Senior Creative Lead

Who are we?

At Early Settler, we're passionate about stylish modern living. We create beautiful, affordable furniture and homewares designed to help customers build homes they truly love living in. With creativity at our core, we bring inspiration, personality, and comfort into everyday spaces.

Why Join Us?

At Early Settler, we love what we do and we love supporting each other to succeed. To support our most important asset - YOU - we offer:

• Amazing team member discounts on our fabulous products
• Holistic wellbeing programs
• Career development opportunities
• A fun, supportive and collaborative team environment
• Hybrid working arrangement - WFH Mondays & Fridays

Description

We're looking for a passionate and commercially minded Senior Creative Lead to join our Marketing & Customer Experience team. This role is all about bringing the Early Settler brand to life through compelling creative, visual storytelling, strategy lead and customer-focused campaigns. From digital and social to print, retail and in-store experiences, you'll lead creative direction across all touchpoints while ensuring every piece of content feels distinctly Early Settler. You'll collaborate closely with Marketing, Studio and Category teams, mentor creative talent and help drive strategy-led product launches and marketing campaigns. We're seeking someone who goes beyond creating visually compelling work - someone with a strategic mindset who can define and communicate the reason behind a product campaign, establishing the campaign strategy and foundation before it moves into creative development.

Working Arrangement

Monday to Friday | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Hybrid role: Work from Home Mondays & Fridays.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead creative direction across campaigns, digital, social and retail channels
• Create strategy-led frameworks to ensure campaign launches are successful
• Bring campaigns and brand concepts to life across multiple touchpoints
• Ensure all creative aligns with brand identity and visual standardsCollaborate with Marketing, Studio and Category teams
• Mentor and guide designers and creative contributors
• Drive workflow efficiencies and explore AI and creative technologies
• Manage creative production across digital, print, POS and in-store assets
• Present and pitch creative concepts to internal stakeholders
• Help create inspiring customer experiences through impactful design

Who Are We Looking For?

You’re a creative thinker with a strong eye for design, storytelling and brand consistency. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, love collaborating with others and know how to balance creativity with commercial outcomes. You’re someone who:

• Loves retail, interiors and home styling
• Enjoys turning ideas into engaging creative
• Brings positive energy and initiative to the team
• Can juggle multiple projects and deadlines
• Stays curious and embraces new ideas and technology
• Appreciates Keeping It Real

What’s Needed to Succeed?

Must Haves

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in graphic design or creative roles
• Art direction or creative direction experience across campaigns and brand execution
• Previous experience working within a retail or omnichannel environment

Nice to Haves

• Experience contributing to creative or brand strategy
• Experience leading, mentoring or managing creative team members
• Strong presentation and stakeholder communication skills with the ability to confidently pitch and present creative concepts internally

Technical & Professional Skills

• Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills
• Experience across digital, social, print and retail creative
• Strong project management and workflow coordination capability
• Experience with project management, asset management and AI tools
• A passion for creativity, interiors and design trends
• A willingness to live our values: WeAddValue WeAreDistinctive WeMakeItPersonal WeAreExperts WeKeepItReal
• Applicants must be an AU citizen, resident, or hold valid working rights in Australia

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Early Settler is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.

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