Social Creative Director 6M FTC

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About Us

Iris is a global integrated agency driven by one simple philosophy: Participate or Perish. We create ideas that earn attention and inspire people to interact with brands in meaningful ways. Working with some of the world's most ambitious brands, we combine strategy, creativity, technology, and media to deliver impactful campaigns.

Overview

The best social creative doesn't interrupt culture; it becomes part of it. The Creative Director at Iris leads the creative vision for social, setting a standard that is platform-smart, culturally alive, and built to drive real impact. You understand that Participate or Perish demands a different kind of creativity, one rooted in participation, not production. You inspire a team to make work worth talking about, and you make sure Iris is known for it.

Responsibilities

• Creative vision: Own the creative direction for social across a portfolio of world-class accounts.

• Creative leadership: Build a team that's ambitious, curious, and genuinely plugged into culture. Develop talent, set standards, and create the conditions for the best work of people's careers.

• Influencer creative: Write briefs that give creators real latitude. The goal is content that feels like theirs, and travels because of it.

• Campaign concepting: Lead ideas from brief to execution. Big enough to travel, sharp enough to land, brave enough to matter.

• New business: Bring your creative vision into pitches for some of the most sought-after briefs in the industry. Help us win the work worth doing.

• Client partnership: Build the senior relationships that get bold ideas made. Sell with conviction, handle challenge without diluting the work.

• Quality control: Hold the bar across everything.
  Reactive content to campaign hero pieces. Talkability lives in the details.

• Collaboration: Work closely with strategy, account and production. Good ideas need good process behind them.

Required Skills

• Deep understanding of social platforms, formats and behaviours across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and emerging channels

• Proven ability to lead creative teams and deliver culturally relevant, high-performing social work

• Strong conceptual thinker with a track record of ideas that travel across platforms and audiences

• Experience shaping and winning new business, turning creative vision into compelling pitches

• Background working on major brands in fast-paced environments, balancing speed with high creative standards

• Strong experience collaborating with influencers and creators to produce authentic, platform-native content

• Confident presenter, able to sell ideas to senior clients and stakeholders with clarity and conviction

Equal Opportunities
Iris is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.