Overview
Creative Strategy Director [210928] Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at Aquent
Creative Strategy Director (Entertainment & IP)
Location: West London (Hybrid, 3 days/week)
Contract Type: Freelance / Monthly Rolling
Day Rate: Up to £625 per day (Inside IR35)
Start Date: July 2026
Are you ready to shape how Europe’s biggest entertainment titles live, travel, and capture cultural fandoms? We are partnering with a world-renowned entertainment and broadcasting pioneer to secure a freelance Creative Strategy Director. This isn’t about managing basic ad schedules; it’s a specialist role where you will own the long-term creative and brand strategy for massive entertainment IP – defining the narrative “worlds” of premium shows from script phase through to multi-season returns.
What’s in it for you?
- Unrivalled Access: Work completely upstream within a multi-award-winning in-house creative hub, enjoying true proximity to commissioning teams, studios, and show creators.
- World-Class Campus: Based at a premier West London media hub featuring incredible employee amenities (subsidised restaurants, on-site gym, private cinema, and free dedicated shuttle links).
What You’ll Be Doing
- IP Stewardship: Owning and evolving the long-term creative strategy across a vast entertainment portfolio (Drama, Comedy, Film, Factual), building “franchise thinking” for returning tentpole titles.
- Ruthless Simplification: Distilling complex show profiles and conflicting stakeholder opinions into linear, beautifully simple creative direction for production teams.
- Executive Sparring Partner: Standing your ground, challenging assumptions, and presenting compelling strategic visions directly to C-suite and board-level executives.
- Campaign & Visual Architecture: Delivering foundational creative briefs, show brand identities, and consistent campaign communications that hold across marketing, partnerships, and platforms.
What You’ll Bring
- Scale Entertainment Pedigree: Proven experience driving creative strategy or brand planning for high-profile shows, films, or major entertainment networks.
- Genre Fluency: A deep, intuitive understanding of how audience expectations, marketing codes, and creative levers differ between a high-end drama, a comedy, or a factual release.
- Ego-Free Collaboration: A philosophy built on “doing the homework rather than showing it”—you win by being useful, highly collaborative, and inspiring creative teams without hiding behind theoretical jargon.
- High-Pressure Gravitas: Exceptional presentation skills and the psychological ability to “read the room” and navigate complex organisational matrix dynamics.
Deadline: Thursday, 18th June 2026
- This role is open for a limited time. Next steps will be shared with shortlisted candidates ASAP. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually.
Client Description
Our Client is a giant media and entertainment company, with over 24 million customers in Europe. They’re keen on keeping people connected, and their upcoming media investments are expected to bring billions of pounds and over 2000 jobs to the UK creative sector. Beyond business, they’re taking big strides in diversity and sustainability with ambitious public goals in both – including 20% BAME representation by 2025, and carbon neutrality by 2030.
Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.
Title: Creative Strategy Director [210928]
Company: Aquent
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
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