Head of Creative Solutions

Strategic Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, inspire and unify the Creative Solutions team, creating a clear vision, identity and shared purpose.
• Build and maintain a high-performance culture that promotes collaboration, accountability, creativity and continuous improvement.
• Develop a department which supports current business priorities and future growth ambitions.
• Coach, mentor and develop team members, identifying development opportunities and building succession pathways.
• Foster a culture of engagement, empowerment and ownership across the department.

Operational Excellence & Ways of Working

• Collaborate with the team to establish and embed scalable processes that improve efficiency, quality and consistency across all creative outputs.
• Drive continuous improvement in team workflows, ensuring clear accountability and effective project delivery.
• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of creative spectacle projects, ensuring operational rigour and adherence to deadlines.
• Collaborate with the team to refresh existing and implement new governance frameworks, delivery tools and prioritisation processes to provide visibility and control across the project portfolio.
• Ensure all outputs consistently meet Formula 1’s production and quality standards.

Creative & Commercial Collaboration

• Create strong partnerships between creative and commercial teams, ensuring clear alignment of objectives and priorities.
• Work closely with Commercial leadership to ensure creative solutions effectively support commercial opportunities and client requirements.
• Align creative strategy and execution with wider business goals and commercial objectives.
• Encourage cross-functional collaboration and remove barriers that hinder effective teamwork.
• Promote a solutions-focused approach that balances creative excellence with commercial impact.

Delivery & Performance Management

• Take ownership of delivery quality, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget and to the highest standards.

• Monitor team performance and output, using data, insights and feedback to drive continual improvement.

• Manage resource allocation across internal teams and external freelancers or consultants to maximise efficiency and capability.

• Ensure consistent excellence across all productions, projects and creative deliverables.

• Identify risks, dependencies and opportunities, implementing proactive solutions where required.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the key interface between senior leadership, commercial stakeholders and creative teams.

• Build strong relationships across the organisation to support alignment, trust and successful project delivery.

• Communicate priorities, performance metrics, risks and opportunities clearly and effectively.

• Influence stakeholders at all levels to support strategic initiatives and operational improvements.

Personal Qualities

In this role it is essential that you are:

• A strategic and forward-thinking leader who can balance long-term vision with operational delivery.

• Passionate about creative excellence and producing work of the highest quality.

• Collaborative and inclusive, with the ability to unite diverse teams around a common purpose.

• Delivery-focused and results-driven, able to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

• An excellent communicator and influencer, capable of building strong relationships across all levels of the organisation.

• Resilient and adaptable, comfortable leading teams through change and ambiguity.

• Highly organised with strong prioritisation and decision-making skills.

• Committed to developing people and creating an environment where individuals can perform at their best.

Experience

Prior to the role it would be essential that demonstrate:

• Significant leadership experience within a creative, production, content or similar environment.

• A proven track record of organisational design, process improvement and operational transformation.

• Experience leading cross-functional teams and building strong collaboration between multiple business functions.

• Successfully delivered high-quality creative outputs within a fast-paced environment.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders.

• Experience implementing scalable processes, governance frameworks and delivery methodologies.

• Experience managing team performance, resource planning and operational priorities.

• Experience within sports, media, broadcast or other high-performance creative environments.

• Experience managing a combination of internal teams and external freelance or consultant resources.

• Understanding of commercial production, brand partnerships or client-led creative delivery models.

• Experience leading large-scale change initiatives or business transformation programmes.

Qualifications

Not essential, but you may also have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Creative Media, Production Management or a related discipline.

• Leadership or management qualifications.

• Project management or operational excellence certifications.

Knowledge & Skills

Prior to the role it is essential that you demonstrate:

• Strong leadership and people management capability.

• Excellent organisational design and operational planning skills.

• Strong understanding of creative production and delivery processes.

• Experience implementing effective governance, workflows and delivery frameworks.

• Ability to align creative solutions with broader commercial and business objectives.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills.

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data and insight to drive decision-making and continuous improvement.

• Effective resource planning and workload management capability.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to maintain quality and attention to detail within a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of business priorities.