Creative Director at HLabs | London, UK | £75K/yr – £85K/yr

HLabs

Creative Director

London, UK (Hybrid)

£75K/yr – £85K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and elevate HLabs creative across client work, team growth, and external identity while introducing AI-enabled workflows.

Creative leadership: translate briefs into compelling concepts and pitches that win clients and awards.
Team ownership: mentor designers, guide strategy, and weave AI tools into daily studio practice.
External identity: steward events, website, and awards with fast, high-impact execution.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Creative direction and client strategy: from brief to delivery
Line management and development of the design team
New business pitches and client presentations
HLabs' external creative identity: events, website, awards
AI integration across the creative team

Requirements

Have proven CD experience in a digital or creative agency
Lead through empathy and hold high standards without hardness
Bring proposals, not problems
Know your way around Figma, Adobe Suite, and no-code platforms like Webflow, Ceros and Framer
Thrive when the brief evolves and the deadline is tight

Preferred

Benefits

HLabs

We are a London-based full service design agency that loves designing bespoke interactive experiences, solving problems, inspiring teams, streamlining processes, and most importantly, always driving creative excellence. With a team of more than 40 talented and driven creatives, we offer a full-service package from creative direction, digital strategy, design, production, animation, illustration, editorial, video editing, and more!Specialising in 'no code' design platforms, we have the expertise to create interactive experiences to your requirements in no time! So... have you got a project for us?

Founded in 2020

London, England, GBR

36 employees (14 in marketing)

www.hlabs.co.uk