Creative Director

dentsu sweden; Stockholm; Hybrid; SEK 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsu Creative Sweden is seeking a Creative Director to lead the creative process from concept to launch. The ideal candidate has a strong background in strategic idea development, excellent leadership skills, and experience in driving impactful campaigns across multiple channels. This role offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and numerous benefits, encouraging personal development and workplace well-being.

Benefits

40 annual well-being hours

30 annual vacation days

Extensive learning opportunities

Possibility to work from EU/EES countries

Collective agreements

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in a creative role leading teams.
• Strong credentials in strategic idea development and conceptual thinking.
• Proficiency in Swedish and English, excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach creative teams through the entire process from concept to production.
• Develop and refine creative concepts across various channels.
• Contribute to an open, innovative, and learning-focused creative climate.

Skills

Strategic idea development

Conceptual thinking

Brand building

Creative leadership

Client engagement

Bilingual English and Swedish

Job description

Are you a visionary creative with strong strategic thinking, a passion for idea-driven work, and experience leading creative teams? Do you have an eye for both storytelling and business, and thrive at the intersection of concept and execution? Then the role of Creative Director at Dentsu Creative Sweden could be your next big challenge!

As Creative Director, you’ll be a key player in the agency’s creative leadership. You will drive the creative process from brief to launch, ensuring that our ideas are engaging, impactful, and aligned with our clients’ goals and brands. The role demands both strategic thinking and creative excellence. We would prefer if you have a background as a copywriter, but if you're the right profile, you could also have a background as an Art Director or Strategist, but you’ve evolved into a leader and an inspiration for other creatives.

You will work closely with strategists, project managers, designers, and client leads — all with the goal of creating campaigns that earn the audience’s attention and strengthen our clients’ business.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Leading and coaching creative teams through the entire process — from concept to final production
• Developing and refining creative concepts for campaigns across various channels and formats
• Ensuring the creative work maintains a high standard both visually, content-wise, and strategically
• Acting as a strategic partner to the client team, contributing to strong creative briefs and solutions
• Presenting ideas and concepts to clients in a persuasive and inspiring manner
• Contributing to an open and creative climate where innovation and learning are encouraged
• Staying updated on new creative formats, trends, and technologies

For this role, we are looking for someone who has:

• At least 10 years of experience in a creative role as an art director or copywriter, with experience leading creative teams
• Strong credentials in strategic idea development, conceptual thinking, and brand building
• The ability to combine creative excellence with an understanding of the client’s business and target audience
• Experience leading creative processes and delivering campaigns across multiple channels, including digital and social media
• Confidence in presenting and defending ideas to both internal teams and external clients
• Excellent proficiency in Swedish and English — both spoken and written

What We Offer:

• An international work environment with colleagues from across the globe
• A challenging role in a fast-growing market
• 40 annual well-being hours, on top of 30 annual vacation days
• Extensive learning and development opportunities, both in-person and online
• A hybrid work model
• Competitive salary and great benefits
• Possibility to work from other EU/EES country up to 30 days per year
• Opportunity to spend time on yourself during working hours; 40h wellbeing time and 40h personal development
• Possibility to work 1 h less per day during summer (8-week period)
• Collective agreements
• 30 days holiday entitlement

About Dentsu Creative

In today's world, clients are desperate for growth, but the old levers of generating growth aren't working.

Dentsu Creative believes that only transformative creativity can unlock exponential growth. Transformative creativity is a differentiating, driving force that brings our capabilities together to drive positive impact on brand, business and societal outcomes.

Because of our end-to-end offering, we have no bias in channels, so we let the problem dictate the solution. This allows us to unleash creativity to solve bigger business problems and creates a multiplier growth effect with our Creativity++ ethos and our innovative Dentsu Labs offering.

Transformative Creativity helps us ask better questions, lead with curiosity not bias and find the most creative ideas to drive growth and good.

Application and Contact
Does this sound like something for you? If you can see yourself in the role of Creative Director and as part of the Dentsu network — don’t hesitate to send in your application, including your portfolio, today!