Mid-Weight Designer

Ideas are the beating heart of all work at Stereo. As a Mid Weight Designer, you’ll be a key team member generating bold, inspiring concepts with innovative, expressive craft. You’ll be as interested in the ‘why’ as with the ‘how’ and will be comfortable speaking about both. A marriage of both conceptual understanding with strong design capabilities is essential for this role. You’ll be expected to have a holistic knowledge of the creative process, a relentless curiosity for great concepts and a hands-on pursuit of stunning, experimental visuals. You’ll be a naturally curious person and have your finger on the pulse of global creative culture. We work across a number of different sectors and project types at Stereo, so you’ll need to demonstrate creative flexibility and confidence with a variety of clients and audiences. You’ll be part of a wider team on longer projects supporting Seniors and Leads, but will also need to show initiative and self-motivation to work independently when required. You’ll guide more junior members of the studio and inspire the whole team with your work. You’ll be comfortable maintaining an ego-free environment and approach all feedback positively and collaboratively. This role suits an ideas-focused Designer looking to grow within a studio by demonstrating more conceptual abilities, or an Art Director wishing to transition to a more hybrid role and get hands-on crafting their own ideas to take them to the next level. Motion skills or the ability to work with storyboards are not required but are a bonus. Typical Activities: Support Senior Designers/Art Directors across all teams with effective, on-brief work. Working in Adobe CC suite and Figma to design stunning visuals. Thinking conceptually to develop innovative ideas alongside the wider team. Be able to confidently discuss your deeper thinking. Guide Junior Designers and mentor their progression in the agency. Have a flexible approach to briefs and remain team-focused. Treat each project as an opportunity and push briefs as far as they can go. Have the drive and desire to grow within Stereo. Skills Required: Mid-Weight Designer with design degree (or equivalent). A love of campaigns, identities and digital design. Confident using Adobe CC suite and some digital design knowledge. Not required (but beneficial): After Effects, Cinema4D, coding abilities. Excellent communication skills to interpret and negotiate briefs with internal teams. Team player Passionate, self-motivated and extremely creative. Good presentation skills and the confidence to explain and sell ideas to colleagues. Taking responsibility. Art Direction, voice your ideas and present ideas and creative concepts to your peers. A passion and enthusiasm for design, with a creative flair. Being open to feedback and willing to make changes to your designs. Accuracy and attention to detail when producing designs. Strong typography, layout & technical skills. Time management skills and the ability to cope with several projects at a time. Stereo Benefits: Holidays: 23 Days Holiday (basic). Extra Holiday Day per year of service (up to 5 years service). Day off on your birthday. Summer Hours July & August (Half Day Friday). Closed over the entire Christmas period. Learning & Culture: Flexible Hybrid working model (x3 Mandatory days in the studio). Quarterly Stereo Sessions (Learning Opportunities with Guest Speakers). Annual Summer & Christmas Parties. Wellbeing & Health: x1 Paid Volunteer Day Additional: New business bonus based on a % of the profit on the project for up to one year. Intro recruitment bonus for successfully bringing friends / peers into the business £1,000 (Upon successful 3 month probation meeting).