Head Creative

MADD RECRUITMENT LTD; Sevenoaks; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

MADD Recruitment Ltd is seeking a senior, charismatic studio leader in Kent to helm a Design and Marketing agency project portfolio. The role combines leadership with hands-on creative contribution, steering teams to deliver standout concepts and pitches.

The ideal candidate is mid-career, confident in briefings and client-facing pitches, and capable of growing a team while maintaining high-impact ideation across campaigns.

Qualifications

• Mid-career with leadership experience and ability to helm projects.
• Confident in stand-up briefings and delivering pitches to Directors.
• Proven track record in ideation, concept development and client-facing presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead from the front and drive projects to successful delivery.
• Present at Board level and manage client expectations.
• Write proposals and steer strategic creative thinking.
• Foster a collaborative, professional team capable of delivering on promises.

Skills

Leadership

Creative direction

Pitching

Team management

Tools

Creative suites

Job description

I'm on the lookout for acharismatic, confident team leading Heavyweight creative with the ability both lead and do.

If you’re looking for a senior role in the county of Kent this could be exactly what you’re looking for. It could suit someone that’s reached a ceiling in their current role but have way further to take their career. Equally this could be well suited to a hard-hitting creative working in London who’s looking to move back to Kent or to a place with a better work life balance.

Whatever the reason for your interest in this role there’s no doubt that this is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and successful Design and Marketing agency. They have built up a fantastic portfolio of clients over the years and have an even more impressive catalogue of projects they’ve produced for those clients and brands.

You’ll probably be ‘Mid-Career’, confident enough to do stand-up briefings and charismatic enough to deliver the pitch, lead your team and command the trust of your Directors. This isn’t for the faint hearted this role. You’ll be a true leader - not phased by much - with the ability to create conceptual, project winning ideation at its best. You’ll need all of that and at the same time be able to conduct the team that’ll deliver on promise, time and again.

Ideation, the conceptual stuff, will be at the core of your design character. It’s a talent in itself - to be a strategic thinking master of the all-important concept - the key to every perfect pitch. We’re not looking for reverse engineers we’re looking for an idea’s guru, someone able to conduct their team, identifying other’s abilities of thinking in the same way and nurturing it, and rewarding those who deliver with the affirmation they deserve – we’re not after a glory hunter! Just someone mature and professional enough to know it’s a team, not a one man show!

You’ll be responsible for leading from the front.

Used to delivering at Board Level

A hand’s on creative – mastery in all the creative packages.

A Man manager – capable of leading, managing and growing.

Proposal writer

Strategic and Creative thinker

A people person, with the confidence and charisma to hold their own with client and colleague

Someone with a passion for the business.

This is a rare opportunity for the right candidate, with a superb agency offering a generous compensation package.

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