Senior Designer

Overview:
Our client is for a passionate and experienced designer, with a diverse portfolio of work across digital and print design. Reporting into the design director, the successful candidate will support with inspiring creativity across the Studio team and will interpret and implement creative briefs for a broad range of projects.
In addition to client design projects, the Studio team works across a variety of new business responses and marketing initiatives. The senior designer will need to be able to support junior team members, from critiquing work to collaborating on design routes.
The senior designer will also be responsible for the appraisal management of at least one of the more junior members of the studio team, helping oversee workload and project timings, with the support of the Creative Services Manager. They will also provide mentoring and counsel to individuals in the team.
Overall, this person must be a great creative, who has a passion for their field and is keen to join a busy and passionate Studio team!
Requirements

• Display best-in-class design skills and exceptional craft across print, typography, illustration, conceptual design, branding, social, digital and motion
• Present creative work to clients and the relevant account teams
• Develop concepts from creative briefs
• QA control of work produced by the Studio team, helping to ensure accuracy and creative flair of the output
• Act as a brand guardian for specific clients and maintain knowledge of all updates to these brands
• Be able to estimate timings, budgets and suggest appropriate responses to briefs
• Ensure that work is completed within time and budget
• Manage the career progression of up to two members of the team both with everyday mentoring and their bi-annual performance appraisals

Specific skills / experience required:

• Advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator (essential)
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint
• Desirable skills – Sketch/Figma, Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro
• Proven experience in campaign and content art direction and ideation
• Experience in talent and team development / appraisal management
• Integrated at heart and can confidently demonstrate a diverse and creative portfolio/ experienc

Benefits
We have recently revamped the generous package of benefits – called “Life” – that we offer to our staff. Some of our benefits include:
Balanced Life

• 22 days’ holiday, rising to 27 after five years’ service.
• On top of that, our office closes between Christmas Eve and the first working day of January.
• Birthday Day off.
• Flexible working.
• Milestone moments – for those moments, when your best mate is in town, your child is starring in the nativity play or it’s your mum’s birthday, speak with your line manager and request a longer lunch hour or to finish or start an hour or two earlier.
• Summer 3@3 – during Summer months (July – September), you can finish at 3pm on a Thursday or Friday to get away early and enjoy the sunshine. You can do this on three occasions.
• Travel season ticket loan.

Better Life

• Health Assured Employee Assistant Programme – to help support your mental well-being we have a confidential 24 hour a day helpline.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Discounted gym membership.

Brilliant Life

• Free NOW TV– we know how hard everyone works, so when you get home and have the chance to relax, you are entitled to NOW entertainment for free, to put your feet up to.
• A full social programme throughout the year.
• Talent Academy – a formal training programme is in place to help employees develop their career and personal development plans.