Creative Director
About the role
As a Creative Director at Brandora you are responsible for whether the work is any good and for whether it arrives. You will set the creative direction on brand and campaign projects, lead a small team of designers and writers, and be the person in the room when a client needs to be persuaded or told no. This is a role for someone who has stopped needing to make everything themselves.
What you'll do every day
You will shape briefs before they are written, direct concepts rather than art-direct pixels, and give feedback that makes the next version better rather than merely different. You will run reviews, protect the team's time, present the work you believe in and take responsibility for the work that misses. You will also still get your hands on the odd project, because you would be unbearable otherwise.
Responsibilities
- Set and hold the creative direction across brand and campaign work.
- Lead and develop a team of designers, writers and motion designers.
- Shape briefs with strategy and client leads before work begins.
- Run reviews that raise the work rather than merely change it.
- Present to senior clients and negotiate the difficult conversations.
- Own quality, and own it publicly when it slips.
Qualifications
- Substantial experience in a senior creative role at an agency or studio.
- A portfolio of work you directed as well as work you made.
- Evidence of having grown people, not just projects.
- Fluency across brand, campaign and digital; depth in at least one.
- The judgement to know which battles are worth having with a client.
Who we're looking for
Someone whose teams do their best work under them. You are decisive without being arbitrary, you can articulate why something is not working, and you are as interested in the second-best idea as the first because it is usually where the answer is hiding. You are calm in front of clients and honest behind closed doors.
Skills and expertise
Creative direction, art direction, team leadership, brief writing, client relationships and enough craft in at least one discipline to earn the room's respect.
Why join us
Brandora is small enough that your work is visible and structured enough that it ships. You will see projects from the first conversation to the launch rather than inheriting a brief and handing off a file. We work across industries on purpose, we protect focus time, and we would rather you left at six having done something good than stayed until nine doing something adequate. Reviews are quarterly, salary bands are written down, and there is a real budget for the conference or the course you keep meaning to go to.