Creative Director - SB3155

The speed read:

We know you are out there. Someone who really gets a kick out of finding out about your client, it’s business, the way it communicates and how that might need to change. Yes, these communications will include annual reports (you really know your way around them), but it also includes lots of other communications, on the page and online. So it’s nice and varied.

You will be a senior designer or design director who will want to step up and lead a team and be able to prove you are ready (with stories).

The facts:

This agency is doing well. It designs business communications that are smart and interesting.

It is currently 3/4 designers with an agency size of around 15 and you will be hiring again before long.

You will be happy with a combination of designing and managing, depending on workload.

What we’re looking for:

You’ll...

• have experience in designing corporate communications (yes, that includes Annual reports, but for you, it’s all part of the story).
• be a good talker; someone who likes to make sense of a brief with a client and those around you.
• relish a new brief as well as much as want to crack the tricky ones
• Love content

Salary: negotiable depending on experience £60k+

3D Creative Lead - SH3094

The facts:

You will be working across a range of creative projects which could include brand experience, exhibitions, product launches and live events and you need to be able to demonstrate experience in these areas. You need to be a strong conceptual thinker with proven leadership skills and have experience of client relationship building. A team player, you will be able to inspire and advise the wider creative group which includes 2d and digital as well as your own team, and ensure consistent creative standards across the project. You will oversee the project process and ensure best practice, and your past experience will have included overall responsibility for the budgeting and planning of creative projects to deliver on brief, on time and on budget. This role requires international travel for extended periods of time.  

You’ll be:

You will be a Senior Designer looking to take the next step or perhaps you are already undertaking this role and are keen to move into a new agency. Your previous work will have given you exposure to a broad range of projects which will include a bias towards architectural, interiors, retail and exhibition design and your degree will be in one of these areas. You will have experience of working on broad communications projects working alongside 2d and digital designers and external suppliers and contractors. You will be used to presenting at Board level so excellent verbal and written skills are a given. You must have good knowledge of Vectorworks or a similar drawing package, Cinema4D and Photoshop and it would be a bonus if you are also highly proficient in freehand drawing and sketching. Your folio should include concept and pitch work, technical drawings and examples of a finished commercial project.  

Your superpower:

Collaborative and inspirational

Salary: circa £55k depending on experience

Senior Designer - SD3079

The speed read:
An opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and creatively led senior designer to join this independent integrated marketing communications agency with a global outlook and diverse team in Central London.

The facts:
Working primarily within the financial sector (but not exclusively), you will be delivering projects across print, brand identity, digital and campaign/advertising.  You will have experience of working internationally; an interest in other cultures is paramount, as well as emerging markets. This role will report in to the Creative Director, and you will have an important position within the creative team in a growing agency, with the opportunity to develop in your role.

You’ll have:

• very strong layout and typographic skills
• highly creative and bursting with commercial, campaign-able ideas
• the ability to lead projects and develop a team
• experience of working on a global brand maintaining best practice across multiple regions
• spoken and written French would be desirable, but not essential

Your superpower:
You will be a creative thinker who challenges the team to think beyond conventional solutions

Salary: circa £35k depending on experience

Digital Director - SH3002

The speed read:
This agency has identified a need to find a senior digital creative that can develop the agency's offer and build a team that fits within the branding offer and makes it stronger.

You will be a natural idea generator and strategic in your approach. You will also care about how your ideas are realised and want to stay connected to the whole process (others will help you do this, obviously). You may be an unusual combination as you may be conceptually strong but also very connected to the latest in digital technologies and you see this as part of the same conversation. So you can think broadly as well as deeply. You can have a conversation with a client and the branding team as well as developers.

The facts:
In terms of background, you may well have been a graphic designer who has been designing digitally for some time now. You will definitely have a creative background as you will need to produce ideas as well as develop them.

With delivery, digital may take many different forms: large websites, micro sites, interactive, campaign, advertising and motion graphics. It’s a real mix.

Day to day, you will be meeting clients, responding to creative briefs with colleagues, communicating your ideas, managing developers,  and making it all work better. You must be happy to challenge and have the right temperament so that these challenges are welcomed.

You will have around 10 years experience and currently be a Senior Designer or Design Director looking to make the next step on in their career.

You'll be:
Approachable and collegiate in your manner.
Good to have around

Ideal superpower:
A winning combination of creativity and love of digital detail.

Salary: depends on experience

Midweight Integrated Designer - SH3097

This small Clerkenwell based agency, which specialises creative work for the financial sector is looking for a strong midweight designer to join their team working on a variety of deliverables which include print, digital, branding and advertising.

The speed read: 
You will have strong conceptual skills and have worked mainly on B2B projects. Some financial services experience would be ideal.

The facts: 
The agency are keen to bolster their digital offer so if your portfolio is slightly biased towards digital design that is fine but you must also have evidence of great layout design in your portfolio.

Forthcoming work will include apps, websites, corporate literature, branding, advertising and document template systems. You must be comfortable working across all these elements.

Ideal superpower: 
You should be a great stylist with solid conceptual work and be able to provide this small agency with a fresh eye across all projects.

Salary: circa £30k - £35k

Senior Brand Consultant/Strategist - SD3007

A great opportunity for a senior brand consultant/strategist to join our client, a global brand consultancy which is part of the leading independent UK based marketing and communications group.

The speed read:
As a senior brand consultant you would be accountable for providing strategic and commercial rigour on client work. You would take a lead role in winning work and in helping this brand consultancy make imaginative leaps, contributing to the consultant teams development and impact.

The facts: 
You will be working as a senior brand consultant with particular experience of working on employee brand engagement and / or Purpose projects.  

Your main responsibilities will be -

- delivery of client work; providing strategic and commercial rigour on projects and contributing to the development of creative solutions across the client journey

- winning work and developing existing business; taking the lead in crafting effective sales stories in pitches and proposals, and in working out the best project approach

- contributing to your team’s development and impact; developing methodology, testing in live work and suggesting ways to refine.

You will have a minimum of 10 years experience within a branding consultancy/agency, and proven experience of leading and driving significant (£1m+) projects for global brands; articulating compelling brand strategies for corporate brands particularly those in the B2B space. 

Your superpower:
The ability to solve complex business and branding problems in a simple, inspiring and impactful way

You’ll be:
Commercially minded and proactive

Thrives in an entrepreneurial environment

Insightful, inspiring and a great team player with a good sense of humour

Salary: circa £90k

Editorial designer - SH3140

The speed read:

This is a 3 month contract opportunity to design a well regarded business journal from start to finish.

The facts:

Your key skill will be your ability to understand complicated business stories and ideas and produce intelligent and engaging editorial.

You will be working within a design agency in a design team, but this will be your only project.

You will be responsible for the design and layout of the journal, supported by production and project management. You will be liaising between London and New York offices, sourcing, commissioning and directing illustrators and photographers to help fulfil your ideas. Your layout and typographic and art direction skills will be exceptional.

You’ll be:

Experienced with serious deadlines

Great to have around

Able to clearly show an ability to produce engaging editorial from business stories.

Day rate: circa £300 per day, depending on experience.

Annual Reporting Senior Designer/Design Director - SH3130

The Speed Read:

This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced corporate designer, with annual reporting experience, who wants to broaden their portfolio by working across a wider range of corporate communications projects.

The Facts:

This role is within an award winning independent brand communication consultancy based in Central London. Although this is a relatively small agency, it is pitching against and winning work from its larger peers and consequently has some significant global businesses on its client list - they work for FTSE100 clients through to challenger brands.

You’ll have proven experience of producing a number of annual reports, ideally from working at another leading corporate design agency, and so you will be able to make an immediate contribution to this small team. The role will include working on R&As during the reporting season so an excellent knowledge of the process and a understanding of best practice is essential. Able to hit the ground running, you will able to take on the design of a number of projects and also contribute to new pitch opportunities.

Although the role is initially focused on annual reports, you will have the opportunity to do great work across employee communications, corporate websites and brand development and you should have had experience across broader communications projects including online reporting.

You’ll have: 

A minimum of 5 years experience working within a corporate communications environment. A love of beautiful typography and crafted layout is a given and you’ll be driven by the desire to find engaging stories from content. You’ll have a ‘can do’ approach - in a small team personality counts for as much as experience.

You’ll be:

Individual, looking for innovative ways of engaging with brands

Able to produce superb creative work which delvers real value to your clients

A restless mind, constantly questioning creativity and the ways of delivering it, not content to stand still

A team player but happy to take the lead

Salary: £40k - £50k depending on experience

Mid-weight Designer Fashion/Retail – SD3149

A fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and self-motivated designer ready to take their creativity to the next level as part of a highly creative design team within this highly regarded British fashion brand with a quirky sense of humour.

The speed read:

Your folio will demonstrate highly creative ideas with polished executions, and a significant amount of experience in presenting ideas and concepts.  You will have excellent skills in typography, layout and idea generation, with a detailed eye for illustration and photography, and the ability to generate copy will be an absolute plus.

The facts:

As part of a hands-on team, you will be proficient in working from concept right through to production, and an understanding of these processes would be good.

A conceptual, lateral thinker, you will be able to respond quickly and efficiently to last minute briefs on tight deadlines, and to manage a range of projects and your own time effectively.

Areas that you must be able to work within will include product branding, POS, in-store graphics, campaigns, labelling and trims, corporate literature, packaging and large format graphics and much more!

You will be:

A fast worker without compromising on quality

An excellent, confident communicator and a genius at multi-tasking whilst keeping a cool head under fire

Salary: circa £28-30k

Senior Designer - freelance with a view to perm - SD3148

An opportunity has arisen for a senior designer to work within a small brand and communications agency with big ambitions, specialising in branding, print and digital media.

The speed read:

The ideal candidate will be someone who is keen to develop to the next step with the desire to take a pivotal role in developing and growing the business.  You will be working within a small team to produce design that is beautiful and effective.

The facts:

You will have 5/8 years experience within a creative agency environment, producing beautiful identities and brand communications in print and digital. You will be expected to work from concept to delivery and need to be clear at communicating ideas to colleagues and clients.

With a naturally strong sense of ownership for your projects, you will be able to produce concepts that convince as well as deliver.

It is important that you understand what great looking graphic design is and can show interesting identity creation work and polished, clean execution with great ideas behind them, with a solid understanding of layout. Candidates should have a background in branding or corporate communication, and be bursting with ideas and with a passion for print and digital in equal measure.

This role is on a temp/freelance to perm basis, so would be suitable for an existing freelancer looking to settle into a permanent role.

You’ll be: 

Easy to get along with in a small team

Highly capable and able to take plenty of responsibility

A born creative with the ability to generate amazing ideas

Salary: circa £40-45k

Junior Designer - SB3147

This is a good opportunity for you if you have had 1-2 year’s commercial experience and enjoy the merits of corporate design.

The speed read:

The consultancy works in financial communications for a range of clients, preparing their City presentations, landing pages for websites, advertising, layout for print (including tabular work) and other designed elements. You will need to be comfortable working with and designing for corporate clients. The consultancy is going through a period of planned growth, so it is a good time to join.

You will also be managing and developing the consultancy’s brand and it’s presence on and offline. You will have scope to review and develop it as appropriate. They would like the design of their content to be better and you will want to help them with that. With the consultancy’s website, you will be managing the content and developing interactive elements to make it engaging.

Some of the client’s presentations will need to be output in Powerpoint. They are straightforward and you can bring in Adobe elements, but you need to be happy to prepare files in this program! 

The facts:

The role will be a 50/50 split between managing work for clients and managing the agency’s own brand. To start with at least, you will be the consultancy's only graphic designer so you will need to be comfortable with this.

It is a spirited, entrepreneurial team with a lot of passion for what they do. The environment is professional, but relaxed. You need to be good to have around.

You’ll be:

A real self-starter. 

Very organised, you will be able to use your initiative, plan your day well

A clear communicator with clients and colleagues

Salary circa £25k, depending on experience.

Midweight designer - SB3075

This design agency is based in Newbury, Berkshire. It competes with London agencies to produce great looking design communications for well-known clients, as well as taking on smaller projects as it suits. 

The speed read:

The agency continues to build a great client list and is very successful. They work across print and digital to deliver branding, campaign, print materials and advertising and marketing communications. The work is intelligent and varied. 

You will be working in a small design team with 2 others (plus freelancers) and be as strong on ideas as on implementation (you will design through the whole process and see it out the door). You will care about detail, love meeting clients and just love responding to briefs and coming up with ideas that work and are well thought-through.

The facts:

You will have a minimum of 4-5 years experience and be highly proficient in the Adobe Suite. 

It would be good if you have design for digital experience but you won't be counted out, as long as you have a desire and an aptitude to learn.

You'll be:

A true team player (no huge egos please)

Keen to keep learning

Good to have around

Ideal superpowers:

Fabulous team player, but equally great at demonstrating initiative and autonomy as required.

Salary: circa £30k