Working for City Hall makes a difference to the lives of Londoners. Our staff are at the centre of long-term planning and development for our great city.

Key information

Organisation: Greater London Authority

Job title: Integrated Creative Lead

Salary: £52,305 per annum

Grade: 8

Contract type: 12 months fixed term contract

Reference: 4160

Team: Creative team

Directorate: S&C

Contract details: Maternity cover

Interview date: w/c 1 June 2026 (may be subject to change)

Location: City Hall/Union Street

Application closing date: 12 May 2026 at 23:59:00

Strategy and Communications

Strategy and Communications sits at the centre of the organisation, bringing together several teams with organisation-wide remits and mutual collaboration opportunities. The work of the directorate’s teams includes delivery of major events, designing and leading public affairs or marketing campaigns, providing data, evidence and analysis, leading cross-organisational programmes, to making sure we plan for and can respond to emerging events or emergencies in our city.

About the team

The Creative team is a small team that sits within the External Relations Unit at City Hall. They look after the Mayor of London and London brands to make sure all public facing design work has a consistent look and feel. The team works closely with the Marketing Campaigns team to translate marketing strategy into compelling content by coming up with and developing creative concepts for high profile campaigns that resonates with our London audience.

About the role

You’ll be working across high profile marketing campaigns from tackling the city’s housing crisis to sharing good news stories about London, the ideas produced can make a tangible difference to Londoners’ lives.

We’re looking for someone with a strong grasp of conceptual thinking, who can come up with great ideas that truly resonate with Londoners.

This is your chance to help shape and develop integrated marketing campaigns at the heart of London’s government.

You’ll bring:

A passion for great design
Experience as an integrated creative lead / senior creative
(in-house or agency)
A great portfolio showing a variety of creative projects

We work across everything from digital (static and animation, social media and video to print and OOH. That means we'd like you to be skilled in a range of channels. You'll also enjoy coming up with and developing fresh creative concepts.

You’ll be a good speaker too. Someone who's a dab hand at pitching and presenting work to our stakeholders.

You’ll report to the Creative Services Manager and will manage our team apprentice. As such, we'd like you to be a strong leader. Someone who can inspire, guide and mentor.

What your day will look like

On any given day you could be:

Researching ideas for campaign creatives
Preparing mood boards and scamping ideas
Developing a creative route into final artwork
Providing finished artwork in an array of different mediums (different file formats and sizes depending on the media channel)
scoping locations, procuring props and choosing cast/volunteers
Image research for projects using stock photography
Working with suppliers, production companies, creative agencies, freelancers, printers

Skills, knowledge and experience

To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:

Substantial experience developing and delivering creative ideas for digital (including static and animated screens and social posts and video) as well as for print
Substantial experience of working as part of a small team working in a studio (agency or in-house setting) and be comfortable presenting your work to key stakeholders.
Fluency in Adobe CC Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat and After Effects
Experience and understanding of different media formats – e.g. social media channels, digital adverts, video, animation
Experience in briefing photographers and production agencies for campaigns as well as working with other external suppliers.
Knowledge and experience of designing accessible digital and print materials

Behavioural competencies

Planning and Organising

…is thinking ahead, managing time, priorities and risk, and developing structured and efficient approaches to deliver work on time and to a high standard

TfL, GLA or OPDC

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