Design Lead - B2B SaaS, Creative Leader (Hands-On)

Forward Role Recruitment; Warrington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25+ days annual leave

City centre office

Public transport accessible

Discounted parking

Job summary

Forward Role Recruitment is seeking a Graphic Design Lead in Manchester City Centre. This hands-on role blends design leadership with delivering high-quality marketing creative, sitting within a UK marketing team of 16 and guiding a small team including two videographers.

You will set creative direction, manage briefs across digital and print campaigns, review outputs, and maintain brand consistency while collaborating with senior stakeholders to deliver effective design for paid social, email,

Qualifications

• Senior Designer, Design Lead or Creative Lead level with leadership experience.
• Experience mentoring or managing other creatives.
• Strong hands-on design skills across digital and print.
• B2B marketing experience is highly desirable.
• SaaS experience would be beneficial.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating commercial marketing design.
• Experience creating paid social, email and web assets.
• Experience producing long-form content such as whitepapers and thought leadership materials.
• Strong understanding of branding, typography, layout and visual communication.
• Confident communicating with senior stakeholders and challenging briefs where appropriate.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Figma experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the creative team, including two videographers.
• Set creative direction and maintain a consistently high standard of output.
• Manage and prioritise briefs across the wider marketing function.
• Remain hands-on, creating high-quality digital and print assets.
• Develop creative concepts for campaigns and marketing activity.
• Design paid social and other paid marketing assets.
• Create visual assets for email and web.
• Produce whitepapers, thought leadership content and internal communications.
• Maintain and evolve brand consistency across all creative output.
• Review creative work and provide clear, constructive feedback.
• Work closely with marketing and senior stakeholders to understand briefs and deliver effective creative solutions.
• Present creative ideas and confidently explain design decisions.
• Balance planned campaigns with reactive requirements and changing priorities.

Skills

Senior Designer

Design Lead

Creative Leadership

Mentoring

Leadership

Branding

Communication

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Forward Role Recruitment is seeking a Graphic Design Lead in Manchester City Centre. This hands-on role blends design leadership with delivering high-quality marketing creative, sitting within a UK marketing team of 16 and guiding a small team including two videographers.

You will set creative direction, manage briefs across digital and print campaigns, review outputs, and maintain brand consistency while collaborating with senior stakeholders to deliver effective design for paid social, email,