Creative Director

About This Role

This senior creative leadership position is for an experienced Creative Director to join one of the UK’s leading commercial workplace design businesses. The role involves setting the design vision, inspiring a talented team, and playing a key role in winning and delivering high-profile workplace projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in commercial office interior design.

Responsibilities

• Provide creative leadership across major commercial workplace projects
• Set and maintain a consistently high standard of design across the studio
• Lead the creative direction of pitches, competitions, and key client presentations
• Develop compelling workplace concepts that respond to the client's brand, culture, and business objectives
• Work closely with clients to understand their ambitions and translate them into strong design narratives
• Mentor, develop, and inspire Interior Designers and senior members of the creative team
• Challenge design thinking and encourage innovation across the studio
• Collaborate with technical, pre-construction, commercial, and project delivery teams
• Support new business opportunities and help the business differentiate itself creatively in competitive pitches
• Act as a senior design ambassador for the business unit with clients, consultants, and the wider workplace industry

Requirements

• Strong background in commercial office interior design, gained within either a workplace Design & Build studio or a leading architectural/interior design practice
• Experience operating at Creative Director, Design Director, Associate Director, Principal, or similar senior level
• Strong experience leading pitches and presenting design concepts to senior clients
• Ability to develop a clear creative vision and bring other designers on that journey
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities
• Understanding of how outstanding creativity needs to work alongside programme, budget, and buildability
• Genuine passion for workplace design and where the commercial office sector is heading
• Strong interior design experience (not graphic design)

About the Company

This company is an established and highly respected workplace business with the platform, project pipeline, and resources to deliver ambitious design.