Senior Creative Content Manager (Fixed-term contract)

Job ID 10145415 Location London, United Kingdom Business Disney Experiences Date posted Apr. 02, 2026

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Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

Join The Walt Disney Company as the leader of DCP brand and creative marketing, where you’ll drive innovative campaigns and shape the creative direction across EMEA and global teams. In this pivotal role, you will respond to marketing briefs from brand, retail, and partnership teams, delivering imaginative solutions through in-house production for DCP marketing content, licensee partnerships, and other business lines. You’ll sign off on creative output, collaborate with directors to plan and refine creative requirements, and identify opportunities for cross-company synergy. Operating with creative leadership, you’ll ensure every project reflects cultural sensitivity, aligns with TWDC strategies, and pushes the boundaries of innovation.

Your responsibilities include budget and quality control, managing relationships with external suppliers and freelancers, and supporting diversity and inclusion within a robust creative team. You’ll service global campaigns, maintain legal compliance and training standards, and uphold the highest creative standards. If you’re passionate about inspiring teams, fostering collaboration, and making a global impact, this is your opportunity to lead by example and shape the future of Disney’s creative marketing.

This is a Fixed-term Contract role, and will be based in our London Hammersmith office, 4 days a week, with either a Monday or Friday working from home.

Values

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values, acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

Respond to marketing briefs from brand, retail and partnership marketing teams by ensuring the creative team provide ideation and in house production solutions for:
DCP marketing content – create content that drives consumer affinity with The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) brands, raising awareness and consideration amongst consumers to ultimately increase product sales
Licensee partnerships – create meaningful branded content campaigns that both maximises effectiveness of TWDC’s media offering as well as creates content that drives new audiences for the franchises and categories
Support marketing for other lines of businesses (LOBs) on an ad hoc basis e.g. PR/communications and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Sign off the creative output of the team in response to key briefs and high profile campaigns
Liaise with directors across the business to identify, refine and plan their creative requirements, both short-term and long-term
Identify cross-company opportunities, where creative needs are aligned and resources can be pooled to create bigger opportunities for partners to invest in content creation
Operate with creative leadership responsibility across EMEA and global teams, ensuring assets created by team are culturally sensitive, innovative and aligned with TWDC strategies and brand guidelines as set by DCP franchise and leadership as well as other LOBS (such as studios)
Ensure all creative output and ideation is achievable within budget as set by Senior Creative Production and Operations Manager as well as quality controlled and compliant with internal and external guidelines
Manage and maintain relationships with external suppliers, creative vendors, agencies and network of freelancers to ensure TWDC is getting the best quality output/product
Operate within the diversity and inclusion initiatives when sourcing freelancers and talent to establish accurate representation and inclusivity
Provide service to the DCP businesses primarily for campaigns that service the global business
Work with the contingent workforce team to build and develop a robust and agile creative team through a combination of freelance and agency resource, mentoring and developing creative skillsets
Operate within legal parameters. Ensure appropriate training is provided to team including pertinent legal and brand training and ensure the team (as relevant) is operating within legal parameters

Required Qualifications & Skills

Significant experience in advertising production, either agency or in house
Creative background either as copywriter, art director, shoot director, producer, editor or designer beneficial
Experience in leading production teams on pan-regional and global campaigns with global budgets, understanding cultural sensitivities and creating content that can be understood and repurposed across many different languages and territories
Experience working with creative teams across the globe and building a network of resources across different time-zones to drive efficiencies with production turnaround times
Proven experience working, and thriving, in a matrix organisation
Proven experience of building effective relationships, leading and managing change and collaboration across departments to achieve financial targets and joint goals
Proven experience of managing and working within allocated budgets
Proven experience of developing the performance of a team
Strong leadership capabilities including strong people management skills
Financial acumen with the ability to manage projects within a set budget
Commercial awareness
Strong project management skill
Ability to both manage a broad scope of work while also have a keen eye for detail
Able to thrive and deliver end solution within a large corporate environment, understanding the dynamics and challenges of working in a matrix organisation
Ability to collaborate effectively in a team while working work well under pressure to meet tight deadlines and to prioritise and coordinate across multiple objectives and deadlines
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to pitch ideas to stakeholders at all levels on a global scale
Ability to understand and work within the legal guidelines provided by the legal department
Computer literate including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Keynote
Written and spoken English for business use, essential; other European languages, beneficial
Strategic with the ability to take industry trends and translate them into something that drives growth for TWDC
Cultural sensitivity and an understanding of local markets across EMEA

The Perks

25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with The Walt Disney Company Limited, which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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