Job Description
Are you ready to lead a team of visionary creatives in tackling some of the most pressing issues facing humanity today? From climate change and gender equality to human rights and digital health, this is your chance to make a real difference.
A London-based social impact communications agency is searching for an inspirational, experienced Creative Director to set the vision for their creative team, fostering innovation and excellence while driving growth into new sectors.
About the Agency
This full-service communications agency partners with charities, NGOs, brands, and global organisations to create campaigns that truly make a difference. Rooted in purpose, they believe in using the power of communication to build a fairer, more sustainable world. As a B Corp-certified organisation, they champion inclusivity and transparency, participating in gender and ethnicity pay gap reporting and striving to create a workplace where everyone can thrive. The work is predominantly digital focused, but can span the whole spectrum of marcomms, from earned first stories, OOH, events and activism. Ultimately, the only limit is your creativity.
About the Role
As Creative Director, you’ll:
* Lead the Creative Vision: Inspire and challenge the creative team to push boundaries while maintaining a strong focus on impactful storytelling, with a particular emphasis on ideation and copywriting.
* Collaborate with the Art and strategy team: Work alongside talented Art and Strategy teams that take the lead on visual direction and insights, enabling you to focus on crafting powerful ideas and narratives that resonate with audiences.
* Expand Horizons: Bring expertise in navigating larger brands and corporates, helping the agency expand into new markets and client bases while maintaining its purpose-driven ethos.
* Drive Excellence: Oversee the delivery of campaigns, branding, and marketing communications across digital channels to ensure high-quality outcomes.
* Foster Growth: Support and mentor senior team members, unlocking their full potential, and evolve creative processes and training.
* Shape Partnerships: Pitch innovative ideas, explore opportunities with purpose-driven consumer brands, and expand into new sectors.
* Advance Inclusivity: Build a diverse and empathetic creative environment that embraces fresh perspectives.
What You’ll Bring
* A proven ability to lead creative teams with empathy and purpose, balancing happiness and high performance.
* A flair for ideation that captures audiences, inspires partners, and wins awards, with a focus on compelling copywriting.
* Experience working with larger brands and corporates, helping bridge their needs with the agency’s creative and social impact expertise.
* Brilliant client management, taking them along with you on the journey and being someone who can inspire clients with storytelling
* Strong communication and business acumen, understanding how creative integrates across project management, strategy, and operations.
* Resilience and adaptability to handle fast-paced projects and deadlines.
Desirable Extras
* Experience in art direction or design is a bonus, but your core strength should be in ideation and storytelling.
* Experience in earned media creativity and brand positioning also a plus
* Established networks within NGOs or purpose-driven brands.
* Knowledge of the social impact or sustainability sectors.
* Fluency in an additional language.
Why Join?
You’ll join a team committed to creating a supportive, inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and neurodiversity. The agency actively encourages applications from underrepresented and minority groups, as well as those with lived experience of the issues they work to address.
This is a full-time role, requiring at least two days per week in the London office, but the agency offers benefits including flexi-time working, enhanced family leave policies, free mental health coaches, Summer Fridays, and commission schemes among others.
Ready to take the next step in your creative career and make a meaningful impact? Apply today to help make a difference.
Please note, while we aim to respond to as many applications as possible, if you haven’t heard from us within one week of applying, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful.