Creative Lead

Jobstreet Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora Malaysia is seeking a hands-on Creative Lead to steer campaigns across social, video, audio, design and paid media. You will produce work personally and direct the team, setting craft standards and ensuring quality at volume while guiding partners and internal teams.

The role requires 6–7 years in creative leadership, a strong portfolio, and fluency in BM and English. On-site in Kuala Lumpur with long hours when needed; agency experience with corporate or public sector accounts is

Qualifications

• 6 to 7 years in creative leadership roles.
• Portfolio covering design, video and campaign work.
• Working BM and English, comfortable across both languages.
• Experience maintaining quality at volume across multiple outputs.
• Comfortable with structured client approval processes.
• Sound judgement on sensitive subjects.
• Still hands-on with design/tools and production tasks.
• Able to take on ad hoc tasks and long hours when required.

Responsibilities

• Produce content across design, layout and campaign creative.
• Own craft standards across all formats: design, video, motion, layout and paid creative.
• Run the craft review before editorial sign-off by Editor-in-Chief.
• Redirect work that misses execution and rewrite the creative brief when needed.
• Direct visual system across templates, layout and motion.
• Brief and quality-check external production partners.
• Coach producers, designers and video editors.
• Collaborate with Editor-in-Chief and account lead on campaign direction.

Skills

Team leadership

Portfolio

Bilingual

Quality at volume

Client approvals

Hands-on tools

Ad hoc tasks

On-site Kuala Lumpur

Job description

Jora Malaysia will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

Hands-on Creative Lead working across social, video, audio, design and paid. This is a working role. You will produce work yourself as well as direct it, every day, alongside the team.

Key responsibilities

• Produce content across design, layout and campaign creative
• Own the craft standard across all formats: design, video, motion, layout and paid creative
• Run the craft review before work goes to the Editor-in-Chief for editorial sign-off
• Redirect work that misses on execution, and rewrite the creative brief where it is the brief at fault
• Direct the visual system across templates, layout and motion
• Brief and quality-check external production partners
• Coach producers, designers and video editors
• Work with the Editor-in-Chief and the account lead on campaign direction
• Report to the Editor-in-Chief, who holds editorial direction and final sign-off

About you

• 6 to 7 years in creative, with experience leading a team
• Portfolio covering design, video and campaign work
• Working BM and English, enough to work comfortably across both
• Experience holding quality at volume
• Comfortable with structured client approval processes
• Sound judgement on sensitive subjects
• Still hands-on in the tools
• Able to take on ad hoc tasks and work long hours when required, with compensation
• On site in Kuala Lumpur, with no remote or hybrid option
• Agency experience on corporate or public sector accounts (advantageous)