Job Description

Your new company:

Grit & Pearl is a thoughtful creative agency within Trident built for brands with stories to tell and futures to build. Led by an award-winning team of industry experts and creatives with both head and heart. We bring big ideas to life through full-service design and branding across both digital and physical worlds. From the first spark to the final polish, Grit & Pearl is your partner in crafting work that connects, inspires, and grows with your brand.

Your new role:

Grit & Pearl is looking for an Executive Creative Director who will be the author of the agency's perspective and bulldoze their way toward a bold and exciting future for the agency. We're looking for a stirring and powerful voice capable of claiming space for a newbie agency with award-winning, seasoned talent and a unique point of view. You'll be responsible for building a creative culture that's fearless, fast, and future-minded, where ideas are born from instinct, informed by data, and executed with polish. This role demands more than taste; it requires vision. Not just leadership, but provocation. You'll help guide our clients into tomorrow and ensure Grit & Pearl doesn't just keep up with the AI revolution--we define its creative edge. You'll mentor, challenge, and inspire a global team of talented creatives to push beyond the expected and into the unforgettable.

This role is permanent and full-time (35 hours per week) with 2 days in the office and 3 working from home.

Responsibilities of an Executive Creative Director?

Lead the Creative Vision

- Define and evolve the agency's creative direction, ensuring it reflects a bold, future-facing perspective that cuts through industry noise.

Drive Conceptual Excellence

- Oversee the development of high-impact ideas across all media and platforms, ensuring work is not just beautiful but strategically powerful.

Build and Mentor Creative Teams -

Recruit, inspire, and develop top-tier talent. Create an environment where experimentation, diversity of thought, and boundary-pushing ideas are celebrated.

Champion Innovation and Emerging Tech -

Stay ahead of trends, particularly in AI, and lead the integration of new tools and technologies into the creative process to elevate both craft and efficiency.

Collaborate Across Departments -

Partner closely with Strategy, Production, Technology, and Client Services to ensure creative ideas are supported, sellable, and flawlessly executed.

Act as a Creative Spokesperson -

Represent Grit & Pearl's creative voice internally and externally--on pitches, in public forums, and with clients. Be a thought leader and industry presence.

Oversee Creative Quality -

Maintain a high standard of creative excellence and consistency across all work leaving the agency.

Who are we looking for?

BA in Business Management, Communications, Graphic Arts or Marketing

10+ years agency experience leading creative teams, building creative culture and curating your own unique perspective about the industry.

A proven track record of creative excellence across multiple platforms

Experience leading teams through transformation and change

The ability to synthesize the unknown into opportunity

A point of view about where creativity is headed in an AI-augmented and soon to be automated world

Comfort being uncomfortable--and bringing others with you

What will we provide for you?

You will get to work for a company that is proud of who we are, what we do and how we treat our people - and become part of our Trident DNA. We offer great development and progression opportunities around the Globe, a competitive salary, a benefits package plus hybrid working, an early finish on a Friday and a generous holiday allowance.

Recruitment timeline:

Application deadline: 21st September 2025

Shortlisting: W.C 22nd September 2025

Pre-Screening Calls: W.C 29th September 2025

First Stage Interviews (Teams): W.C 6th October 2025

Second Stage Interviews (on-site): Mid-October 2025

this timeline may be subject to change*

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Trident is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and strive to provide a fair and unbiased recruitment process.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Free flu jabs Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Paid volunteer time Private medical insurance Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:

Hull HU7 3AP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Hull HU7 3AP