Creative Director

Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK (Hybrid)

£75K/yr – £80K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale high impact creative leadership for beauty and beverage brands, turning insights into big ideas across experiential, digital, social and retail while managing budgets, mentoring juniors and growing client relationships.

  • Own big idea development across multiple channels including experiential, digital, social and retail.
  • Lead and present bold work to senior clients, guiding strategy, storytelling and visual execution with AI and 3D visuals.
  • Inspire the team, manage budgets, allocate resources and mentor junior creatives to raise output quality.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Champion insight‑led creativity, working closely with strategy to turn cultural, consumer and category insights into powerful ideas
  • Review and elevate creative briefs, ensuring they are inspiring, focused and strategically on point
  • Lead the development of big ideas across experiential, digital, social and retail environments
  • Build compelling presentation narratives that bring ideas to life and excite clients using AI, visualising and 3D to bring these to life in polished and impactful ways
  • Confidently present bold, inspiring creative work to senior clients and in pitch environments
  • Lead and Inspire, mentor and develop creative talent, particularly more junior team members
  • Partner with the Executive Creative Director and Client Development teams to grow and strengthen client relationships
  • Understand and manage creative budgets, time allocation and resource planning

Requirements

  • A deep, genuine obsession with beauty and /or the beverage sector, from brands and products to culture, trends and consumer behaviours
  • Experience in experiential, activation or brand experience work
  • Minimum 2 years in a senior creative leadership role (e.g. Associate Creative Director) and 8+ years agency experience or equivalent
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual leadership, craft and innovation — ideally within beauty
  • Proven experience working with world‑class beauty brands as well as challenger brands
  • Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills
  • Use of AI to sell in and visualise your ideas in the most compelling ways
  • The ability to lead multiple projects and teams simultaneously, balancing creativity, budgets and timelines
  • A collaborative mindset with the confidence to lead and inspire
  • Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills

Benefits

  • Salary range up to £75 - 80,000 gross per annum depending on experience
  • Hybrid working opportunties
  • 23 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising each year (capped at 30 plus opportunity to buy / sell holiday scheme)
  • Life assurance - to support the financial security of your loved ones
  • Day one access to Digital GP service 24/7 - we know getting hold of a GP can sometimes be difficult (plus free private medical healthcare after 2 years' service)
  • Retail discounts scheme - save money on lots of everyday high street, online purchases as well as treats and experiences
  • Employee Assist Programme 24/7 - support when you need it on a range of practical, financial, health and legal issues
  • Our head office location has multiple perks including an onsite gym, free breakfasts, free carparking and onsite café
  • Regular company socials from BBQs to festive celebrations
  • Quarterly and annual recognition award schemes
  • Salary sacrifice scheme to help with your commute costs whether you travel by car or bicycle
  • And not to forget free onsite car parking plus a free shuttle service from the local train station!
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N2O

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N2O is a full-service creative brand experience agency that blends cultural intelligence, human insight and bold ideas to create moments people seek out, not scroll past.We help brands stand out in a world full of distraction, through campaigns that stir emotion, inspire participation and create lasting connection.Whether out in the world, online, in-store or at home, we build experiences that travel further and perform harder.Our work connects the full customer journey, from discovery to conversation to conversion, with a fully integrated model that brings every stage under one roof.Strategy-led. Insight-driven. Creatively executed. Built for real-world impact

Founded in 1999
Maidenhead, England, GBR
516 employees (115 in marketing)
79% recommend to a friend
91% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
28.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.5%
Direct
47.2%
Referral
4.5%
Social
1.3%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~519

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
83 (16% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7