Director, Creative CCTM

London, UK (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own European creative strategy and storytelling for Coca‑Cola CCTM by translating global ideas into culturally resonant campaigns, guiding briefs and agency partnerships, and ensuring coherent brand narratives across markets.

  • European Creative Leadership: Translate global creative ideas into scalable, locally relevant campaigns with cultural intelligence.
  • Creative Development & Collaboration: Lead briefs, challenge agencies, and push experimental formats for modern storytelling.
  • Cross‑Functional Alignment: Partner with IMX, Design, Media, Digital, Shopper, Insights, and markets to ensure cohesive, impact-driven work.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Creative Strategy Leadership: Lead the creative ambition for CCTM brands across Europe, ensuring creative platforms, communications, and experiences reflect consumer insights, cultural trends, and commercial priorities.
  • Creative Strategy Leadership: Act as the primary creative partner for European CCTM brand teams, helping define idea territories and bring brand strategies to life through compelling storytelling and modern creative expression.
  • Creative Strategy Leadership: Own and evolve the articulation of brand narratives across the full consumer journey.
  • Creative Strategy Leadership: Ensure consistent application of brand standards while enabling local relevance and cultural resonance at scale.
  • Creative Strategy Leadership: Serve as the key European creative point of contact with Global creative teams.
  • Creative Development & Agency Partnership: Develop clear, inspiring, and strategically grounded creative briefs in collaboration with European and Global stakeholders.
  • Creative Development & Agency Partnership: Lead and challenge agency partners through the creative development process to deliver high‑quality, distinctive, and digitally forward work.
  • Creative Development & Agency Partnership: Encourage experimentation with new creative formats, content models, and culturally relevant storytelling approaches to keep Stills brands fresh and competitive.
  • Cross‑Functional & Network Collaboration: Partner closely with IMX, Design, Media, Digital, Shopper, Insights, and FLA teams to ensure creative integration across the full consumer and customer journey.
  • Cross‑Functional & Network Collaboration: Act as a collaborative bridge between Global, European, and local teams to ensure strategic alignment and creative coherence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; degree in Marketing, Creative Strategy, Communications, Design, or related field preferred.
  • 10–12+ years of experience in creative strategy, brand storytelling, content development, integrated marketing, or creative agency leadership.
  • Proven ability to develop and steward end‑to‑end creative strategies and scalable creative platforms across multiple markets.
  • Strong understanding of consumer insight, culture, digital behaviors, social storytelling, and emerging creative formats.
  • Experience working closely with world‑class creative agencies and multi‑market stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across brand, IMX, commercial, and bottler organizations in a matrixed environment.
  • Excellent communication, storytelling, and conceptual thinking skills.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced, complex, and culturally diverse European environment.
  • Passion for culture, creativity, and innovation.
  • FMCG or beverage experience preferred but not required.

    Benefits

    • European Creative Leadership: Shape the creative direction and consumer relevance of a key brand portfolio across one of the Company’s most dynamic regions.
    • Creative Impact & Autonomy: Opportunity to influence high‑visibility brand work, push creative boundaries, and experiment with modern storytelling approaches.
    • Networked Collaboration: Work at the center of a highly connected European and Global creative ecosystem.
    • World‑Class Resources: Access leading agencies, creative partners, tools, and best practices from across The Coca‑Cola Company.
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