Creative/Design Director bij SKINN

1 day ago
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SKINN's Antwerp studio is looking for a Creative director or Design director to lead and grow our creative output from its fully-fledged Antwerp base.

This is a senior creative leadership position with real ownership. You'll drive projects from first brief to final delivery setting creative direction, maintaining standards, developing the team, and building trust with clients across a diverse portfolio of established Belgian and international brands.

You'll be the person who can articulate why something works, what it still needs, and how it connects back to strategy. But you'll also still be making things. The best creative directors we know haven't stopped designing, they've just gotten better at knowing when to step in and when to step back.

Expect to work for clients that range from established names transforming their market position, to ambitious challengers looking to announce themselves.

SKINN is an agency that holds its work to a high standard. But we don't believe great creative talent comes in one shape. If you recognise yourself in this role, regardless of where you studied, where you've worked, or what your career path looks like, we want to hear from you. What matters is the work, the thinking, and the drive to make things better. You may be exactly what we’re looking for!

Qualities

Creative leadership. You've led projects and people ideally for 10 or more years, and you know the difference between managing and inspiring. You give feedback that moves work forward. You create conditions where designers can do their best work.

A strong point of view. You have opinions about what makes a brand great. You can articulate them clearly, defend them confidently, and update them when you're wrong.

Strategic depth. You understand why brand matters, commercially and culturally, and you can connect that understanding to every decision in the work. You're as comfortable thinking about a brand's positioning as you are about its typeface.

Craft and rigour. You have high standards and you set them for the team around you. Details matter to you. Systems matter to you. Work that lasts matters to you.

Client presence. You can lead a room. You build trust through clarity and conviction, not by telling clients what they want to hear, but by helping them understand what their brand actually needs.

Creative Ambition

We're not after someone who wants to manage from a distance. We're looking for someone who's still excited by the work, who gets restless when something isn't quite right, and won't sign off until it is.

You're considered but decisive. Collaborative but not consensus-dependent. You’re someone who has built things you're proud of, and is now looking for a place to build more.

Location

Based in Antwerp or willing to relocate. We'll always consider exceptional candidates based elsewhere — but this is a role that benefits from being in the room.

Studio Culture

We're a studio that takes its work seriously without taking itself too seriously. Our belgian roots shape how we operate: down to earth, flat structures, genuine collaboration, and a real commitment to do what's right.

We're looking for someone who adds to the range of perspectives around the table, while sharing a belief in the kind of environment where people do their best work and feel good doing it.

Benefits

A creative and inspiring work environment with a warm, collaborative team
The opportunity to shape and grow the Antwerp office and Creative Team
A key leadership role with real impact on the future of SKINN
Room for initiative, ownership and long-term growth
Full-time permanent contract
Annual personal training budget
Regular creative events and inspirational talks
Company car and fuel card
Use of laptop, mobile phone, and related subscription
Meal vouchers of €8 per worked day and eco vouchers
Comprehensive health and hospitalization insurance with Alan
Accrual of ½ ADV day per month due to the 39-hour workweek (total of 26 days of annual leave per year)