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Creative Design Brand Lead
Creative Design Brand Lead London/Essex
Fixed-term 12-month contract
Are you passionate about creating impactful visual communications and ensuring a cohesive brand identity? Do you thrive at the intersection of creativity and strategic thinking, delivering polished design across diverse platforms and audiences? If you’re an experienced designer who loves working in dynamic environments and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, this role is for you.
About the Role
As Creative Design & Brand Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in safeguarding and evolving our brand, producing compelling visual content across all delivery channels. You’ll collaborate closely with internal teams, senior leaders, delivery partners, and external stakeholders to craft creative solutions that align with our messaging and drive organisational objectives.
Key Responsibilities
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Brand Governance & Development
- Act as the brand guardian, ensuring adherence to brand guidelines across materials while conducting training, workshops, audits, and quality assurance.
- Support the Junior Creative & Brand Designer through mentoring, feedback, and professional development.
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Design Production & Process Management
- Oversee the end-to-end graphic design workflow, managing stakeholder communication and requests efficiently.
- Develop and maintain branded templates for presentations, reports, technical documents, brochures, forms, and event collateral.
- Maintain the design intranet, curating assets, templates, and guidelines to support internal teams.
- Manage Templafy, ensuring scalable implementation across our brand materials.
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Internal & External Collaboration
- Partner with the People Team to visually articulate purpose, pillars, and principles.
- Create high-impact presentations for leadership and programme activities.
- Design engaging social media content (static/dynamic graphics, GIFs, short animations).
- Support internal communications, engagement initiatives, and events with creative execution.
- Provide ad hoc design support for external affairs, including ministerial and cross-government events.
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- Innovation & Team Support
- Stay ahead of design trends to enhance creative impact and brand cohesion.
- Advise stakeholders on design rationale and best practices, from concept to production.
Core Requirements
- 7+ years’ professional experience in graphic design, with bid or corporate communications specialization preferred.
- Proven track record of brand consistency enforcement in large or complex environments.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects).
- Strong ability to create presentation and document templates using Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.
- Solid understanding of typography, layout, branding, and visual storytelling.
- Width to design print/digital assets like reports, booklets, flyers, and motion graphics.
- Experience with design process automation and template-led outputs.
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority projects under tight deadlines.
- Mentoring experience, including feedback sessions and career guidance.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, adept at guiding colleagues of all levels.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex messages into compelling visuals.
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Our Culture & Values
At COWI, collaboration and continuous improvement are central to our success. We foster an environment where respect, transparency, and curiosity drive both professional growth and a sense of belonging.
Why Join Us?
Comprehensive Benefits:
- 28 days’ holiday (including UK bank/public holidays).
- Formalised development plans with career progression opportunities.
- Comprehensive private healthcare, including dependent contributions.
- Hybrid/flexible working policies.
- Annual institution membership fees (e.g., Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Technologists).
- Enhanced pension scheme with salary-exchange options.
- Life assurance coverage.
Employee Wellbeing:
- Maternity/Paternity Leave:
- Maternity: 1–20 weeks full pay, 21–26 weeks half pay, 27–39 weeks statutory pay, 40–52 weeks unpaid (eligibility applies).
- Paternity: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility applies).
Optional Supporting Perks:
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Electric vehicle lease.
- Corporate gym membership.
- Annual traincard (18–29 age group).
Get in Touch
For queries or further insights about the role, reach out to Shruti Gupta at srgu@cowi.com.
Discover more about COWI, our initiatives, and what it’s like to work with us at www.cowi.com.
COWI: Equal Opportunity Employer
COWI is committed to equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. Our policy covers hiring, promotion, compensation, and training, ensuring fairness regardless of ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability.
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