Creative Lead

Creative Lead Westbourne Grove, London 5 days per week in office Competitive Salary + bonus About Simmer At Simmer, we're on a mission to make healthy eating effortless. We create chef-made, high-protein meals inspired by flavours from around the world, making it easier for busy people to eat well every day. What started with £10 worth of ingredients and a handful of family recipes has grown into one of the UK's fastest-growing businesses. In both 2025 and 2026, The Sunday Times recognised Simmer as the UK's fifth fastest-growing private company. We've now served more than 500,000 customers, sold over 20 million meals and built a community of more than 400,000 people. Simmer was founded by brothers Simmy and Jhai Dhillon, who built the business alongside university, full-time jobs and countless late nights in the kitchen before taking the leap and committing to it full time. That founder mentality still shapes the business today. We're a deliberately lean, founder-led business with no private equity and very little hierarchy. The founders remain closely involved in the work, which means people here get unusually close to customers, commercial decisions and the problems that genuinely shape the business. We care far more about ownership, judgement and trajectory than job titles. As we've grown, we've built a strong product, an engaged customer base and an effective growth engine. The next stage of our journey is about building a brand that people actively seek out, recommend and return to. There's still a huge amount to build, which is exactly what makes this such an exciting place to be. The Role We're looking for our first Creative Lead to build the creative engine behind Simmer. You will create a creative function capable of producing exceptional work consistently, whether that's a founder video filmed on an iPhone, a high-performing paid social campaign, a product launch, a hero ambassador partnership or a complete brand refresh. You'll work closely with the Founder, Brand Lead and Performance Lead to turn commercial opportunities into creative work that helps the business grow. Some projects will need to move quickly, tthers will need exceptional craft. A big part of the role is knowing the difference. What You'll Help Build Creative at Simmer already plays an important role in the business. Your job is to help it become a function. That includes: Defining and continually raising Simmer's creative standards across every customer touchpoint. Leading our upcoming brand refresh alongside the Founder and Brand Lead. Building the systems, workflows and operating rhythm that allow creative quality to scale with the business. Developing campaign concepts, creative treatments, scripts and storyboards. Leading the creative execution of major launches, ambassador campaigns and brand moments. Building and developing an in-house creative team while using freelancers where they genuinely add value. Creating an environment where great ideas are challenged, refined and executed exceptionally well. Success won't be measured by how many assets your team produces. It'll be measured by whether the quality of our creative continues to improve as the business grows. About You You're someone who enjoys building as much as creating. You care about craft, but you also know that great creative only matters if it solves the right problem. You'll probably thrive here if you: Have experience leading creative for a consumer, challenger or DTC brand. Have exceptional visual judgement and strong creative instincts. Enjoy developing ideas as much as bringing them to life. Can move comfortably between high-volume social content and larger brand campaigns. Think in systems as well as concepts. Have experience building or improving creative workflows and processes. Balance quality with pace. Give thoughtful feedback and enjoy helping other creatives produce their best work. Care deeply about storytelling, but equally about execution. Experience in consumer brands is valuable, but we're more interested in your judgement, taste and ability to build outstanding creative teams than your job title. Why Simmer? Creative has always been central to how Simmer has grown. This role is an opportunity to shape what comes next. You'll work directly with the founders and alongside Brand, Performance and Product to build a creative function capable of supporting one of the UK's fastest-growing consumer businesses. If you enjoy solving creative problems, building teams and systems, and creating work that's both creatively ambitious and commercially effective, we'd love to hear from you.