Global Creative Operations Lead – Luxury Fashion

Aquent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid model in Central London

Private medical & dental coverage

Pension contributions

Luxury product allowances & sample-ads

Summer Fridays

Winter holiday

25 days leave + UK holidays

Job summary

Our client is a globally celebrated luxury fashion and footwear house seeking a Head of Creative Services to architect the operational engine behind its brand image. You will lead end-to-end creative delivery across global campaigns, ensuring on-time, on-budget outputs that meet luxury standards and drive commercial priorities.

The role requires hands-on creative operations experience within traditional luxury fashion or high-end leather goods, with a strong bias toward governance, systems, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading Creative Operations in luxury fashion, footwear, or accessories
• Proven ability building operational systems, delivery frameworks, and RACI matrices
• Understanding global luxury fashion cycles and seasonal timelines
• Experience coordinating asset deliveries across EMEA, US, APAC
• Strong budget-management skills with multi-million pound campaigns
• Excellent communication with C-suite and creative teams
• Proficiency in enterprise project management and DAM tools

Responsibilities

• Architect and govern the global creative delivery roadmap across campaigns and launches
• Establish operational governance, RACI, milestones to remove bottlenecks
• Build and enforce seasonal master calendars aligned with GTM and retail dates
• Champion workflow tools (Asana), DAM protocols, and AI tools for briefing and tagging
• Ensure transparent status reporting to senior leadership
• Drive cross-functional alignment across regions (EMEA, US, APAC)
• Coordinate asset toolkits, versioning, localization for global markets
• Oversee production management, shoots, post-production, and budgets
• Negotiate with agencies and production partners on usage rights and IP
• Ensure compliance with talent contracts and rights with Legal

Skills

Luxury pedigree

Operational mindset

Fashion rhythm fluency

Global scope

Budget management

Executive communication

Systems software

Tools

Asana

Monday.com

Jira

DAM systems

Job description

Our client is a globally celebrated luxury fashion and footwear house seeking a Head of Creative Services to architect the operational engine behind its brand image. You will lead end-to-end creative delivery across global campaigns, ensuring on-time, on-budget outputs that meet luxury standards and drive commercial priorities.

The role requires hands-on creative operations experience within traditional luxury fashion or high-end leather goods, with a strong bias toward governance, systems, and