Creative Strategy Director (FTC, £85K pro-rata) North London | 4 days in office | Temp to Perm: Initial Contract until year-end We’re working with a pioneering social commerce scale-up who are looking for their first Creative Strategy Director. This is a unique opportunity to step into a hands-on senior role where you’ll set direction, shape brand narratives, and guide content strategy that is both culturally resonant and commercially impactful. As a Creative Strategy Director, you’ll be the strategic lead across a portfolio of brands — from high-growth DTC challengers to household-name FMCG and beauty icons. You’ll define the strategic vision while staying close to the creative detail, partnering with creators, e-commerce teams, and brand leads to deliver content that connects and converts. What You’ll Do • Lead creative strategy across multiple categories, from beauty and FMCG to food and drink • Spot and shape new narratives and positioning opportunities • Brief and mentor a team of three in-house creators • Partner with growth and brand teams to align creative strategy with performance objectives • Balance creativity with commercial goals, ensuring ideas resonate culturally while delivering ROI What They’re Looking For • An experienced creative strategist (agency, in-house, or scale-up) with strong social commerce and short-form content expertise • Confident operating as the sole strategist — setting vision and rolling up your sleeves • Creative-first but commercially sharp, with a strong understanding of how brands win in social-first spaces • Collaborative and comfortable working in a fast-moving, test-and-learn environment Why Join? • Be the first strategy hire, shaping how strategy lives within the business - opportunity to go perm • Work on some of the most exciting brands in culture today • Lead at the forefront of social commerce, creator-led content, and live shopping • Join a collaborative, ambitious team with the stability of global client partnerships If you would like to hear more about this Strategy role or if you are interested in exploring other Strategy & Planning jobs please get in touch. You can email me at zoe@theindustryclub.co.uk or call me on 07943 425 491 or follow me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-edwards-strategyrecruiter/ Thanks! Zoe We are committed to ensuring and supporting representation from all backgrounds across the creative industry, irrespective of race, religion, belief, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or socio-economic background. With this in mind, we welcome applications from all areas of the community. Please do get in touch and let us know if there is any additional support or reasonable adjustments we can cater for, to ensure our process and roles fit your needs and creates a comfortable & enjoyable recruitment process.