Creative Director- OWLED Media

Location: Bangalore, India (On-site)
Experience: 7+ Years

OWLED Media is where internet culture meets sharp creative thinking.

We build ideas that travel fast, solve real business problems, and leave a lasting impact across films, social, digital, and brand storytelling. From large-scale campaigns and branded content to creator-led formats and platform-native ideas, we focus on work that people actually want to watch, share, and remember.

We’re now looking for a Creative Director who can lead both the thinking and the standard of execution across the company. Someone who doesn’t just manage creatives, but shapes culture, sharpens ideas, and builds systems that consistently produce standout work.

About the Role

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone with deep agency experience and strong creative judgment across formats.

You should be equally comfortable cracking campaign ideas, shaping narratives for films, building scalable social-first systems, and leading integrated creative thinking across teams and clients.

You will be responsible for driving the creative vision at OWLED Media while ensuring the quality of work stays sharp, consistent, and strategically strong across all touchpoints.

What You’ll Own:

Creative Leadership & Vision

• Define and lead the creative direction across major accounts, campaigns, and pitches
• Set the storytelling benchmark across films, social campaigns, branded content, and digital-first formats
• Ensure ideas are rooted in audience insight, platform behaviour, and business objectives

Writing & Conceptual Thinking

• Lead campaign thinking, scripts, pitch narratives, and brand storytelling
• Crack strong, scalable campaign ideas and not just executions
• Translate raw briefs into clear, sellable, high-impact concepts

Team Building & Mentorship

• Guide writers, strategists, designers, and creatives with strong feedback and direction
• Build creative systems, review processes, and quality checks
• Raise the overall standard of thinking and execution across teams

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the senior creative lead for key clients and presentations
• Present ideas with confidence, clarity, and conviction
• Translate feedback into stronger work without compromising the core idea

Process & Creative Operations

• Build structure around workflows, timelines, and creative review systems
• Ensure projects move smoothly from ideation to execution
• Collaborate closely with production, strategy, and account teams to maintain quality and consistency

Integrated Creative Thinking

• Lead end-to-end thinking across films, social, digital campaigns, and creator ecosystems
• Understand platform nuances and how ideas need to evolve across formats
• Stay deeply plugged into trends, internet culture, and audience behaviour
• Build culturally relevant work that performs creatively and commercially

Who We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of experience in advertising, creative agencies, content, or digital-first environments
• Proven experience across:
• Brand films
• Social media campaigns
• Integrated marketing campaigns

• Strong understanding of:
• Creative strategy
• Storytelling
• Platform and media thinking

• Ability to lead creative direction and not just execute briefs
• Experience managing multiple accounts and retainer teams simultaneously
• Strong writing, presentation, and conceptual skills
• Ability to build creative thought leadership within teams and for clients

Good to Have

• Experience working on high-impact campaigns and culturally relevant brand work
• Comfort operating in fast-moving, high-output environments
• Experience mentoring and scaling creative teams

What Success Looks Like

• Pitches feel sharper, clearer, and more strategically compelling
• Creative output becomes more distinctive, consistent, and memorable
• Teams operate with stronger ownership, confidence, and clarity
• Clients begin trusting OWLED not just for execution, but for creative thinking and leadership

Why Join OWLED Media

• Opportunity to shape the creative direction of a growing company
• High ownership and direct impact on the work and culture
• Freedom to experiment across formats, industries, and storytelling styles
• Work with creators, brands, films, campaigns, and internet-native content systems
• Build work that is creatively strong, culturally relevant, and commercially effective