation and best practice throughout the business.
• Own and evolve Buro Happold's visual identity and brand guidelines.
• Ensure a consistent, impactful and differentiated brand presence across markets and sectors.
• Act as the firm's senior creative authority, advising stakeholders and external partners on creative direction and brand expression.
• Collaborate with content and thought leadership teams to transform complex research and insight into visually compelling publications.
• Oversee the creation of reports, infographics, visual storytelling assets and data visualisations.
• Ensure content is accessible, engaging and aligned with our brand narrative.
• Lead, inspire and develop a high-performing global creative team.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
• Build strong relationships across the business to understand needs and deliver exceptional creative solutions.
• Identify emerging trends, technologies and opportunities within design, branding and storytelling.
• Drive continuous improvement in creative processes and outputs.
• Measure and evaluate creative effectiveness to strengthen brand impact and business outcomes.

Skills

Senior leadership

Brand leadership

Creative teams

Portfolio

Data visualisation

Visual storytelling

Publications

UX/UI

Stakeholder management

Project planning

Job description

Buro Happold in Bath or London seeks an experienced Head of Creative & Visuals to lead our global creative function, elevating the brand’s storytelling across campaigns, publications and digital media.

You will report to the Chief Marketing & Brand Officer, shape visual strategy, mentor a high-performing team, and collaborate with thought leadership to translate research into compelling visuals for diverse markets worldwide.