
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in London
You’ll also be a future-facing leader – staying ahead of cultural, design and technology trends, embracing AI and emerging tools to empower the team, and fostering a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement. We’re a small but mighty player in the TV and streaming world, and this role plays a key part in how we punch above our weight.
What we would like you to bring to the role….key experience, knowledge, skills & personal qualities
- A proven track record of leading multidisciplinary design teams across brand, broadcast, digital and campaign work.
- Experience mentoring and developing teams, helping others grow while raising creative standards.
- A history of embedding best-practice workflows, structures and processes to enable creativity and efficiency.
- Experience working in-house or agency-side with entertainment, streaming, or culturally-relevant consumer brands.
- A portfolio that shows your eye for craft, composition, typography, and movement across multiple formats.
- Track record of successfully piloting, implementing, or scaling AI-powered creative tools.
- Confidence presenting work internally and externally – from senior stakeholders to channel talent.
- Deep understanding of contemporary design and visual culture.
- Awareness of platform-native content design, particularly social and digital.
- Good knowledge of tools and processes across the design ecosystem, including After Effects, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma etc.
- Strong awareness of AI design tools, workflows, and creative automation – with a drive to explore, test, and embed new technology to empower creativity and efficiency.
- Future-facing mindset – staying ahead of industry trends and adapting quickly to new platforms, audience behaviours, and tools.
- A strong grasp of how design, performance, brand and behaviour intersect.
- Knowledge of how to build positive team cultures that balance creative ambition with wellbeing, diversity and inclusion.
- Strong conceptual thinker with a sharp visual eye.
- Comfortable switching between leadership, strategy and hands-on doing.
- Skilled in coaching, feedback and conflict resolution, with the ability to bring out the best in different personalities.
- Inspiring, inclusive and open – someone who brings energy to the room.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, and confident navigating a fast-paced environment.
- Emotionally intelligent and collaborative.
- A champion of great ideas, high standards and fearless creativity.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise resources, balance workloads and maintain momentum under pressure.
What you will get to work on….key outputs and responsibilities of the role
- Leading and developing a high-performing design team across 3D, motion, brand, digital and key art.
- Setting and evolving the visual standard of everything we create – from brand launches to title campaigns.
- Building clear development plans for individuals, ensuring regular check-ins and constructive feedback.
- Driving the creative vision for the UKTV visual identity in collaboration with the CMO, Creative Director and wider leadership team.
- Championing innovation – bringing in new tools, technologies, and design approaches to keep UKTV’s work fresh, competitive and ahead of the curve.
- Embedding AI and automation where they add value, freeing the team to focus on high-impact creative thinking.
- Encouraging a culture of experimentation, curiosity and adaptability to change.
- Working closely with creative, marketing, media and production leads to ensure ideas are consistent, well-executed and on-brand.
- Overseeing external design partners, freelancers and agencies when needed.
- Collaborating on broader creative strategy and team development as part of the leadership group.
- Helping shape the next chapter of UKTV’s creative evolution.