Head of Creative

Medik8; Borehamwood; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading skincare brand is seeking a Global Head of Brand Creative & Design to drive their creative vision and ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional leadership skills, a proven track record in global creative vision, and significant experience in the beauty or premium consumer goods sector. This role offers flexible working conditions and a range of benefits aimed at promoting employee well-being.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible & Hybrid working

Private Medical Insurance + Mental Health support

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Annual Performance Bonus

Long Service Awards

75% discount + Annual Product Allowance

Flexible Career opportunities

Up-skilling support + regular Lunch & Learns

2 Volunteering days per year

Matched Charitable Giving Scheme

Qualifications

• Exceptional leadership and communication skills.
• Proven experience leading global brand creative vision.
• Strong commercial acumen and customer-centric approach.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with creative teams.
• Deep expertise in visual identity and multi-channel creative.

Responsibilities

• Drive global creative vision across all company touchpoints.
• Set and communicate multi-channel creative vision.
• Deliver best-in-class creative assets for marketing.
• Lead model selection aligned with brand vision.
• Collaborate with agencies to ensure campaign alignment.

Skills

Leadership and communication skills

Proven experience in brand creative vision

Commercial acumen

Collaboration with agencies and teams

Expertise in visual identity

Knowledge of digital trends

Strong portfolio

Experience in senior creative leadership

Job description

Medik8 Borehamwood, England, United Kingdom

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Overview

Are you a visionary Creative Leader with a passion for blending scientific integrity with sophisticated design? Do you thrive on driving brand consistency across the globe while directly impacting commercial success? Medik8 is looking for a senior, inspiring leader to become our Global Head of Brand Creative & Design.

Responsibilities

• Drive the global creative vision across all company touchpoints, ensuring a consistently elevated presence that blends scientific credibility with sophisticated simplicity in every communication.
• Set and communicate Medik8’s multi-channel creative and product design vision that drives positive brand sentiment and helps deliver company commercial objectives.
• Accountable for delivering best‑in‑class creative assets that drive up CVR and drive down CAC.
• Accountable for creation, communication and onward iteration of creative/digital guidelines.
• Lead model selection to ensure all model talent is aligned with brand vision.
• Collaborate with agencies and Head of Brand Campaigns to ensure overall campaign creative direction aligns with brand vision.
• Maintain visual identity consistency across evergreen and campaign outputs.
• Support brand content and partner with Head of Brand Content to optimise workflow and economics.
• Stay abreast of cultural and market trends to inform innovation in creative.
• Lead capability of the team to ensure continuous upskilling in latest digital technologies and design capabilities for the company.
• Create a positive and energetic environment where the team thrives and develops.

Requirements

• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, inspiring, developing, and unifying multidisciplinary creative teams.>
• Proven experience leading global brand creative vision and delivering memorable campaigns that build equity, recall, and conversion.
• Strong commercial acumen and a customer‑centric approach, balancing creativity with business impact.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with agencies, freelancers, and cross‑functional teams to deliver cohesive, high‑quality creative output.
• Deep expertise in visual identity, multi‑channel creative, and some packaging design to ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of digital trends, cultural insights, and innovative design technologies to keep the brand ahead.
• Strong portfolio showcasing impactful global campaigns and cohesive brand experiences.
• Significant experience in senior creative leadership, ideally within beauty, skincare, or premium consumer goods sectors.

About Us

Founded in 2009 by UK scientists and brothers, we are a British, B Corp™ certified dermatological skincare brand, globally renowned for our age‑defying heroes that deliver results without compromise. Our mission is to simplify the route to great skin through the highest quality, most efficacious, and trusted products on the market.

Culture & Benefits

We are fuelled by our commitment to sustainability, quality, efficiency, and an unwavering passion for our customers. Championing solutions‑focused thinking, we possess a purpose‑driven mentality and strive to work with integrity and agility, always.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible & Hybrid working
• Private Medical Insurance + Mental Health support
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Long Service Awards
• 75% discount + Annual Product Allowance
• Flexible Career opportunities
• Up‑skilling support + regular Lunch & Learns
• 2 Volunteering days per year
• Matched Charitable Giving Scheme

DE&I

At Medik8, we believe that diversity within our workplace drives innovation. We celebrate multiple backgrounds, cultures, approaches, and points of view, and believe that when people feel respected and included, they can truly flourish. We’re committed to advancing equal opportunities and building a workforce as diverse as our consumer base, creating a multifaceted, equitable, and inclusive culture and allowing all colleagues to bring their whole selves to work.