Creative Lead - Maternity Cover

Title: Creative Lead - Maternity Cover Location: United Kingdom MyEdSpace is an education technology platform that connects the best teachers on the planet with the students who need them the most - wherever they are, whatever their means. Backed by $15m in Series A funding from some of the leading investors in the space, we're ready to scale - and we want you to help us build and scale MyEdSpace as part of a collaborative and ambitious team. We're on a mission to make a world-class education accessible to all. We believe that every child deserves access to quality education, regardless of geography or socioeconomic background, to achieve their dreams and build a brighter future. If you’re motivated by solving meaningful problems and creating real impact through your work on a societal level and make a real impact on the world - we’d love to hear from you! Job Title: Creative Lead - Maternity Cover Manager: Creative Director Location: UK (London hybrid/remote) Contract Type: 12 month contract 💼 THE ROLE This role is about providing senior creative leadership across MES's video and design output while the current Creative Lead is on maternity leave, setting and protecting the quality of performance marketing content for the team, and developing new creative territory as the brand system matures. You'll give creative and quality feedback to the design and edit team, take on design and visual direction of MES's brand toolkits once handed over from the Creative Director, and partner with the Copy Lead on scripts for performance marketing content. Experience creating content at scale for performance marketing is a must. ⚙️ WHAT YOU’LL DO - Give creative and quality feedback to the design and edit team on work in progress - Take on design and visual direction of MES's brand toolkits in partnership with the Brand Content Lead, who owns copy content. - Develop new creative concepts and content options - particularly moving beyond recycling existing content into the new brand system. - Partner with the Copy Lead on script writing for performance marketing content. - Set the quality standard reflected in briefs, in partnership with the Studio Manager, who handles the logistics of getting that brief to the team. 🙋 WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR - Senior creative role (art direction, design lead, or similar) with direct experience giving feedback to a team of makers. - Comfortable stepping into an existing brand system and toolkit rather than building one from scratch. - Scriptwriting or close scriptwriting collaboration experience for short-form video - Confident being hands on and mentoring/feeding back to a team of designers and editors. ✨ Our values PUT INTEGRITY FIRST Honesty matters. Tell the truth, and be straight-up. Be transparent and do the right thing. This builds respect and reliability for our students, families and team members. KNOW YOUR COORDINATES Understand where you are and where you want to get to. Know your strengths and acknowledge your gaps. Think from first principles. Question things, and never pretend to know what you don't. RAISE THE BAR Own it and get it done. Do better. Iterate quickly and seek feedback. Deliver real value. Be excellent and lift others up. Share learnings and help your teammates improve. LOVE TO BE WRONG Push boundaries. Be outside your comfort zone. Naturally you'll get some things wrong and that's okay. Embrace feedback. Learn from it and get closer to excellence. WIN TOGETHER To achieve our mission, we have to work together. We all have a role to play, so help each other get there. We’re stronger as a team so inspire, support and respect each other. 🙋 Why you’ll love working here We’re a team on a mission to transform education for the better. Joining MES means you’ll be part of something ambitious, fast-moving, and full of purpose. Here’s what you can expect: - The chance to make a real impact: your work directly shapes the future of education. - A fast-paced and high-growth environment where ideas move quickly and careers accelerate. - A collaborative, supportive culture: we’re head quartered in the UK, but we’re a global team with colleagues in 15+ countries, bringing a rich mix of perspectives and energy. We are committed to building a diverse team and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe diverse perspectives make us stronger and help us build a better product for students around the world.