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Digital Creative Director

Digital Tonic
Posted 7 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS14 1DZ

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A leading full-service digital marketing agency in Leeds is seeking a visionary Digital Creative Director with a competitive salary between £55,000 - £65,000, depending on experience.
  • The role requires proven experience in a senior digital creative leadership position, ideally within an agency setting, and a compelling portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking and creative excellence.
  • The successful candidate will lead a talented team and work across various digital outputs, including campaign ideation, execution, and a strong understanding of digital platforms.
  • This position offers a highly collaborative work culture, opportunities for career progression, and the chance to work with world-renowned brands in a hybrid working model.
  • Candidates should possess natural leadership qualities, excellent stakeholder communication skills, and a future-focused mindset, with a minimum of several years of relevant experience.

The RoleWe’re working on behalf of a leading full-service digital marketing agency to find a visionary Digital Creative Director for their Leeds office. With over 25 years of heritage in data-driven marketing and a reputation for delivering award-winning creative work, this agency is looking for a dynamic leader to steer their digital creative output across a portfolio of high-profile, household-name clients.

As Digital Creative Director, you’ll champion a truly integrated approach — blending insight-driven strategy with digital innovation to craft compelling campaigns that connect, convert, and drive impact. This is a unique opportunity to elevate an already-strong creative offer by harnessing cutting-edge data science, collaborating across departments, and setting a new benchmark for creative effectiveness.

You’ll lead a talented team of creatives, strategists, and digital specialists while playing a key role in shaping the agency’s digital vision and client success.

Skills and ExperienceWe're looking for someone who lives and breathes digital — an innovator who thrives in fast-paced environments and can marry creativity with commercial nous. You should have:

  • Proven experience in a senior digital creative leadership role, ideally within an agency setting
  • A compelling portfolio that demonstrates strategic thinking, creative excellence, and digital innovation
  • Strong understanding of digital platforms including social, paid/organic media, UX/UI, ECRM, content marketing, and performance-led creative
  • Confidence working across a broad range of digital outputs - from campaign ideation through to execution
  • Natural leadership qualities: able to inspire, guide, and grow high-performing creative and activation teams
  • Excellent stakeholder communication skills, both internally and client-facing
  • A future-focused mindset — curious, collaborative, and always up to date with the latest trends and technologies
  • Experience using design and prototyping tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or similar

Benefits

  • A competitive salary between £55,000 - £65,000 DOE plus an extensive benefits package
  • A highly collaborative, forward-thinking work culture
  • Opportunity to work with world-renowned brands
  • A hybrid working model, with flexible options
  • Ongoing development and career progression opportunities
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Creative autonomy and a seat at the strategic table

How to ApplyIf you’re a strategic creative leader with a passion for all things digital and have the ambition to lead bold, intelligent, and effective work we’d love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and portfolio to Nick @ Digital Tonic via the application link. Confidential conversations are welcome for those who’d like to learn more before applying.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.