• 5+ years of experience in creative, advertising, brand, design or a related field, with experience leading creative work or a creative function.
• A strong creative portfolio demonstrating excellent conceptual thinking, storytelling and execution across multiple marketing channels.
• Experience developing integrated creative campaigns from initial concept through to final execution.
• Strong understanding of brand building and creative strategy, with the ability to translate business objectives into compelling creative work.
• Strong hands-on creative skills, with the ability to develop concepts, write creative narratives and bring ideas to life rather than simply manage others.
• Experience leading and mentoring designers, creatives and external/freelance talent.
• Strong creative project and resource management skills, including prioritising work based on business impact, deadlines and available resources.
• Excellent briefing skills, with the ability to ensure creative briefs are clear, complete and connected to business objectives.
• Strong understanding of brand consistency and creative quality, with the confidence to challenge work and maintain high standards.
• Experience working with global brands or distributed teams, balancing local cultural relevance with global brand consistency.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with Marketing, Creative and senior leadership teams.
• Comfortable identifying resource constraints, risks and blockers early and finding practical solutions.
• A collaborative and supportive leadership style that can create a high-performing creative culture.
• Curious about new creative tools, technologies and AI, with an interest in finding ways to improve creative workflows without compromising quality.
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and experience maintaining project files, creative assets and workflows.

• Own the end-to-end creative output for Muzz across the European region and all relevant marketing channels.
• Concept, ideate and develop creative ideas that bring Muzz’s regional storytelling to life.
• Translate business and marketing objectives into clear creative strategies, concepts and executions.
• Ensure regional marketing teams have the creative support they need to achieve their business objectives.
• Balance workload across yourself, an in-house designer and freelance creative resources.
• Prioritise creative work based on business impact, deadlines and available resources.
• Lead, mentor and develop regional designers and creatives.
• Review creative work and ensure a consistently high standard across all regional output.
• Act as a brand guardian, ensuring creative work is distinctive, consistent and aligned with Muzz’s global brand.
• Work closely with the Global Creative Manager to align regional execution with global creative standards and guidelines.
• Support localisation of global campaigns while protecting the consistency and integrity of the Muzz brand.
• Ensure creative projects are properly briefed, scoped and aligned with business objectives before work begins.
• Anticipate resource constraints, identify risks and raise potential blockers early.
• Ensure creative projects are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Maintain organised project files, creative assets and documentation so work can be easily accessed and reused.
• Encourage efficient creative workflows and adoption of approved AI tools where they can improve quality, speed or productivity.
• Identify opportunities to improve creative processes, collaboration and ways of working.
• Foster a collaborative, ambitious and high-performing creative culture across the region.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of Muzz’s brand, creative system and storytelling.

Must-Haves

• Creative leadership & conceptual thinking
  You can develop big ideas, shape compelling stories and lead creative work from concept through to execution. You’re a creative thinker first, but you also know how to make things happen.
• Creative quality & brand guardianship
  You have a strong creative eye and understand what makes work distinctive, effective and on-brand. You’re comfortable giving clear feedback and holding a high creative standard.
• Leadership & resource management
  You can lead and mentor creatives while balancing workloads across internal and freelance resources. You know how to prioritise when there is more work than capacity.
• Hands-on Creative Skill (Design/Video/Motion)
  You aren’t afraid to get your hands dirty and work on projects, leveraging your skills in design, video production, video editing, or motion graphics.

Nice-to-have

• Language
  If you can speak another EU language that’s a bonus!