Creative Director, Beauty. Maidenhead, hybrid working. Up to £85K plus benefits.
This award-winning creative brand experience agency are looking for a Creative Director who is passionate about beauty. This role is about creative authority. You will own and shape the creative direction, setting the standard for ideas, craft and thinking across experiential, retail, digital and social. We're looking for a beauty-obsessed Creative Director. Someone with a clear point of view on the category, deep understanding of beauty culture, and the confidence to lead brave, experience-first creative work.
Working in close partnership with the Executive Creative Director, Head of Creative and Beauty Strategist, you'll lead ideas from initial ideas to final execution, creating work that pushes beauty culture forward and delivers measurable business impact. You'll also be a leader of people and clients: inspiring and helping teams, challenging briefs, and building trusted relationships that unlock bolder, more ambitious creative work.
Key Responsibilities of this Creative Director include:
Champion insight‑led creativity, working closely with strategy to turn cultural, consumer and category insights into powerful ideas
Review and elevate creative briefs, ensuring they are inspiring, focused and strategically on point
Lead the development of big ideas across experiential, digital, social and retail environments
Build compelling presentation narratives that bring ideas to life and excite clients using AI, visualising and 3D to bring these to life in polished and impactful ways
Confidently present bold, inspiring creative work to senior clients and in pitch environments
Lead and Inspire, mentor and develop creative talent, particularly more junior team members
Partner with the Executive Creative Director and Client Development teams to grow and strengthen beauty client relationships
Understand and manage creative budgets, time allocation and resource planning
Requirements of this Creative Director:
A deep, genuine obsession with beauty, from brands and products to culture, trends and consumer behaviours
Experience in experiential, activation or brand experience work
Minimum 2 years in a senior creative leadership role (e.g. Associate Creative Director) and 8+ years agency experience or equivalent
A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual leadership, craft and innovation — ideally within beauty
Proven experience working with world‑class beauty brands as well as challenger brands
Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills
Use of AI to sell in and visualise your ideas in the most compelling ways
The ability to lead multiple projects and teams simultaneously, balancing creativity, budgets and timelines
If you’re a Creative Director who is passionate about beauty, then we’d love to hear from you. Please quote ILS264 when applying for this role.