Group Creative Director (Sports Marketing)

TL;DR

Group Creative Director (Sports Marketing): Defines and elevates the brand's creative vision across EMEA, leading regional creative strategy and ensuring global brand consistency. Focus on balancing high-level creative direction with operational understanding and mentoring a multi-market creative team.

Location: Hybrid in UK - London

Company

hirify.global is an innovator in sports streaming, using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry by providing fans access to sport anytime, anywhere.

What you will do

• Own and champion the creative vision for EMEA, ensuring creative excellence across campaigns, content, digital, social, events, and product marketing.
• Act as the senior creative authority for EMEA, setting quality standards and best practices.
• Partner globally with department leadership, Brand, programming, and Marketing teams to localise global campaigns for EMEA markets.
• Collaborate with regional marketing leaders to translate business goals into compelling creative solutions.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a multi-market creative team across EMEA, fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, innovation, and accountability.
• Support talent development, performance management, and succession planning.

Requirements

• 10+ years of creative experience, with at least 4–5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven experience leading creative teams across multiple countries or regions.
• Experience working in EMEA markets.
• Strong sports-based portfolio demonstrating brand-led, integrated campaigns across channels.
• Excellent understanding of digital, social, content, and integrated marketing.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
• A huge sports fan, with a genuine interest in a wide range of sporting rights and personalities.

Culture & Benefits

• Access to hirify.global, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years).
• Private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%.
• Family friendly community including enhanced parental leave.
• Electric vehicle benefit option, free access to workplace mental health platform app (Unmind).
• Learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to internal speaker series and events.