Creative Recruitment
Lead Brand Designer
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The Opportunity
As the agency continues to grow, they are looking for an exceptional Lead Designer to play a key role in shaping and elevating creative output across the business. This role is ideal for a highly conceptual, hands-on creative leader who produces outstanding work. You'll inspire those around you through the quality of your ideas, attention to detail and ability to bring concepts to life across multiple channels and platforms.
Working closely with the Creative Director and Associate Creative Director, you'll help define creative direction, lead projects from concept through to delivery, and champion design excellence throughout the studio.
About the Role
This position within the creative team, combining strategic thinking, design craft and leadership.
You'll have the confidence to bring your own creative vision to projects whilst collaborating closely with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams. Although the role does not include formal line management responsibilities, you will be expected to lead by example, inspire colleagues and drive creative excellence across the studio.
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Key Responsibilities
Creative Leadership
- Help shape and define creative direction across brand, campaign, digital, content and motion.
- Lead projects from concept development through to final execution.
- Guide and inspire designers, ensuring the highest standards of creative output.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of studio processes, culture and ways of working.
- Encourage collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement across the team.
Client Engagement
- Develop original, impactful creative concepts that deliver against client objectives.
- Design across a broad range of marketing and communication channels.
- Present ideas confidently to clients and stakeholders.
- Build trusted client relationships and identify opportunities for additional creative work.
- Play a key role in delivering major campaigns and strategic creative projects.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in a Senior Designer, Lead Designer or similar design-led role within an agency environment.
- Strong conceptual thinker with the ability to develop ideas for others to execute.
- Expert knowledge of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and other relevant design tools.
- Excellent typography, layout, branding and visual communication skills.
- Strong presentation and storytelling abilities.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to design excellence.
- Experience managing multiple projects and delivering work from concept through to launch.
- Ability to provide constructive feedback and mentor others within a creative team.
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About You
- A creative leader with a clear and distinctive design perspective.
- Confident, proactive and highly organised.
- Able to inspire and motivate those around you.
- Comfortable presenting and defending ideas while remaining open to feedback.
- Commercially aware and solutions-focused.
- A team player who thrives in a collaborative agency environment.
- Ambitious, resilient and passionate about great design.
- Brings positive energy, enthusiasm and a sense of fun to the workplace.
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