Overview
As Principal Creative, you will steer strategic and creative direction across high-profile national and global accounts. You join an in-house creative and digital agency, shaping narratives, campaigns and design concepts that deliver measurable business impact. You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor talent and drive innovation to strengthen client relationships and grow the portfolio. This role combines strategic vision with hands-on storytelling, offering meaningful work at scale within a global engineering context.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible holiday allowances
- medical and dental insurance
- eyecare vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- Gymflex
- season ticket load
Responsibilities
- Leading complex creative projects and multidisciplinary teams
- Developing creative strategies, campaign concepts and project briefs
- Meeting clients to understand goals and translate ideas into engaging creative experiences
- Pitching solutions to clients and senior stakeholders
- Identifying opportunities to strengthen client relationships and future work
- Challenging established thinking and improving processes, quality and delivery
- Tracking campaign performance and adapting strategies
- Mentoring and developing creative talent at all levels
- Encouraging ownership, autonomy and knowledge sharing
- Contributing to business development and digital innovation
Key requirements
- Experienced, results-driven creative leader
- Portfolio showing strong design across varied projects
- Experience developing narratives, campaigns and strategies
- Confident in pitching to clients and senior stakeholders
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams
- Strong mentoring skills
- Commercial awareness including quoting and scoping projects
- Knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Excellent layout and typography skills
- Awareness of emerging technologies and market trends
- Knowledge of AI tools to enhance delivery
- Excellent organization and problem-solving skills
- Collaborative, approachable style and passion for design
- collaborative
- leadership
- communication
- Figma
- Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
- AI tools for creative delivery
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