Midweight Branded Environments 3D Designer - SH3198

The Speed Read: 
This mid-size agency requires a strong middleweight designer to join their team. The successful candidate will have a background of working on commercial brand based projects in a fast paced environment. 

The Facts:
You will be able to demonstrate a strong creative flair and the ability to develop design thinking from scratch. You will be adept at developing concepts that are both appropriate and creatively challenging. Your knowledge of current and emerging design trends will ensure that you produce stimulating and forward thinking ideas and you will translate these creative concepts into detailed design proposals and drawing packages. You will be happy presenting your ideas to colleagues and clients alike and you should have a good ability to take and interpret briefs and distill this information to other members of the team. You will be a supportive team member and will be happy to liaise with both colleagues and external suppliers. Your good knowledge of construction and production techniques will be of great benefit to this role and will allow you work independently.

You must have strong freehand sketching skills and will be fluent in CAD, Vectorworks, Cinema 4D and Adobe Creative Suite.

Your Superpower: 
Collaboration and inspiration

Salary: £30-35k + benefits

Midweight Account Manager - SB3199

The speed read:

You will be an account manager with a few years experience and know how to manage a great project, end to end. 

Some design agency experience will have given you a strong sense of process and the right mind for great client service, clear communication and problem solving. 

You will be really organised and understand the impact of changing deadlines and requirements as you move along the process. You will have senior level exposure, so you should be able to talk with the client, be flexible, articulate and assertive (in a good way!).

The facts:

Day to day you will be working with 2 designers and an account director within an overall agency size of around 6 people. You will be great at all the functional aspects of the role; scheduling, budgets and planning. You will be to able to understand and challenge a communications brief and contribute to a conversation that decides the best result. In terms of delivery, there is lots of variety. It could be many different types of print, a website or app, all thoughtfully produced.

You'll be:

Great with detail

Generally good to have around

Someone that designers enjoy working with

In the luxury sector, but you don’t need experience in this area, though an interest is good.

Ideal superpower:

Unflappability!

Salary: £30-£35k

Senior Designer - SB3185

The speed read:

The agency produces branding, printed and digital corporate communications for many different types of businesses. They want a senior designer to join one of their teams who will happily work across brand, reporting, literature and loads of other communications. 

The facts:

You will be hands on from concept to delivery (although you get help with the artwork!). You are the sort of person who enjoys making sense of a communications brief, as well as relishing the detail, to produce  beautiful, crafted and thoughtful design. You will work on a wide variety of projects in the team, so you are very adaptable. You can communicate your ideas clearly to clients and colleagues alike. This agency's clients range from large businesses to SME’s, but you will need to be used to working on communications for large businesses, and enjoy all the challenges and opportunities that come with that. You will still be a hands on designer (and want to be) and have great typography and layout skills - the design standards are very high and your folio will demonstrate the quality of your work. 

You'll be:

Comfortable with lots of responsibility

Interested in content and messages

Used to presenting to clients

An intelligent, strategic thinker

Really keen to get on and make your mark

Ideal superpower:

A passion for design and how it helps businesses communicate.

Head of Corporate Reporting - SB3215

The Speed Read:

This is a senior level hire within a prestigious and multi-faceted communications agency. 

The Facts: 

This agency is looking to hire an outstanding Head of Corporate Reporting to lead their existing team of reporting specialists. The Corporate Reporting arm is a significant part of the agency’s current business and you will want to grow this offer with a particular focus on the online reporting opportunity. You will be working with the leadership team to build a client services team with the right capabilities to retain and attract new clients.

You will develop the consultancy expertise within the agency and provide corporate reporting direction to address regulatory requirements and best practice, undertake competitive benchmark audits and analysis, and to create strategic direction for clients in line with market developments.

You will be able to respond to ad hoc queries from clients regarding legislative and regulatory provisions, providing advice and guidance as appropriate.

You’ll be: 

• Across the overall offer of this agency, which includes branding, employee engagement, digital and social media, and consumer and corporate PR. 
• Appreciative of the crossover nature of these areas and see the potential to develop new business opportunities from this.
• Hungry for new business and have the personality and gravitas to engage clients.
• An enthusiastic leader, able to inspire your team and you will be an outstanding role model. Your approach will be hands on but in a considered and respectful manner.
• Committed and passionate, keen to grow your own knowledge and help others around you. You will be ambitious to become an authority on future developments within corporate reporting.

Your Superpower: 

A specialist, always with an eye on the wider picture.

Salary: Depending upon experience plus significant benefits package

Middleweight Designer - SB3221

The speed read:
We are looking for a middleweight Graphic Designer to join a small design team in central London.

The facts:
This is a design for publishing business that has a dedicated in-house creative design team. They produce lots of different communications and magazines for the voluntary sector, major UK trade unions and public watchdogs, to name a few.

You will have between 3-5 years experience and be strong on all the usual Adobe CS software, as well as being comfortable working across multiple projects.

You will enjoy delivering an original concept and seeing it through to full layout, development and artwork.

You’ll be: 
· Happy to take time with a client to discuss changes and improvements as you go along. In fact, you see it as a chance to build the relationship.

· Fantastic with detail and you will be able to communicate clearly to colleagues and clients.

· Very strong on print, but if you've got some digital experience or interest, that’s good too.

· A true team player (no huge egos please) but equally great 
at demonstrating initiative and autonomy when required.

· Keen to keep learning

· Good to have around.

Ideal superpower:
Ninja level attention to detail!

This is a 12 month contract with view to perm.

Salary: circa £28k, depending on experience

Senior 3D Designer - SH3201

The Facts:
You’ll have had at least 5 year’s of design experience and a folio brimming full of creative ideas and beautifully executed concepts. You’ll most likely have worked within an events or branded environments agency but exhibition or theatre design is also relevant for this role. It’s about creating memorable, storytelling experiences for clients.

This job is based predominately in Central London however there is also a requirement to regularly visit the extended team at their base in Hertfordshire (easily accessible from Kings Cross or Liverpool St stations) for meetings and presentations.

You’ll be a key member of the Design team and as such, you’ll be the lead 3d designer on projects and proposals, working alongside Event Producers and Production Managers. This team is small so you’ll have to be happy to be hands on - from attending live pitches to communicate your creative concepts through to the ability to develop your ideas into resolved event solutions producing detailed space planning and construction drawings.
You’ll need excellent design and visualisation skills using Cinema 4D, Strong spatial planning and technical drawing ability using Vectorworks or AutoCAD and great Adobe CS/CC (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign specific) skills to perfect presentation collateral. 

You’ll be:
Able to work under pressure and multi-task, managing competing deadlines while maintaining a high quality of work.
Confident to communicate your concepts verbally, in writing and through free-hand sketches.
A self-starter with the motivation and initiative to push creative boundaries.

Your Superpower: 

Ambitious, diligent and hard working.

Salary: Up to £40k (depending on experience)

Account Director – Maternity contract (1 year) - SD3211

The speed read:

Are you an Account Director with a passion for beautifully crafted design and packaging within the luxury sector looking for a contract role?  If so, a great opportunity has arisen for a bright, confident and exceptional Account Director to take on a maternity contract at a highly regarded design studio in Central London.  

The facts:

This is a design studio with an exceptional standard and reputation within design. The role will see you wearing many hats so you will not be easily phased, and will always have a smile on your face. You will be responsible for taking on the reigns of the current AD who is the lynch-pin within the agency, so confidence and experience in a similar role is a must. You will be responsible for mentoring and management of the client service team, consisting of 3 account managers and a studio manager. You will be working closely with the Directors on pitches, your own projects and the flow of the team as a whole.  This will include HR duties.

It will be your responsibility that all projects are allocated to the teams, chairing weekly meetings with both your client service team and the design directors to ensure that all projects are running smoothly and you are across whatever is happening in the studio.  You will also have the responsibility of overseeing all client billing.

Exceptional communications skills at all levels and fastidious attention to detail are vital, as is experience in a similar environment, in fact luxury experience is essential.  You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment, with experience of high profile clients and multiple briefs. 

Candidates should be available to start by the end of January 2015.

You’ll be:

A leader and a doer

Good under pressure

Fastidious about detail and quality

Ideal superpower:

Keeping several plates spinning whilst remaining calm

salary: circa £45k

Mid-weight Project/Account Manager – SD3216

The speed read:

This is a great opportunity for a switched on, passionate, confident individual with 4+ years of solid project/account management experience in luxury branding/packaging, to join a prestigious design studio in Central London.

The facts:

Primarily you will be charged with supporting the Account Director on larger projects, whilst also having the responsibility of managing a couple of your own projects/clients. You will effortlessly ensure the smooth running of the projects and be the lynch-pin between the studio, the client and third parties.  You will be a master of organisation with great communication skills and fastidious attention to detail. Experience in facilitating meetings, putting together briefs and budgets, and delivering projects from concept to delivery on time and budget is essential. This is a client-facing role, in a very busy studio with extremely high expectations.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment, with experience of high profile clients and multiple briefs.  A real team player.

Luxury experience would be ideal, as will a sound knowledge of print production and packaging (within the luxury sector).

In addition to this, you will have the opportunity to grow and develop, taking on new projects/clients as you go.

If you enjoy being part of a small to medium sized team, are passionate about beautiful design and craft, and are looking for the opportunity to really get involved and grow within a studio, this could be the job for you.  

You’ll be:

Diplomatic and unflappable

Fastidious about detail and quality

Super organised

salary: circa £30k

Design Director - SB3141

The speed read:

This agency produces luxury communications across print and digital for clients in a specific area of the luxury market.

It is a small team (of around 6 people) and is going through a period of planned growth, as they develop their profile as specialists in this area of design. It’s a great time to join.

The facts:

This agency is looking to find a replacement DD to run a small design team (2 other designers). You will have project management support.

It produces communications in print (magazines, marketing collateral and online (websites, iPad publications, apps). You will relish this variety.

You will be translating senior client needs into a strategy, creating from scratch, presenting, steering the client creatively and making sure all branding and communications that are delivered have purpose and beauty.

At times, you may need to source and steer a myriad of freelance designers, photographers, art directors etc, as well as your own small team of design support. They are a very organised team and you need to be a natural planner; calm and measured and with good foresight.

Your folio will demonstrate a sense of refinement as well as a good variety of purposeful, engaging communications. Some corporate/business communications (showing strong typography and layout) could also be interesting, as it can demonstrate an ability and interest in understanding a client’s business, which is required in this role. You will be comfortable with content, this is not just about luxury.

You’ll be:

Very happy working within a small team and will be a natural relationship-builder

Highly organised and enjoy steering a client creatively

A lover of luxury (with a story to tell)

Salary: circa £50k plus benefits 

***temp to perm applicants will be considered***