Group Creative Director

Are you interested in shaping the future of sports marketing? Do you want to communicate across borders with some of the biggest sporting rights in the world? 

DAZN Creative is DAZN’s in-house creative agency, and we are looking for a multi-disciplined and talented Group Creative Director. Responsible for defining and elevating the brand’s creative vision across EMEA. This role leads regional creative strategy, ensures global brand consistency while enabling local relevance, and partners closely with Marketing, Product, Programming Editorial and Regional Leadership to deliver best-in-class creative across all channels. 

You will balance high-level creative direction with operational understanding; line managing and mentoring a team of regional creative directors to deliver impactful, scalable, and culturally relevant work across diverse markets 

Department

77-803 - Subscriptions - Creative Services

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location

UK - London

Workplace type

Hybrid

What You'll Be Doing:

Creative Leadership & Vision 

• Working closely with department leadership in APAC and London, own and champion the creative vision for EMEA 
• Ensure 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 
• Provide strong creative direction and feedback at concept, execution, and final delivery stages 

Regional & Global Collaboration 

• 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 
• Balance global consistency with local cultural nuance and market needs 

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a multi-market creative team across EMEA 
• Build strong creative leadership at the country and regional level 
• Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, innovation, and accountability 
• Support talent development, performance management, and succession planning 

What You'll Bring:

• 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 
• Experience working with global brand systems and local market adaptations 
• 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  

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, 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 for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.