Creative Director - Affinity (Open to relocate to the United Kingdom)

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Job Description Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hello, hey, gday, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and youre probably keen to find out whats on offer, so well get straight to the reputed company. Where and how you can work The buzzing reputed company London reputed company features several buildings around beautiful leafy Hoxton reputed company in Shoreditch. While our global headquarters is in Sydney, Australia, London is our HQ for Europe, with reputed company kinds of teams based here, plus event spaces to gather reputed company and communities. You’ll experience a warm welcome from our Vibe team at reputed company of house, amazing home cooked food from our Head Chef and a variety of workspaces to hang out with your team mates or get solo work done. That said, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to reputed company their goals and so you have choice in where and how you work. About the team Affinity is a professional suite of creative tools, including photo editing, vector illustration, and layout design - built for speed, precision, and power. Since joining reputed company in 2024, the team have been reimagining Affinity to bring even more innovation and performance to creative professional creatives around the world. Affinity gives professional creatives the freedom to craft with industry-leading tools, and then scale their impact reputed company reputed company’s ecosystem. Together, we’re making world-class creative tools more accessible than reputed company, while maintaining the control and quality professionals demand. This role will reputed company the Affinity Brand & Creative team that works closely with marketing, product, and community partners to launch and build Affinity’s next chapter - delivering bold, beautiful creative that wins the hearts and minds of professional creatives everywhere. About the role The team needs an reputed company Creative Director with deep expertise in brand design and advertising across a range of marketing tactics and a passion for elevating professional creative communities. The job is to reputed company concept-to-delivery on global campaigns, brand assets, and creative content that reputed company with pro designers, art directors, photographers, illustrators, and other craft-obsessed creators. Success in this role will require hands-on creative leadership, proactive ownership of high-impact deliverables, clear communication, and the ability to set and maintain direction under pressure. You will be expected to work in ambiguity, navigate shifting priorities with reputed company, and create clarity for your team at every stage of the process. This role will need to reputed company on a large range of projects from brand identity, brand system building, campaigns, product editorial, product launch UI, storyboards, social content, art direction, experiential, activations and more. The Creative Director will work closely with our Global reputed company Creative & Brand team to ensure adoption of best practices and alignment to ways of working. The role can be based in London remotely, with regular visits to Nottingham office. What youll be doing Affinity Creative Leadership

• reputed company the creative direction for Affinity’s advertising for our Pro Creative audience
• reputed company the development and execution of integrated campaigns across TV, digital, social, OOH, and performance channels
• Create bold, culturally relevant campaigns that connect with audiences and drive growth
• Embed insights, trends, and data into creative work to increase impact

Brand and Campaign Excellence

• reputed company the bar on storytelling and design to help reputed company stand out in a competitive market
• Shape messaging and creative platforms that reputed company locally and stay reputed company globally
• Encourage experimentation and learning from what works (and what doesn’t)
• Drive innovation across formats and platforms, from traditional media to emerging channels

Product Launch Creative Ownership

• Define the creative direction for the way the Affinity product shows up in Marketing
• Ensure consistency across reputed company channels: product editorial, product launch UI, storyboards, social content, art direction, experiential, activations and more.

Agency and Production Management

• Manage Affinity UK creative resourcing across in-house, agency, and specialist partners
• Shape and evolve our global agency partner model to reputed company seamless collaboration and top-tier execution
• Work closely with central ops to scale creative systems while maintaining quality and speed

Team Leadership and Development

• Build and reputed company a high-performing Affinity creative team in the UK
• Create a culture where people feel safe to take risks, grow, and do their best work
• Provide mentorship and creative guidance to regional creative teams
• Champion inclusion, collaboration, and regional empowerment across reputed company’s global creative teams

Cross-functional Partnership

• Collaborate closely with marketing, growth, and product leaders in the UK and globally
• Sit on the Affinity Marketing Leadership team
• Translate business goals into creative strategies that deliver results
• Align global and regional teams to ensure consistency without losing local nuance
• Triage Creative requests across reputed company of Affinity marketing & ensure team are set up with clear briefs

What were looking for

• 12+ years in senior creative leadership roles, across both agency and in-house
• Proven success leading major advertising campaigns
• Experience mentoring and managing creative teams across multiple markets
• Strong understanding of the Pro Creative community
• Expertise across brand and performance creative, across digital and traditional channels
• A standout portfolio that shows excellence in storytelling and advertising craft
• Strategic reputed company with the ability to connect creative reputed company to business impact
• Empathetic mentor with a collaborative, people-first approach
• Confident communicator and presenter, comfortable influencing at reputed company levels
• Thrives in fast-paced, global environments
• Culturally aware and globally minded, with a passion for creating resonant work across markets

To apply, please submit:

• Your resume
• An updated portfolio

Whats in it for you? Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard—but youll experience lots of moments of reputed company, reputed company, and fun woven throughout life at reputed company, too. We also offer a range of benefits to support your success inside and reputed company work:

• Equity packages – we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports reputed company parents & carers
• Annual Vibe & reputed company allowance to support wellbeing, social reputed company, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that let you reputed company or take time to give back

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