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Senior Designer
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Belfast | Full-Time
We’re delighted to be recruiting for an experienced Senior Designer on behalf of an award-winning, independently owned creative marketing agency based in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented designer who loves creating standout work, developing strong brand identities and bringing ideas to life across both digital and physical touchpoints.
Our client is a busy, ambitious agency working with more than 60 clients each month across three core areas – Brand, Web and Marketing. Their work ranges from global campaigns through to complete brand transformations, websites and integrated marketing campaigns.
They’ve also received significant industry recognition, including being named Creative Business of the Year 2023–2024 and Digital Business of the Year 2022–2023 by Belfast Chamber.
You'll be joining a talented, close-knit team of designers, strategists, developers and performance marketers, working collaboratively to create work that genuinely stands out.
The Role
As Senior Designer, you'll play an important role within the wider creative team, taking projects from initial concept through to final delivery.
You'll have the opportunity to work across branding, campaigns, web, digital, social, motion, packaging, OOH and more, so this would particularly suit someone who enjoys variety and doesn't want to be limited to one area of design.
You'll also have the opportunity to influence the wider creative output of the agency and support more junior members of the team.
What You'll Be Doing
- Developing distinctive brand identities that are both strategically considered and visually strong.
- Creating digital-first design systems, social content and campaign creative.
- Working across a broad mix of brand, web, digital, motion, packaging and OOH projects.
- Taking ownership of creative projects from initial concept through to completion.
- Collaborating with designers, strategists, developers, marketers and other internal teams.
- Turning briefs and strategic thinking into strong creative concepts.
- Presenting creative work and ideas directly to clients with confidence.
- Clearly communicating and explaining the thinking behind your creative decisions.
- Helping push creative boundaries and continually raising the standard of work produced.
- Supporting and mentoring junior creatives within the team.
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What We're Looking For
We're looking for an experienced agency designer who combines strong creative thinking with excellent technical design skills.
Ideally, you'll bring:
- 5+ years' experience within a creative agency or studio environment.
- A strong portfolio showcasing excellent brand and campaign work.
- Proven experience leading creative projects from concept through to final delivery.
- Strong brand identity and visual storytelling experience.
- Confidence presenting creative concepts and explaining the rationale behind your work.
- Experience mentoring junior designers or leading smaller creative teams.
- Excellent skills across Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- An understanding of motion and animation principles.
- After Effects experience would be advantageous.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- A confident and ambitious approach to creative problem-solving.
- A collaborative, positive and solutions-focused attitude.
- Strong creative judgement and, importantly, great ideas.
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Why Consider This Opportunity?
This is an opportunity to join a creatively ambitious and genuinely collaborative Belfast agency where you'll have a voice in the room and the opportunity to influence the work being produced.
You'll gain exposure to exciting and growing brands across sectors including lifestyle, retail, hospitality, culture and purpose-led organisations, with plenty of variety in the projects you'll work on.
The team has created a studio culture centred around being bold, honest and human, with designers encouraged to challenge ideas, experiment creatively and produce work they're genuinely proud of.
There's also a strong focus on continued development, with regular team days, cultural outings, networking opportunities, conferences, seminars and learning opportunities.
Benefits
Alongside the opportunity to join a growing and award-winning creative team, benefits include:
- 32 days' annual leave
- Annual salary reviews/increases based on KPIs
- 4:30pm finish each day
- Free on-site parking
- On-site gym facilities
- On-site canteen
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Life insurance
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- Regular company and team events
- Excellent transport links
- Casual dress
- Hybrid/work-from-home flexibility
Location: Belfast – Titanic Quarter
Type: Full-Time
Experience: 5+ years' creative agency/studio experience preferred
If you're an experienced designer looking for the opportunity to create standout work, influence creative direction and join a talented Belfast agency team, we'd love to hear from you.
A strong portfolio showcasing branding, campaigns and wider creative work will be essential for this position.
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