Creative Lead – Designer

Company: Smile White
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Location: Leeds
Job Description:

Job Title: Creative Lead – Designer

Location: Hybrid (Leeds)

Type: Full-time

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Reports to: Marketing & Managing Director

About Smile White

Smile White is a fast-growing, consumer-centric dental brand redefining the future of at-home oral care. Built by dentists, powered by innovation, and loved by customers, we combine premium products, professional care, and cutting-edge digital experiences to deliver smile confidence at scale.

We’re looking for a bold and visionary Creative Lead – Designer to bring our brand to life across every touchpoint. This is a key role for a creative powerhouse with a strategic mindset, a strong aesthetic eye, and a track record of shaping brands people feel.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead and shape visual direction across all brand and campaign assets — from big-idea concepts to beautifully crafted executions.
  • Design high-impact creative for META platforms (Facebook, Instagram), from performance ads to thumb-stopping video content.
  • Own the development of brand assets across digital, social, packaging, e-commerce, email, and more.
  • Collaborate with marketing, content, and product teams to create cohesive, conversion-driven designs with emotional resonance.
  • Ensure brand consistency across all creative outputs while pushing the aesthetic forward.
  • Brief, direct, and review external creatives, freelancers, or agencies as needed.
  • Stay ahead of creative trends in B2C, beauty, wellness, and tech, and bring bold inspiration to the table.

What You’ll Bring

  • 5+ years of experience as a designer or creative lead, preferably within high-growth consumer brands.
  • A strong portfolio that shows work for big brands, ideally with experience in beauty, wellness, lifestyle, or tech.
  • Proven success creating high-performing content for META platforms (FB/IG) – both static and video.
  • Deep understanding of B2C marketing principles and performance-driven creative.
  • Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and motion tools like After Effects or similar.
  • A strategic thinker who can balance creative craft with commercial goals.
  • An obsession with detail, a love for storytelling, and the ability to make ideas feel premium, modern, and human.

Bonus if you have:

  • Experience in DTC or subscription brands
  • Video editing and animation skills
  • Worked in a startup or fast-paced scale-up environment

Why Smile White?

  • Shape a brand that genuinely changes people’s lives
  • Join a team of creators, challengers, and builders
  • Hybrid working, generous holidays, and employee discounts
  • Room to lead, grow, and own your creative vision

How to Apply

Please submit your portfolio and CV to claudia.armitage@smilewhite.co.uk. We want to see your best work – especially anything META, B2C, or brand-defining.

Posted: April 28th, 2025