Creative Studio Lead

Creative Studio Lead 

As the Creative Studio Lead for ClearScore you will be responsible for leading the overall vision, strategic direction and performance of the Creative Studio. Delivering world-class creative direction that aligns with business goals, ensuring exceptional quality, timeliness, and budget control. Driving branding and operational excellence while fostering the continuous professional development of a best-in-class creative team.

What you will be doing:

• Define and execute the long-term vision and strategy for the Creative Studio, ensuring alignment with company goals and driving creative excellence across all touch points.
• Lead a multidisciplinary creative team, providing direction, mentorship, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous innovation.
• Develop high-impact creative solutions across multiple channels (digital, social, video, print, etc.), setting and maintaining a high creative bar.
• Oversee the creative roadmap, balancing short-term business needs with long-term strategic objectives.
• Build strong relationships with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment on creative initiatives.
• Drive operational efficiency through process improvements, optimal resource allocation, and implementation of scalable tools and methodologies.
• Track and report on the Studio’s performance, leveraging data-driven insights to optimise creative impact and operational effectiveness.

Skills we'd love you to have

• A seasoned creative leader with extensive experience managing and scaling high-performing in-house creative teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead creative direction for large-scale, global campaigns across multiple channels.
• Proven success in managing and developing teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Strong expertise in digital marketing channels, especially social media, digital advertising, CRM, and web design.
• Exceptional project management skills, able to juggle multiple high-priority projects with competing deadlines.
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and other relevant design and creative tools.
• Visionary mindset, with the ability to think strategically while ensuring flawless execution at the tactical level.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience working alongside senior stakeholders and executive leadership.

Why ClearScore?

ClearScore is the UK's #1 credit score and report app. We are also present in South Africa, Australia and Canada, with more than 20 million users globally and growing fast. Someone joins ClearScore every 20 seconds. We have established relationships with over 50 of the main lenders in the U.K., and have been a trusted tool for customers to manage their credit and make better financial decisions.

Since October 2016 we have helped 1.8 million users take out a new credit card or loan. We are user-centric at our core and we believe in leveraging technology to enable positive financial choices. We are design-led and data-driven and we embed these behaviours in everything we do.

Our company culture is a fundamental part of all we have achieved. We believe in hiring smart, driven, passionate and diverse people who are keen on having a real impact in our organisation. We trust you to manage your own time so we offer flexible work and no fixed desk hours. We don't micromanage and we believe in measuring outcomes rather than effort. We have an inclusive culture where all, regardless of seniority, are encouraged to contribute with their ideas, look after their wellbeing and actively seek opportunities for career growth.

If you feel like this could be the place for you, apply and our Talent team will be happy to share more.

Benefits:

• 25 paid holidays and a “duvet day” on your birthday
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Private health and dental cover - including mental health support through Bupa 
• GP office visits
• Life assurance scheme
• Up to 6% matched pension
• Regular Lunch and Learns with guest speakers
• Dog-friendly office
• Daily breakfast and free snacks
• Access to discounts via Cobens Extras 
• Free sports and social clubs
• Generous training allowance
• Leadership-led training
• In-house psychotherapist
• Financial coach to help you plan and achieve your goals
• No clock-watching culture
• Generous maternity and paternity plans
• Culture and inclusion representatives
• Transparent pay structure and a career growth plan

Equal Opportunities

ClearScore is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. As an equal opportunity employer, we are able to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate individuals with disabilities during the recruitment and selection process. If you require accommodation, please inform us in advance, and we will work with you to meet your needs.