Design Director (Consumer Branding)

Job Description

Drive the future of consumer branding as the creative leader who elevates the work, the team and the client relationships.

Design Director

£70,000 to £80,000

Central London, hybrid, three set days in the office

About the Company

Our client is a global brand and design consultancy recognised for shaping category-defining consumer brands across their brandworld and through to packaging. Their London studio is home to a diverse, collaborative team who push boundaries, challenge convention and deliver exceptional creative work.

The Role

This is a leadership position for a strategic, inventive and team-focused Design Director with amazing craft and rigour. You will elevate the creative output, nurture client relationships, mentor designers and bring bold, insight-driven ideas that shape the future of consumer branding and packaging.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and push strategic and creative direction across multiple projects.
• Build strong client relationships and understand their culture, motivations and ambition.
• Guide the team to deliver category-breaking creative across connected experiences.
• Present work with clarity, storytelling and conviction.
• Mentor, develop and inspire designers at all levels.
• Collaborate closely with strategy, account and project management teams.
• Ensure high quality creative is delivered while balancing commercial priorities.
• Seek opportunities to grow client relationships and expand the agency’s offer.
• Stay curious, share trends and be the go-to source for insights and inspiration.

About You

• A natural storyteller who excites and inspires clients and colleagues.
• Strong experience in consumer branding and packaging.
• Confident shaping creative strategy and translating it into impactful design.
• Industry-leading skills when "On The Tools."
• Happy to see roll-outs through over extended brand lifetimes.
• Calm under pressure, solutions-focused and commercially aware.
• A generous mentor with a collaborative mindset and high creative standards.
• Able to handle difficult conversations with clarity and integrity.
• Experience working within large creative or global brand environments.
• A track record of growing client accounts and elevating team culture.

Benefits

• Hybrid working plus a central London studio designed by Gensler.
• 9 per cent pension scheme.
• Private medical insurance and extensive wellbeing support.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Flexible holidays and a 2+2 remote working policy.
• Life assurance, income protection and multiple opt‑in flexible benefits.
• Regular creative outings, two summer Fridays off, in‑office snacks, dog‑friendly environment and more.

Why here, why now?

You will shape future-facing brands while working in a highly progressive, collaborative and supportive studio. This is a chance to lead with influence, mentor exceptional talent and deliver work that sets new standards across the industry.