Theory of Khaos
Creative Manager
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Who we are
Theory of Khaos is a creative brand studio. Our clients come to us for one thing: cult branding. We primarily work with founder-led, ambitious brands who want to become the category reference, not a copy of it. Our unique system is a mix of psychology-led strategy and culturally sharp design and creative direction.
Two brands live under our roof — Theory of Khaos (the studio) and the founder’s personal brand — and you'd be running the creative engine behind both. You can check our content out here.
We're small, fast and still building the business, which makes this a crucial seat in shaping where it goes next. It's a part-time role, but we're not looking for someone to just clock hours and tick off tasks. We want someone who can match the pace and the ambition — who wants to build something great and grow with a driven team.
About the role
We're hiring a Creative Manager to run the engine that ships our internal content — across both the agency brand and the founder's personal brand. You won't be designing or editing yourself; but you'll be leading the editors, designers and creatives who do, making sure the work is fast, on-brand and consistently great.
You'll own the creative engine from end-to-end: briefing, feedback, quality control, freelancers, and the systems that keep it all moving. You won't be starting from scratch (we have editors and designers already trained in our content style) but ownership of their work and performance will sit with you.
You will be responsible for:
- Holding the taste standard. You must be able to tell when a detail in a design is off, when a clip doesn’t fit the edit style, and you must be able to communicate it clearly to the creative team.
- Guarding the brand. You'll know Theory of Khaos inside out and make sure every touchpoint feels like us — social, campaigns, decks, print, client-facing materials. Driving a consistent brand identity across channels and formats as the brand grows.
- Briefing the work. Ensuring that we are ahead with content by briefing carousels, reels, or anything else that’s needed.
- Running our content machine. A production system that reliably ships 14+ pieces a week and gets better over time.
- Owning the workflow in Notion. Boards, brief templates, capacity views, status, ownership, due dates — kept tight enough to be the single source of truth.
- Reading the data. Using our social media reporting to call what we do more of, less of, and kill entirely.
- Keeping it organised. Asset library, naming conventions and creative tagging tight enough that we can read performance by concept, hook and variant.
- Managing the roster. You must be able to communicate and lead designers, photographers, motion editors, producers etc.
- Running the weekly performance-creative brainstorm with the founder.
- Bring new creative content ideas to support the brand’s content growth outside of the standard posts.
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You will NOT be responsible for:
- Editing video content or creating graphics - you are overseeing the creative team, not producing it yourself. If you want to spend your time creating, this job won’t be for you.
- Writing new content from scratch (though you may be asked to adapt it to a new format — e.g. turn a reel into a carousel or a mailer into a LinkedIn post).
- Strategising the content or the topics we talk about — that sits with the founder and marketing strategist.
This is for you if...
- You live and breathe great content and design — but you also have a strong instinct for organisation and getting stuff done.
- You're a creative operator who has lived in content — you've shipped paid, social, email and digital campaign creative.
- You know how to prioritise — you can hold multiple conflicting briefs in your head and still ship the work on time.
- You're action-oriented and a self-starter — you don't need checking on constantly; you’re proactive and will do what is needed to get the job done.
- You're willing to get your hands dirty — you won't be designing or editing day-to-day, but you must have the skill and ability to jump in when needed.
- You're a fantastic communicator — we have great relationships with freelancers and want to keep them that way. Precise, clear, kind feedback is the standard.
- You're not afraid of a messy system — the business is growing fast and things change, you must be comfortable leading through the unknown without needing everything to be perfect first.
- You're comfortable leading design delivery, workflow efficiency and quality standards.
- You're fluent in workflow tools — especially Notion (databases, views, automations, templates), Figma, Frame.io, Adobe etc.
What you need to be considered
- Experience in a content or design team, in-house or at an agency. And experience running a content pipeline — boards, brief templates, capacity views, status, ownership, due dates. Organisation is key.
- Fantastic taste & ability to communicate why — you know when something looks good and when it doesn't, and you can say why.
- Proven design skill (Adobe, Figma, Canva, etc., especially typography-led) — you won't be the one executing, but you need to understand the tools and what makes design look good.
- Editing proficiency — you don't need to be the king of cuts, but you should be able to jump in and tweak a grade, fix a typo, or swap B-roll quickly when needed (Premiere, CapCut or similar).
- A strong understanding of what makes organic content work — hooks, angles, retention, and what makes social content convert, plus the appetite to keep learning.
- Native knowledge of TikTok and Instagram Reels — you're in the apps daily and know how they actually work: posting natively, safe zones and formats, covers, captions, keywords and hashtags, trending vs. original audio, and how to read in-app analytics to spot why something flopped. You understand what each algorithm rewards (watch time, retention, rewatches, saves and shares — not likes) and can brief editors accordingly.
- Proven experience running a content pipeline — boards, brief templates, capacity views, status, ownership, due dates. Organisation is key.
- Comfortable using our wider tech stack and learning new tools — Frame.io, Figma, Google Drive for assets, ManyChat.
- AI literate — You’re not afraid of AI, you actively hunt for new tools and better processes (Magnific, Higgsfield, etc.).
- Digital marketing understanding — Knowledge of how marketing channels work including CRM, social media, email marketing and content marketing.
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Nice to haves
- A real interest in branding and psychology — you don't need to be a strategist, but you should be genuinely curious about why brands make people feel something and what turns an audience into a following. We want people who are excited about the work we do, not just the job title.
- Production experience — organising shoots, sourcing creators, videographers and locations, and managing assets from start to finish.
Role details
- Hours: 10-15 hours a week
- Rate: £20–£30 p/h depending on experience
- Structure: Fractional to begin with, with an opportunity to grow into a more permanent role over the next 6 months. We’re looking for people who want to get stuck in and really become part of something that’s growing fast.
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How to apply
Submit your application here - https://tally.so/r/RGMjdQ
If you're successful, we'll invite you to a first-stage interview with the founder.
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