Major Players | B Corp™
Associate Creative Director
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Associate Creative Director
Job Summary
Ready to step into creative leadership without waiting years for the title to catch up with the work you're already doing?
Major Players is building a select talent pool of Associate Creative Directors, Senior Art Directors and senior conceptual creatives for upcoming leadership briefs within marketing, employer branding and communications agencies.
We're looking for visually led creative leaders who combine bold conceptual thinking with excellent craft. Experience leading and inspiring teams, alongside a willingness to drive innovation through AI-enabled workflows, is essential.
These opportunities involve leading integrated work across multiple channels, shaping creative standards and helping multidisciplinary teams produce their best work.
There is scope for rapid progression, with direct exposure to senior agency leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and art-direct integrated creative work from concept to final delivery.
- Set high standards for ideas, design and craft, providing clear, constructive direction.
- Manage, mentor and motivate a multidisciplinary creative team.
- Champion practical, responsible uses of AI across ideation, image-making, motion, prototyping and production.
- Contribute creative thinking to strategy, planning, EVP development and organic client growth.
- Shape new-business responses, lead the creative element of pitches and present confidently to clients and senior stakeholders.
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Skills & Experience
- A strong art direction or design background, with a portfolio of conceptual, multi-channel campaign work.
- Evidence of the thinking behind your work, including the brief, your role, the central idea and its execution.
- Experience line-managing, coaching or developing creative people.
- New-business experience, ideally including ownership of a pitch from brief to presentation.
- Hands-on curiosity about AI tools and a considered view of their role in the creative process.
- Strong storytelling, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
- Employer brand or recruitment marketing experience would be useful but is not essential. Applications are encouraged from conceptual creatives working within brand, integrated and creative agencies.
Personal Attributes
- Ambitious and ready to grow into broader creative leadership.
- Generous, motivating and skilled in developing others.
- Refined visual taste; ideas-led, with close attention to craft.
- Experimental and optimistic about new creative technology.
- Calm when balancing several clients, projects and priorities.
- Comfortable collaborating in person and acting as a visible face of the agency.
Salary & Benefits
- Roles ranging from £55,000-£80,000, depending on experience.
- Clear progression route towards Creative Director.
- High level of influence over the agency's creative direction and culture.
- Access to significant briefs across a varied client portfolio.
- Close collaboration with an established in-house film and production capability.
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Location & Workplace
- London, with hybrid working and regular office collaboration.
- Flexibility for regular in-person collaboration with the creative team and client meetings.
If you would like a confidential chat about these opportunities or your next career move, please connect with Keely Kritz via LinkedIn, sharing your experience and availability.
Major Players is the UK's leading marketing and creative talent agency. Over the last three decades, we've consistently championed our people and communities. As a proud B Corp™, we are committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion within the industries we serve, creating impactful and sustainable change for our partners, candidates and employees.
We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age or any other protected characteristic, as required by applicable law. For further information about our DE&I commitments, please visit: www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/
Desired Skills and Experience
Art Direction, Creative Direction, Concept Development, Integrated Campaigns, Employer Branding, Team Leadership, Brand Strategy, New Business Pitches, Artificial Intelligence, Creative Strategy
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