DAZN Creative is DAZN’s in-house creative agency, and we are looking for a multi-disciplined and talented Creative Director to join our creative team in Italy. Responsible for shaping and elevating the brand’s creative vision in the market. Working with the department’s global creative management, this role leads on regional creative strategy, ensures global brand consistency while enabling local relevance, and partnering closely with Marketing, Product, Programming editorial and Regional Leadership to deliver best-in-class creative across all channels. Deep understanding and love of Serie A and Italian football is a must. Please note, our Talent Acquisition team and some Hiring teams are based in the UK so parts of the recruitment process will be in English. Please also upload your resume in English, thanks!
What You'll Be Doing:
1. Define and drive the creative vision for the Italian region in alignment with global brand guidelines
2. Lead, inspire, and mentor a team of designers, editors and copywriter in the market
3. Work closely with the global creative department’s management team in both APAC and London to ensure the Italian region is consistent with creative quality and effectiveness
4. Oversee the development of integrated campaigns across digital, print, social, and DAZN’s owned and operated inventory.
5. Strong story-telling and promo narrative sensibilities.
6. Ensure all creative output is culturally relevant, linguistically accurate, and market-appropriate for Italy.
7. Partner with regional marketing and programming editorial teams to translate business objectives into compelling creative solutions
8. Review, approve, and elevate creative concepts, layouts, copy, and final executions
9. Stay ahead of creative, cultural, and design trends within Italy and globally
10. Present creative concepts and campaign results to senior stakeholders
What You'll Bring:
11. 8+ years of experience in creative leadership roles, preferably within international or matrix organizations
12. Proven experience leading in-house creative teams and agencies across multiple channels
13. Strong sports-based portfolio demonstrating brand-building, campaign development, and creative excellence
14. Deep understanding of the Italian market, consumer behaviour, and cultural nuances
15. Fluency in Italian (native) and English (business fluent) is required
16. Excellent storytelling, conceptual thinking, and visual sensibility
17. Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills
18. Experience working with global brand guidelines and adapting them for local markets
19. Experience in sports lifestyle brands and/ or Broadcast
20. Familiarity with agile workflows and cross-functional collaboration
Benefits
Benefits include access to DAZN, lunch vouchers, free coffee and snacks, family friendly community, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.
About DAZN
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO: Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience. Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can. We look forward to hearing from you.