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Hamilton-Brown
Senior Designer
London, Farringdon
Full Time

LOCATION

London, Farringdon

SALARY

Competitive salary

JOB ADDED

2 years ago

Reporting to our Creative Leads

Hybrid working is available, with a minimum of two days spent in our London studio, or client site per week. Your first two weeks will be based in our studio full-time.

ABOUT US

We are offering a unique and exciting opportunity to join an established B2B creative agency, based in the thriving area of Farringdon EC1, delivering corporate printed and digital design solutions for an impressive portfolio of clients in the UK and across the globe, covering commercial property, legal, asset management, financial, advisory, healthcare, media and technology.

You will be joining a fast-paced, highly-skilled team, who readily adapt to evolving requirements and new technologies. They are passionate about all things creative, aware of industry trends and dedicated to providing our clients with the highest level of creative solutions and customer service. You must be proactive in challenging a brief, full of ideas and solutions with a focus on client satisfaction.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced, inspiring and creative Senior Designer with advanced Adobe CS skills and a strong working knowledge of MS Office. Experience in working with interactive documents and digital platforms (PDF, Ceros, Foleon, WordPress and After Effects) would be an advantage.

You must have corporate experience and a design background at senior level, working with big name brands, in either an in-house or studio environment. You must be confident in working with professionals of all levels within client organisations and helping brands engage with their target audiences in a more innovative way.

As a Senior Designer, you will be a dedicated design lead for projects, supporting the Creative Leads to shape the design, guide the team and unlock each project’s creative potential.

We expect you to be a driver of the creative output. A confident storyteller and a stellar designer. You will require flexibility and willingness to apply design-thinking across all stages of the creative process, research, strategy, expression and implementation. You’ll be working with teams and clients to develop design ideas and discover new opportunities.

ABOUT YOU

  • An exceptional portfolio of work showcasing your design skills and ability to interpret a design brief across multiple platforms
  • A passion and dedication for design with a drive to continue learning
  • A team player who is solutions orientated and willing to get involved
  • At least 5 years’ industry experience working at a senior level
  • Excellent people skills, comfortable working as a team and confident to take part in interviews, workshops and interactions with clients
  • Confident presenter, the ability to communicate and present your work in a compelling manner
  • Comfortable adapting to various visual identity systems and working with client brands
  • Able to think creatively, be detail oriented and believe in consistently delivering high quality designs and exceeding client expectations
  • A track record of building solid relationships with clients based on excellent client service
  • A keen eye for copy layout and experience in design
  • Work well under pressure and to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining accuracy
  • Flexible, enthusiastic and client-focused
  • An understanding of peripheral design processes (i.e. art direction and film/stills production, print production)
  • An in-depth knowledge of producing interactive documents from InDesign
  • Self-motivated and able to adapt to challenges

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Working with Project and Account Managers to take briefs from clients and assist with creative overview of projects
  • Generating interesting creative work with strong conceptual and strategic foundations
  • Pursuing and maintaining an exceptional level of craft with the highest design standards and attention to detail
  • Leading the creative output of projects through each stage and overseeing design work to ensure the creative brief is fully explored
  • Coordinating design delivery across the project. Supporting the Creative Leads to ensure that work gets delivered on time to a high standard
  • Creating high quality presentations of creative work for internal and external use
  • Manage, inspire and mentor a team of Mid-weight and Junior designers
  • Strengthen existing client relationships through the work you produce and the way you interact with the clients from a creative perspective

OUR VALUES AND ETHOS

Create + Innovate
We’re passionate about everything we design and build and we’re not afraid to challenge the status quo.

Trust + Respect
We appreciate each other’s different skills, experiences and ideas and treat each other with fairness and trust.

Collaborate + Deliver
We work together with our colleagues, partners and clients to share ideas and achieve great results.

Please note we can only accept applications from candidates with the right to work in the UK.
Due to the volume of applications, we regret that we are only able to reply to successful applications.
No agencies please.

Job Ref: https://hamiltonbrown.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=88