Creative Director

Creative Director Build with us Businesses deserve better from finance. Less friction, more freedom. Since 2004, Mollie has been on a mission to make payments and money management effortless for every business in Europe. Today, more than 250,000 companies trust our all-in-one platform to get paid, manage money and grow on their terms.

Simple, scalable and built with real businesses in mind. We’re one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs, with 900+ Mollies across 12+ locations. Our people make this growth possible. We move fast, build with purpose and care deeply about our customers. Whether you’re solving problems, building market-leading products or exploring how AI can make work smarter, you’ll have the freedom to create and the trust to deliver.

If you’re ready to grow, shape the future of fintech and join an ambitious, high-performing team, this is the place for you. Your impact As Creative Director, you lead and evolve Mollie's Brand Design function. You help define and drive our global brand design vision, keeping it consistent and excellent across every channel and market.

You support the creative vision and execution of our brand across every touchpoint, from campaigns and product experiences to storytelling and motion. The job is to balance craft excellence with speed and scale. Brand Design is a core enabler of our GTM and growth. You'll build a consistent, world-class brand experience across our platforms and markets, so the businesses we serve understand and choose Mollie.

Your creative will power GTM and growth across Europe. We're a European business today, and going global is on our roadmap. You'll own the evolution of our visual identity, design systems and creative principles, and act as the quality bar for all brand output, with executive backing to shape how Mollie shows up everywhere, including as we expand.

You'll lead an in-house studio of around 5 to 8 designers across brand, motion, digital and campaign, and build a culture of craft, feedback and continuous improvement. You'll partner directly with marketing leadership, product, growth and our founder to turn strategy into insight-driven creative. You'll work with Marketing Operations on workflows and tooling, and bring in AI tools to speed up ideation, production and iteration without lowering the bar.

You'll also collaborate with teams like Employee Experience and Internal Events, and manage external agencies, freelancers and production partners when needed. What you'll ship

• A clear, evolved brand design vision, plus a refreshed visual identity and design system that markets adopt consistently.
• A high-performing, well-structured in-house studio, with the workflows, tooling and modular systems to deliver high-quality output at scale.
• Impactful end to end creative for flagship campaigns, product launches and brand moments that is on-brand, insight-driven and effective.
• AI-enabled creative workflows that measurably increase speed and output while holding the quality bar.
• Strong creative partnership with Marketing, Product, Growth and leadership, including a meaningful uplift to performance marketing creative.
• In your first 90 days: an assessment of the team, output and brand system, a defined vision and quick wins delivered.
• Within 6 to 12 months: a scaled studio operating model, the evolved identity live in market and AI workflows embedded.

What you'll bring

• Proven experience leading and scaling in-house design teams or creative studios, including people leadership of a multidisciplinary team. You inspire, challenge and develop designers at all levels.
• A strong portfolio that shows high-quality brand, campaign and digital work, backed by proven brand craft.
• Exceptional creative judgement and taste, and a clear point of view on what "great" looks like.
• Experience building and maintaining design systems and brand frameworks that scale for consistency and self-serve.
• Operational strength in planning, prioritization, resourcing and workflow design, so quality holds at scale.
• Hands-on experience applying AI in creative workflows, including concepting, production and scaling assets.
• Strong communication and storytelling, with the ability to explain creative decisions to senior stakeholders, and fluent English. Grow your way At Mollie, growth is personal. We believe everyone should have the chance to develop their skills, explore new challenges and shape their career on their own terms. In this role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to build a meaningful distribution channel from the ground up. As we expand across Europe, you will grow alongside the product area you own. You’ll get regular feedback and performance reviews to support your development, with fair and transparent salary reviews along the way. Unlock your full potential and join us to eliminate financial bureaucracy If you're excited by the idea of building what's next, for yourself and for thousands of businesses across Europe. Want a peek behind the scenes? Check out what life at Mollie https://jobs.mollie.com/ is really like. AI at Mollie We believe in Always Be Shipping https://jobs.mollie.com/always-be-shipping, and AI brings that philosophy to life across every team, every role, every day. AI is core to how we build. It helps us move faster, simplify work and make smarter decisions, creating real impact for the businesses we serve. We're looking for people who are excited to use AI to shape the future of finance with us https://jobs.mollie.com/ai-manifesto.