Creative Director (Experiential / Commerce)
London
Circa £100,000
We’re on the hunt for an industry-leading Creative Director for a multi-award winning global creative agency who consistently deliver huge ideas and impactful experiences. This agency believes in encouraging brands to connect authentically with modern audiences, by delivering incredible experiences through multiple channels. They’re looking for a Creative Director with a strong background in concepting and creating award-winning big ideas, platforms and toolkits as a key component within their creative arsenal. Making genuine impact is their metric for success, whether it’s a big idea, 360 campaign, hybrid activation or a live event, their creative department are culturally connected and thrive on collaboration, whether harnessing technology, supporting individual passions, or approaching work with an entrepreneurial mindset. They’re constantly growing, learning and defining new paths.
Key Responsibilities:
You will lead projects across diverse sectors, including entertainment, technology, lifestyle, health, sports, and culture.
Reporting directly to the Executive Creative Director (ECD), you’ll oversee the entire creative process—concept, experience, copy, design, tone, and execution—while motivating and inspiring your team.
In this role, you’ll set a new creative standard for commerce within the agency, driving the development and expansion of its offerings. As a visionary and mentor, you'll help shape the creative discipline and broader department, ensuring a culture of growth and innovation. Your commercial awareness will empower you to lead projects efficiently, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.
You will provide guidance, coaching, and feedback to your creative team and peers, promoting best practices and fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment. Creativity will be at the core of your leadership as you cultivate an inspiring space where ideas can thrive.
You will be responsible for enhancing and evolving your clients’ experiential strategies across a variety of touchpoints, from brand platforms to events and long-term programs. As a thought leader, you'll stay ahead of emerging trends across culture, technology, and society, anticipating shifts and shaping the future of the industry.
With strong conceptual and decision-making skills, you’ll drive your creative team to continuously push boundaries and improve the work you produce together. You’ll approach activations holistically—viewing them as ecosystems with limitless potential—whether it’s a big platform, digital content series, TV shows, immersive experiences, partnerships, sponsorships, retail, or more.
Your focus will be on creating ideas that resonate deeply with audiences and drive lasting impact, with a vision of how they can live on beyond the initial experience—across devices, platforms, and in people’s everyday lives. You’ll own the creative vision from start to finish, always asking, “Where can I take this next?”
What you need:
You must have an entrepreneurial spirit, you’ll be part of a very important team within the agency, leading pitches to bring in new deals and brands.
Ideally 10+ years experience, with plenty of commerce experience under your belt, a strong understanding of the relationship between this discipline and other creative levers (e.g. strategy, art direction, experience design)
You must have a strong understanding of experiential marketing and can generate ideas that marry the agency’s creative, technology and experiential capabilities.
You must be a strong mentor with motivational skills, giving clear direction, responsibilities and accountabilities to the teams you’re managing.
You’ll be confident in pitches, have strong presentation skills, and able to confidently take clients on a journey, convincing them of the strength of your ideas.
It would be a huge plus if you have previous toolkit booze brand experience and a sports / entertainment / culture background
If you're ready to be part of an amazing team, immerse yourself in a vibrant culture, work on exciting projects, and play a key role in an award-winning agency's growth, then apply now! We’d love to hear from you!