Group Creative Director

DAZN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global sports entertainment company is seeking a Group Creative Director to define and elevate its creative vision across EMEA. This role involves owning the creative strategy, mentoring a team of directors, and ensuring brand consistency. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of creative experience and a strong portfolio in sports-focused campaigns. Benefits include private medical insurance, generous leave, and flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

25 days’ annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years of creative experience, with at least 4–5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven experience leading creative teams across multiple countries or regions.
• Strong sports-based portfolio demonstrating brand-led, integrated campaigns across channels.

Responsibilities

• Own and champion the creative vision for EMEA.
• Ensure creative excellence across campaigns, content, digital, and product marketing.
• Act as the senior creative authority for EMEA, setting quality standards.

Skills

Creative leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Integrated marketing

Influencing senior stakeholders

Job description

Group Creative Director

Department: 77-803 - Subscriptions - Creative Services

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - London

Description

DAZN Creative is DAZN’s in-house creative agency. We are looking for a multi-disciplined and talented Group Creative Director to define and elevate the brand’s creative vision across EMEA. This role leads regional creative strategy, ensures global brand consistency while enabling local relevance, and partners closely with Marketing, Product, Programming Editorial and Regional Leadership to deliver best-in-class creative across all channels.

You will balance high-level creative direction with operational understanding; line manage and mentor a team of regional creative directors to deliver impactful, scalable, and culturally relevant work across diverse markets.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with department leadership in APAC and London, own and champion the creative vision for EMEA
• Ensure creative excellence across campaigns, content, digital, social, events, and product marketing
• Act as the senior creative authority for EMEA, setting quality standards and best practices
• Provide strong creative direction and feedback at concept, execution, and final delivery stages
• Partner globally with department leadership, Brand, programming and Marketing teams to localise global campaigns for EMEA markets
• Collaborate with regional marketing leaders to translate business goals into compelling creative solutions
• Balance global consistency with local cultural nuance and market needs
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a multi-market creative team across EMEA
• Build strong creative leadership at the country and regional level
• Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, innovation, and accountability
• Support talent development, performance management, and succession planning

Qualifications

• 10+ years of creative experience, with at least 4–5 years in a senior leadership role
• Proven experience leading creative teams across multiple countries or regions
• Experience working in EMEA markets
• Strong sports-based portfolio demonstrating brand-led, integrated campaigns across channels
• Experience working with global brand systems and local market adaptations
• Excellent understanding of digital, social, content, and integrated marketing
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners
• A huge sports fan, with a genuine interest in a wide range of sporting rights and personalities

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.