Brand Design Planner

Zoo Grips; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A design and planning firm in the UK is looking for a Brand Design Planner to manage multi-disciplinary projects effectively. Responsibilities include developing project plans, ensuring successful delivery, and coordinating with teams to meet design objectives. The ideal candidate should have strong stakeholder management skills and experience with project management tools. This is a contract position with an hourly pay rate of £35.26, valid until March 2026.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of design and the process through to delivery.
• Experience of strategically planning multi-disciplinary projects.
• Producer with a strong track record of delivery within both agency and corporate settings.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for setting up how multi-disciplinary projects are operationalised.
• Follow projects through from KO to conclusion and ensure successful delivery.
• Act proactively to anticipate issues and manage risk.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Design knowledge

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Risk management

Tools

Wrike

Workfront

MS Project

Job description

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Brand Design Plannerto join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position until 31st March 2026.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £35.26 per hour.

Brand Design Planner (Producer) is responsible for the upfront coordination and handling of requests into the Brand Design team. The purpose of the role is to turn requests into robust project plans, resourced appropriately and structured with deliverables and reviews against timing plans, setting projects up for success before handing off to programme management

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for setting up how multi-disciplinary projects are operationalised. Creating the framework and blueprint for delivery.
• Follow projects through from KO to conclusion and ensure successful delivery
• Act proactively to anticipate issues and manage risk.
• Insightful planning that marries resource and deliverables and timing.
• Key support function of operational management of the Design Hub, to achieve our strategic objectives.
• Liaise and co-ordinate with programme management and business operations teams to ensure appropriate team capacity to deliver projects on-time and to budget.
• Supports and informs capacity planning.
  
  

Essential Skills Required

• Excellent knowledge of design and the process through to delivery.
• Experience of strategically planning multi-disciplinary projects.
• Ability to translate plans and strategies into action to support the execution of projects.
• Producer with a strong track record of delivery within both agency and corporate settings.
• Creatively sensitive and acumen to understand complex multi-disciplinary design projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• interpersonal skills and the ability to present complex information to all levels within the business.
• Comfortable managing projects across different cultures, geography and time zones.
• Experience of Wrike, Workfront and MS project.
  
  

Key Performance Indicators

• Projects robustly structured and planned for successful outcomes.
• Capacity and scheduling management in support of internal customer expectation.
• Support delivery of programmes to budgets, time and quality.
  
  

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