As a Senior Designer, you will:
- Examine and clearly understand the client challenge and provide a recommended approach for smaller project.
- Scope out the approach with an Account Director and are clear on final deliverables.
- Push and challenge the creative product to be inspirational and go beyond simply answering the brief.
- Contribute and lead internal idea generation.
- Own the creative thinking for your projects, leading the creative part of the presentation and recommendation to clients.
- Bring a passion for craft to every aspect of a project and a detailed-orientated mindset across all deliverables.
- Work collaboratively with our Consultancy and Client Services teams, taking responsibility and ownership for projects, whilst liasing with the Creative Directors aware of developments at key milestones.
- Be an expert presentation designer and storyteller (internal and client) in both keynote, InDesign and PPT as needed.
- Manage, collaborate and brief third-party vendors and freelancers to assist on projects and help support the broader team.
- Have experience working in video production, and have an intermediate understanding of processes, sequencing of approvals, and final outputs.
- Help nurture the junior and middleweight designers, mentoring them to help them achieve their best, and develop their skills.
Skills and software:
- You're an expert user of the Adobe suite: Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
- You're fluent in basic functions of Microsoft office programs - mainly Word, and PowerPoint.
- You're an expert user of Keynote, and are expert level when it comes to designing presentations.
- You're an expert user in Sketch, Figma, Miro.
- Other software experience (motion, 3D, animation, prototyping and UX) are a big plus.
Your mindset:
- Clear communicator: You have strong communication skills and are comfortable communicating and challenging ideas with clients and colleagues.
- Team player: You love to generate fresh thinking and work with others, whether you are 1-1 or rolling your sleeves up with the broader team, you do your part to contribute to the creation of brilliant ideas and experiences.
- Passionate: You are excited and passionate about developing world-class design experiences and the benefits innovative technologies can offer our clients. Keeping up with the latest trends, new approaches and techniques to enhance our capabilities as a business.
- Detail-oriented: You are able to manage multiple projects at once while maintaining attention to detail with each project.
- A self-starter: You’re comfortable working in a small team and taking the initiative to help drive projects forward. Even if this sometimes means you need to do something that’s not always expected from your role.
Perks and benefits
At Brandpie we believe supporting and helping everyone to grow as a team and an individual. We help do this through our comprehensive and competitive benefits package we offer:
- Generous reward package: We provide industry competitive salaries that reflect experience and ability. We offer additional benefits including medical and life insurance, gym membership contributions and a company pension scheme.
- A competitive holiday package: You will start with 23 days annual leave, which increases by 1 day per year to a maximum of 28 days. Our business usually closes between Christmas and New Year, providing an additional 3 days leave.
- Wellbeing support: We believe it’s vital people have time to focus on their wellbeing (both physical and mental). From day one you will be provided with a comprehensive core and mental health cover (currently with Vitality Health), subsidized gym membership, partner rewards and discounts.
- Flexi-time and place: We now operate a fully flexible model. We do not insist that our people are office based and respect everyone’s individual preference. We encourage flexible work patterns and want our people to find a fair work/life balance they are comfortable with.
- Solid technology kit: On joining you will receive new IT equipment including a laptop (Mac or PC) and an external HD screen for your home set-up. We also provide a contribution towards your monthly utility bills while you are home-based.
- Personal development: We want you to learn and grow with us. You will have immediate access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers over 9,000 courses across the platform. Additionally, to make sure our people are up to date with our latest work, we do regular Knowledge Share sessions, and we will work with you to create a personal career development plan.
Our commitment to diversity
Brandpie is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, reward and promote regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.