Head of Creative Innovation (AdTech & Creative Technology)

Eskimi is a full-stack creative and media tech platform designed for brands, agencies, and publishers seeking more than just impressions. It combines a programmatic DSP, in-house creative studio, advanced audience targeting tools, customizable Media Packages, and a Monetization Suite for publishers. The platform powers attention-optimized campaigns with rich media formats and premium local inventory. Teams in over 30 countries provide on-the-ground support, offering valuable insights into local languages, cultures, and performance drivers.

At Eskimi, how we do things is defined by our strong desire to grow, a high sense of ownership, innovation, drive, and collaboration among our teams. With the Eskimi team spread across more than 30 countries and five continents, our global presence creates a dynamic environment that fosters diversity and inclusion

YOUR TEAM & YOUR MISSION

We are looking for a Head of Creative Innovation to lead the Studio alongside our existing Studio lead. They own people, delivery and operations. You own creative direction, innovation and new creative capability. This is not a role that reviews the daily production queue. It exists to answer a different question: what should Eskimi be able to make next, and how do we make it repeatable?

You will invent formats, prove they work, and turn the best of them into products the whole company can sell-from bespoke, high-impact concepts through to templated formats and self-serve creative in our DSP and new products. You will put AI to work across creative production, not as an experiment, but as part of how the Studio operates.

• Our Creative Studio builds high-impact digital advertising - rich media, animation, video, 3D, interactive and bespoke creative solutions- for clients across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU DO IT

• Senior creative leadership experience -Associate Creative Director, Creative Technologist, Design Director or similar, from a digital, experiential or creative technology background.
• A habit of making rather than only presenting: you sketch, storyboard, prototype and build rough demonstrations to test an idea.
• Strong grounding in rich media, interactive, motion, video or 3D creative production.
• Hands-on experience applying generative AI to creative work, and a clear view of where it helps and where it does not.
• Commercial judgement - you ask what a concept helps a client achieve, and why a salesperson would want to pitch it.
• Comfort with performance data, and the willingness to kill your own ideas when the numbers say so.
• Experience raising the creative confidence of a team: useful feedback, open critique, experimentation that feels possible.
• The discipline to finish and hand over - turning promising experiments into something a studio can produce, sell and support.
• Experience working across distributed teams and emerging markets is an advantage.
• Good communication skills and professional working English.

Flexible work arrangements: Hybrid work models in cities with physical offices, and remote work options everywhere else. With our hybrid model, Eskimians enjoy Work Away Days—up to one month of fully remote work each year—and flexible schedules, typically beginning the day at 9 a.m. locally.

Professional development opportunities: Grow with programs like Leaders Assembly for managers, mentorship programs for growing talents, regular learning sessions, and access to external consultants. Our internship programs also serve as stepping stones for career starters, often leading to full-time roles within the team.