Head of Creative Studio: Visionary Brand & Campaign Leader

Dis-Chem Pharmacies; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-related salary

Medical aid

Provident fund

Staff account

Job summary

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Head Office invites a dynamic Head of Creative Studio to lead the internal creative agency, shaping strategic creative across in-store signage, packaging, digital content, social media, video, and campaigns.

You will mentor a multi-disciplinary team, ensure brand consistency, deliver high-impact creative outputs, and partner with internal stakeholders and external agencies to elevate brand storytelling across all channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Creative Communication, Marketing, Visual Communication, or related discipline; Honours or postgraduate qualification advantageous.
• 8+ years’ experience in creative leadership, studio management, design, content production, or multidisciplinary creative environments.
• 5–8 years’ experience in leadership or people management in multidisciplinary creative environments.
• Proven experience delivering impactful campaigns and leading high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and champion the studio’s creative vision aligned with marketing and brand strategy.
• Conceptualize campaign ideas and guide the team to translate them into multi-channel executions.
• Mentor and develop the creative team, fostering innovation, collaboration, and high-quality output.
• Ensure all outputs maintain brand consistency and meet strategic objectives.
• Review and guide concepts, storyboards, and messaging for campaigns.
• Ensure campaigns are cohesive across channels: in-store, digital, social, website, mailers, PR.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Promotions, Social Media, Visual Merchandising, and other teams.
• Lead internal creative teams including designers, content creators, photographers, copywriters, traffic management, and QA.
• Identify skill gaps and collaborate with agencies for specialized services.
• Manage workloads, deadlines, and delivery of all creative projects.

Skills

Creative leadership

Team leadership

Brand strategy

Campaign management

Mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design

Honours or postgraduate beneficial

Job description

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Head Office invites a dynamic Head of Creative Studio to lead the internal creative agency, shaping strategic creative across in-store signage, packaging, digital content, social media, video, and campaigns.

You will mentor a multi-disciplinary team, ensure brand consistency, deliver high-impact creative outputs, and partner with internal stakeholders and external agencies to elevate brand storytelling across all channels.