Designer

Made Thought; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Made Thought is looking for a Designer who is driven by creative excellence and joins a hands-on creative team. You will contribute across all design phases and help shape the creative direction of projects with a thoughtful approach.

Bring experience beyond graphic design, including digital design, art direction, and strategic thinking, plus strong conceptual, creative, and communication skills and a passion for craft and detail.

Qualifications

• Experience across digital design, art direction, and strategic thinking.
• Strong conceptual, creative, and communication skills.
• Passion for craft and a keen eye for detail.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with Senior designers and the strategic lead to create compelling and inspiring creative possibilities.
• Input and inform the strategic approach, utilising cultural insight from within and outside of the category, inspiring senior members of the team.
• Be able to think holistically about the creative solutions, not just the visual outcome and have strong communicative skills in portraying this thought process to the rest of the team.
• Use experience and passion to demonstrate intelligent, thought‑provoking and innovative creative solutions, establishing a strong conceptual and creative point of view.

Skills

Conceptual thinking

Art direction

Craft

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Multitasking

Job description

WE'RE LOOKING FOR

CONCEPTUAL THINKING, ART DIRECTION AND CRAFT

We're looking for a Designer who is driven by creative excellence and brings knowledge and expertise across all phases of the design process. As part of our creative team, you will play an integral role in the hands‑on creation of outstanding creative work, while helping to inform and define the creative direction of projects through a thoughtful and considered approach.

You will bring a broader professional skill set beyond graphic design, with experience across digital design, art direction, and strategic thinking. You should have strong conceptual, creative, and communication skills, along with a passion for craft and a keen eye for detail.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working closely with Senior designers and the strategic lead to create compelling and inspiring creative possibilities.
• Input and inform the strategic approach, utilising cultural insight from within and outside of the category, inspiring senior members of the team.
• Be able to think holistically about the creative solutions, not just the visual outcome and have strong communicative skills in portraying this thought process to the rest of the team.
• Use experience and passion to demonstrate intelligent, thought‑provoking and innovative creative solutions, establishing a strong conceptual and creative point of view.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Respond quickly and accurately to client feedback, demonstrating professionalism and understanding to exceed client expectations.
• Cultivate partnerships with Project Managers to unite teams and ensure transparency during the design process.
• Show experience with confidently and competently supporting in client presentations, ensuring they are delivered in an engaging and eloquent manner.
• Ability to articulate your point of view clearly, both verbally and through written and creative methods.
• Bring insight, opinions and a broad cultural perspective along with a deep understanding of the design landscape and process, in order to positively affect the creative outcome.
• The ability to multitask across multiple workstreams is key.

ABOUT MADE THOUGHT

Made Thought is a like‑minded collective of strategists, writers, thinkers, inventors, makers, dreamers, mavericks, rebels, connectors, instigators and igniters. We champion bold creativity and brave action underpinned by exceptional craft. From our studios in London and New York, we work with clients big and small who are open to change.

We are proud to be part of The New Standard (part of AKQA and WPP), an industry‑leading collective of specialists from Made Thought, Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office.

ABOUT WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting‑edge media intelligence and data solutions, world‑class creativity, next‑generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.