Social Associate Creative Director

Social Associate Creative Director – Social Media Agency

Location:

London

Work type:

Hybrid (3 days in office 2 from home)

Work flexibility:

Open to candidates seeking 4 or 5 days a week.

Salary Level:

From £65,000 - £75,000

Do you have at least

five years’ agency

experience leading on the creative for social native campaigns for major UK brands?

Have you developed and pitched big creative ideas that deliver impact across

organic social

, with a strong understanding of paid and video production?

Are you a senior creative leader, confident presenting to clients, inspiring internal teams and raising standards across every piece of content?

We are looking for an ambitious Creative who may be keen to move into a Social Associate Creative Director level role; to join a great London based social media agency who are at a pivotal moment in their growth. As they reposition the agency and scale rapidly, they are seeking to add a senior leader who can take their creative output to the next level, strengthen their strategic thinking and elevate the quality of everything they produce across all creative social media campaigns.

This is a key Strategic Leadership Team appointment.

The Role

The Social Associate Creative Director will shape and lead the creative vision of the agency across all accounts. With a clear focus on

social first thinking

and

organic content

, you will ensure that every campaign is culturally relevant, strategically sound and executed to the highest standard.

You will work closely with account, strategy, paid and production teams to develop standout creative that delivers measurable results for clients. While

organic social

is at the heart of their offering, you will also bring strong knowledge of paid amplification, performance creative and videography, ensuring ideas translate effectively across formats.

You will line-manage a small but growing studio team, providing direction, feedback and mentorship, while maintaining creative input across key accounts. You will also play a leading role in pitches, new business and agency positioning.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the creative vision of the agency across all client accounts.
• Develop big, social native campaign ideas for leading UK brands.
• Lead and contribute to pitch responses, creative proposals and presentations.
• Present creative concepts confidently to senior client stakeholders.
• Ensure creative excellence and consistency across all content outputs.
• Work collaboratively with strategy, account management, paid and production teams.
• Oversee and mentor the studio team, setting clear standards and processes.
• Ensure ideas are platform appropriate, culturally relevant and insight driven.
• Contribute to the strategic growth and repositioning of the agency as part of the SLT.

Attributes and Experience

• Minimum five years’ experience in a creative leadership role within a social first or integrated agency. (whereby a majority of your creative is across social)
• Proven track record delivering large scale, social native campaigns for established UK brands.
• Strong experience pitching and presenting to senior clients.
• Deep understanding of organic social strategy across TikTok, Instagram and emerging platforms.
• Working knowledge of paid social and performance creative.
• Strong understanding of videography, production processes and content workflows.
• Experience managing and developing creative or studio teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware, strategic thinker with a growth mindset.
• High standards, strong attention to detail and a drive for creative excellence.

What is their focus?

This agency are going from strength to strength with some huge opportunities which will drive even further growth for them over the next 1-2 years. The clients they work with vary considerably but are notably “family friendly” and “social with purpose” focused campaigns.

They Offer

• A competitive senior salary, dependent on experience. (which is negotiable)
• 25 days paid annual leave plus a day off for your birthday.
• 2 weeks work from anywhere per year.
• Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties, monthly socials and team activities.
• The opportunity to shape and lead the creative direction of a fast-growing agency working with brands across multiple sectors.
• A senior leadership role with real influence over the future of the agency and its direction.

The Social Associate Creative Director will report directly to the Founders and sit on the Strategic Leadership Team.

We are currently hybrid working from their London based office three days per week