Digital Creative Lead (9m FTC Mat Cover)

Department: Stylist

Reporting to: Art Director

Location: Fleet Street, London, UK

Ways of Working: Hybrid – Team office-based anchor days are Tuesdays and Thursdays

Contract Type: Contract – 9 Month FTC

Stylist, the multi-platform women’s media brand, is hiring a Digital Creative Lead to join our London office on Fleet Street on a 9 month contract basis. Stylist is part of the DC Thomson media and publishing company. Stylist is an award‑winning women’s media with a highly engaged audience of women who expect more from their world, delivering content, insight and experiences that inform, inspire and connect.

There is never a dull day within the Stylist commercial team. As Digital Creative Lead, you will work with a range of amazing and exciting clients producing varied, cultured, creative and evolving campaign creative. Working across print and digital allows you to think creatively across different platforms and all ideas are celebrated and encouraged. The culture is fantastic within the team and being able to take ideas through to fruition is hugely rewarding.

Key responsibilities

• Delivering commercial creative assets on time, on brief and to brand standards across all Stylist platforms independently.
• Deputising for the Art Director on workflow oversight and resourcing to ensure deadlines and quality standards are met.
• Originating concepts, commissioning shoots, casting talent and art directing on assigned campaigns.
• Cross-functional collaboration on pitch responses and mockups that support revenue growth.
• Demonstrate agility in pivoting art team to changing business needs as instructed by the Art Director.

Further responsibilities for the successful candidate include deputing for the Art Director on commercial creative workflow when required.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign (Advanced), Photoshop (Advanced) and After Effects (Intermediate).
• Confident providing sole art direction on photoshoots.
• Plans and drives design activities for complex commercial assets; defines approach and prototypes; otherwise applies established methods to deliver high‑quality outputs.
• Designs and coordinates multiformat content artefacts for commercial partnerships, applying user‑centred principles across channels.
• Drives experimentation and adoption of new digital formats/tools to enhance commercial products.
• Collaborates with commercial and editorial partners to align creative execution with objectives.
• Planning and coordination to meet deadlines as outlined by the Art Director and Campaign Production, manages quality standards and scope.

Desirable

• Experience with Shorthand.

Behaviours that will help this role succeed

• Being More Curious: Explores new tools, creative trends and digital techniques; translates insights into improved asset treatments.
• Owning the Outcomes: Takes accountability for asset quality, feasibility and delivery to agreed outcomes within frameworks.
• Being More Collaborative: Works transparently with Studios, Commercial and Editorial; shares reusable templates and learning across the portfolio.

To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a CV and cover letter as well as your portfolio that demonstrates your work across print and digital.

Closing date for applications: 6th May 2026 at 12:00 noon.

This role is being offered as maternity cover, with an expected duration of approximately 9 months. We recognise that circumstances can evolve, so while there is some flexibility around the end date, we are committed to keeping you well informed and providing appropriate notice.