Freelance Design Director
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
London, England, United KingdomOn-siteContractSenior LevelSmall
ContractSenior LevelSmall
Job Summary
Freelance Design Director to lead design across the Studio, defining and elevating design direction, mentoring Lead Designers, and driving high-profile, strategically important projects. You’ll translate briefs into clear creative outputs, raise the studio’s creative standards, guide teams, and own a key area of creative innovation. This hybrid role is based in East London, with 3 days in the studio and 2 flexible days, reporting to the Associate Creative Director and shaping the studio’s future.
Required Qualifications
- Responsibilities
- Creative / Design Direction
- Lead concept-led design across multiple projects, turning briefs into clear, compelling creative direction
- Own and direct high-profile, creatively ambitious work, setting the benchmark for quality and craft
- Raise creative standards across the studio, guiding teams toward fewer, stronger and more impactful ideas
- Lead reviews with clarity and decisiveness, balancing creative ambition with commercial reality
- Drive innovation and creative elevation within an area of specialist interest or strength
- Leadership
- Mentor and develop Lead Designers, supporting growth through feedback, coaching and development
- Strengthen capability across the Creative Studio through exceptional creative direction and input
- Help build a high-performing creative culture through talent development, recruitment and raising standards
- Lead with confidence, accountability and clarity
- Communication & Collaboration
- Translate briefs into clear creative direction and aligned outputs across teams
- Collaborate closely with Design Project Management to balance ambition with delivery
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