Creative Lead

Creative & Social Agency | London (Hybrid – 3 days in the office)

As Studio Lead, you'll take ownership of the agency's creative output, setting the creative standard across a varied client portfolio. You'll lead and develop the creative team, shape ideas from brief through to execution and build the processes and ways of working for the Studio.

This is a newly created role with genuine scope to build something from the ground up
.

• Leading and developing the creative team and wider freelance network.
• Setting, maintaining and signing off creative standards across the agency.
• Shaping and refining ideas across social, campaigns and content.
• Leading brainstorms and creative sessions.
• Working closely with Strategy, Social and Account teams.
• Joining strategic meetings and contributing creative thinking.
• Supporting larger campaigns and new business pitches.
• Mentoring creatives through clear, constructive feedback.
• Building effective processes and ways of working within the Studio.
• Staying close to culture, trends and platform-native social creative.
• Getting hands-on with concepts, copy, scripts and creative direction when needed.

• Significant creative experience within a social or creative agency.
• Experience leading, mentoring or managing creatives.
• A strong creative point of view and excellent conceptual thinking.
• Deep understanding of social-first creative across platforms such as Tik Tok and Instagram.
• Strong creative judgement and the ability to articulate why an idea works.
• Experience working across multiple brands and briefs.
• A collaborative leadership style with high standards and no ego.
• A hands-on approach and willingness to get stuck into the work.
• Confidence working in a fast-paced, growing agency environment.

• Experience building or evolving a creative/studio function.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Experience with production, shoots and post-production.
• Experience leading creative on pitches and new business

If you're a senior creative looking for the opportunity to shape a Studio, lead a talented team and raise the creative bar
, we'd love to hear from you.