Interim Creative Director — Brand Studio Lead

Eat Real Snacks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PROPER SNACKS in London and Nuneaton seeks an interim Creative Director to lead the in-house Creative Studio during a maternity leave. You will shape the creative direction for PROPER and Eat Real, balancing ambitious design with commercial realities and guiding a talented eight-person team.

You’ll partner with the CMO and Marketing Leadership to elevate brand storytelling across packaging, campaigns, content and digital, while knowing when to bring in partners for specialist input.

Qualifications

• Senior creative leadership experience in consumer brands.
• Strong design background with visual craft and brand-building.
• Experience leading and developing teams.
• Commercially minded with pace and decision-making.
• Excellent stakeholder influencing skills.
• Hands-on capable of executing when needed.

Responsibilities

• Own the creative direction and standard across PROPER and Eat Real.
• Lead the in-house Creative Studio and manage delivery.
• Turn briefs into strong creative solutions and direct the team.
• Champion design and brand excellence across packaging, campaigns and digital.
• Partner with the CMO and Marketing Leadership Team to shape the agenda.
• Keep the brands culturally relevant and commercially effective.
• Direct external partners when needed while maintaining standards.
• Improve ways of working and explore emergent technologies.

Skills

Senior leadership

Brand building

Art direction

Stakeholder management

Hands-on leadership

Job description

PROPER SNACKS in London and Nuneaton seeks an interim Creative Director to lead the in-house Creative Studio during a maternity leave. You will shape the creative direction for PROPER and Eat Real, balancing ambitious design with commercial realities and guiding a talented eight-person team.

You’ll partner with the CMO and Marketing Leadership to elevate brand storytelling across packaging, campaigns, content and digital, while knowing when to bring in partners for specialist input.