Creative Director

Creative Director Build with us Businesses deserve better from finance. Less friction, more freedom. Since 2004, Mollie has been on a mission to make payments and money management effortless for every business in Europe. Today, more than 250,000 companies trust our all-in-one platform to get paid, manage money and grow on their terms. Simple, scalable and built with real businesses in mind. We’re one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs, with 900+ Mollies across 12+ locations. Our people make this growth possible. We move fast, build with purpose and care deeply about our customers. Whether you’re solving problems, building market-leading products or exploring how AI can make work smarter, you’ll have the freedom to create and the trust to deliver. If you’re ready to grow, shape the future of fintech and join an ambitious, high-performing team, this is the place for you. Your impact As Creative Director, you lead and evolve Mollie's Brand Design function. You help define and drive our global brand design vision, keeping it consistent and excellent across every channel and market. You support the creative vision and execution of our brand across every touchpoint, from campaigns and product experiences to storytelling and motion. The job is to balance craft excellence with speed and scale. Brand Design is a core enabler of our GTM and growth. You'll build a consistent, world-class brand experience across our platforms and markets, so the businesses we serve understand and choose Mollie. Your creative will power GTM and growth across Europe. We're a European business today, and going global is on our roadmap. You'll own the evolution of our visual identity, design systems and creative principles, and act as the quality bar for all brand output, with executive backing to shape how Mollie shows up everywhere, including as we expand. You'll lead an in-house studio of around 5 to 8 designers across brand, motion, digital and campaign, and build a culture of craft, feedback and continuous improvement. You'll partner directly with marketing leadership, product, growth and our founder to turn strategy into insight-driven creative. You'll work with Marketing Operations on workflows and tooling, and bring in AI tools to speed up ideation, production and iteration without lowering the bar. You'll also collaborate with teams like Employee Experience and Internal Events, and manage external agencies, freelancers and production partners when needed. What you'll ship - A clear, evolved brand design vision, plus a refreshed visual identity and design system that markets adopt consistently. - A high-performing, well-structured in-house studio, with the workflows, tooling and modular systems to deliver high-quality output at scale. - Impactful end to end creative for flagship campaigns, product launches and brand moments that is on-brand, insight-driven and effective. - AI-enabled creative workflows that measurably increase speed and output while holding the quality bar. - Strong creative partnership with Marketing, Product, Growth and leadership, including a meaningful uplift to performance marketing creative. - In your first 90 days: an assessment of the team, output and brand system, a defined vision and quick wins delivered. - Within 6 to 12 months: a scaled studio operating model, the evolved identity live in market and AI workflows embedded. What you'll bring - Proven experience leading and scaling in-house design teams or creative studios, including people leadership of a multidisciplinary team. You inspire, challenge and develop designers at all levels. - A strong portfolio that shows high-quality brand, campaign and digital work, backed by proven brand craft. - Exceptional creative judgement and taste, an