Creative Group Head

Iris London; Indonesia; On-site; IDR 300,000,000 - 550,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Iris London is seeking a Creative Group Head to lead the agency’s creative vision into award-winning work. You will translate client briefs into standout concepts and direct teams from concept through delivery.

You will guide activation campaigns, collaborate with senior management, and manage timelines, budgets, and expectations across internal and external partners to ensure high-quality results. Ideal candidates bring a strong art-based background, leadership, English proficiency, and a track

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Creative Group Head or equivalent senior leadership role.
• Strong art-based creative background with a highly developed visual and conceptual sense.
• Proven experience in developing and executing activation campaigns.
• Experienced in guiding operational and on-ground production and materials.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder presentation skills.
• Experience with age-restricted categories is an advantage but not mandatory.
• Proficient in English with confidence presenting concepts to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Driven to produce measurable, impactful, and award-winning work.

Responsibilities

• Translate the agency’s creative vision into measurable, outstanding, and award-winning work.
• Lead the creative development process from client brief, conceptualization, and brainstorming through to final execution and delivery.
• Develop and apply strong conceptual strategies, guiding creative teams to generate fresh, relevant ideas.
• Lead and inspire multidisciplinary creative teams with clear direction and motivation.
• Prioritize project activities, establish timelines, and ensure timely delivery.
• Set clear expectations for tasks and deliverables across teams.
• Provide timely feedback and creative direction while managing client and partner expectations.
• Collaborate with team leaders to manage scope, progress, schedules, budgets, and quality.
• Identify scope changes and new business opportunities within clients’ organizations.
• Maintain effective communication between the creative team, management, clients, and stakeholders.
• Work with activation and production teams to translate ideas into real-world executions.

Job description

• Work closely with the Creative Director and senior management to translate the Agency’s creative vision into measurable, outstanding, and award-winning work.
• Lead the creative development process from client brief, conceptualization, and brainstorming through to final execution and delivery.
• Develop and apply strong conceptual strategies, guiding creative teams to generate fresh, relevant, and impactful ideas.
• Lead and inspire multidisciplinary creative teams, providing clear direction, constructive feedback, and motivation to achieve the highest quality of work.
• Prioritize project activities, establish project flow, and determine realistic timelines to ensure timely and efficient delivery.
• Set clear expectations for tasks, responsibilities, and deliverables across internal and external teams.
• Provide timely feedback, information, and creative direction while diplomatically managing expectations among clients, internal teams, and external partners.
• Collaborate with team leaders to effectively manage client expectations regarding scope, progress, schedules, budgets, and quality of deliverables.
• Identify changes in project scope, potential upgrade opportunities within existing engagements, and new business opportunities within clients’ organizations.
• Maintain effective communication and information flow between the creative team, Creative Director, senior management, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Provide regular creative information, updates, and feedback to and from the Creative Director.
• Work closely with activation and production teams to ensure creative ideas are translated effectively into real-world executions.
• Provide creative and technical guidance for activation projects, including materials, technology, production methods, and on-ground execution.
• Ensure creative work is culturally relevant, strategically sound, technically feasible, and aligned with the client’s business objectives.
• Push the strongest ideas and talents forward, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

Key Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience as a Creative Group Head, Associate Creative Director, Creative Lead, or equivalent senior creative leadership role within an advertising, creative, digital, or integrated agency.
• Strong art-based creative background with a highly developed visual and conceptual sense.
• Proven experience in developing and executing activation campaigns, with a strong understanding of both creative ideation and operational/on-ground production.
• Experienced in working closely with operational and production teams and able to provide guidance on technical aspects, materials, technology, and execution feasibility.
• Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to lead brainstorming sessions and transform strategic challenges into compelling creative ideas.
• Experience managing multiple projects and multidisciplinary teams simultaneously.
• Experience working with clients and managing expectations around scope, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Experience working with age-restricted categories, such as alcoholic beverages and cigarettes/tobacco, is an advantage but not mandatory.
• Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Strong integrity, accountability, and a collaborative team-player mindset.
• Highly constructive, fearless, driven, charismatic, intelligent, self-possessed, and committed to a clear creative vision.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive can-do attitude.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify opportunities for creative growth and business development.
• Proficient in English, with strong confidence in presenting creative concepts and strategic ideas to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Highly motivated to create measurable, impactful, and award-winning work.