Designer

New Genre; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

2% quarterly bonus

25 days annual leave

£1,000 learning budget

WFH policy

Flexible hours

Dog-friendly office

Regular team socials

Global remote work up to 14 days/year

Job summary

New Genre in London is seeking an accomplished designer who works across digital and traditional mediums to shape client problems into creative, thoughtful executions. Join a growing team of designers, developers and strategists in the heart of the city, embracing a studio-first culture and a flexible, supportive environment.

You will contribute across branding, product and website projects, collaborating closely with clients and the team to deliver end-to-end design solutions while advancing

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
• Great understanding of design disciplines from branding to website and product design.
• Ability to strategise, create, and conceptualise creative solutions from brief to delivery.
• Strong portfolio showing end-to-end design work from idea to final output.
• Excellent communication and storytelling to present ideas to clients and team.

Responsibilities

• We support your personal and career development with regular access to your manager, coaching and mentorship.
• We champion and reward performance with a career progression framework and quarterly performance bonus of 2% of your annual salary.
• You’ll have 25 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays.
• You can work from anywhere in the world for up to 14 days a year.
• We provide a £1,000 learning budget each year to explore and develop your next skill.
• We are studio-first with a WFH policy for quiet focus days and teamwork.
• We offer flexible working hours with core hours 10am–4pm, Monday to Friday.
• We host regular team socials outside the office.
• At five years you receive £2,500 + 5 paid days off, and at ten years £5,000 + 4 paid weeks off.
• Dog-friendly office and welcoming environment for pets.

Skills

Figma

Adobe CC

Brand design

Product design

Digital design

Communication

Storytelling

Tools

Framer

Webflow

Job description

We are looking for an accomplished designer who works across digital and traditional mediums to shape client problems into creative, thoughtful executions.

Your role

• 1. You have a growing range of expertise across design disciplines, and are discovering your specialism and calling within design.
• 2. You are able to work independently & proactively in client projects of increasing sizes.
• 3. You are able communicate your thinking transparently within the team and to clients.
• 4. You ask thoughtful questions to gain context and seek constructive feedback before embarking on your work.
• 5. You are familiar with strategy, brand, website, and product project scopes and can recognise unforeseen possibilities in each project to help you plan ahead.
• 6. Your optimism and drive contributes material successes to projects both you, and the team, can be proud of.
• 7. You listen for new working practices and values that shape our shared studio culture.
• 8. You practice empathy and fairness with others, holding yourself to high internal standards.
• 9. You focus on your commitments, refining the habits that strengthen your delivery.
• 10. You explore your discipline and industry, seeking insights that improve your design craft and thinking.

Requirements

• - Relevant experience in design, (be it as a brand, product or digital designer), ideally within creative studios or scaling start-ups.
• - Proficiency in Figma, and the Adobe CC suite.
• - A great understanding & experience in a wide range of design disciplines, from branding to website and product design.
• - Ability to strategise, create, and conceptualise creative solutions to client problems from brief-to-delivery.
• - Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design work — from idea to exploration, iteration, to a final polished design output.
• - Excellent communication and storytelling skills to present ideas clearly to clients and team members, and a willingness to work directly with clients on their problems.
• - Comfortable working in fast-paced, iterative environments with our multi-disciplinary team of designers, developers, and thinkers.

Nice to have

• - Any experience working in animation, motion, or with an understanding of interaction design.
• - Any experience using tools such as Framer or Webflow
• - Knowledge of development basics to collaborate effectively with engineers.

Our responsibilities

• 1. We support your personal & career development with regular access to your manager, coaching & mentorship.
• 2. We champion & reward performance with a comprehensive career progression framework, and quarterly performance bonus of 2% of your annual salary.
• 3. You’ll have 25 days of paid annual leave, plus any bank holidays.
• 4. You can work from anywhere in the world, for up to 14 days a year.
• 5. We’ll provide a £1,000 learning budget each year to explore & develop your next skill.
• 6. We are studio-first, but offer a WFH policy for quiet focus days, going to the gym, and everything in-between.
• 7. We have flexible working hours, with core hours between 10am-4pm Monday through Friday.
• 8. We host regular team socials outside the office, from lunches and after-work drinks, to creative outings and seasonal celebrations.
• 9. We reward commitment - at five years you receive £2,500 + 5 paid days off, and at ten years you receive £5,000 + 4 paid weeks off.
• 10. We have dog-friendly office — all well-behaved dogs are welcome!

Why join New Genre

Join a growing team of stellar designers, developers, and strategists based in the heart of London’s Design District, and find a culture where curiosity, creativity, and collaboration are celebrated and at the root of everything we do.

We’re a small studio with big ambitions to accelerate the world’s ideas, and welcome people ready to take on complex challenges, do their life’s work, and realise possibilities previously unknown.

Guided by our mission to transform disruptive ideas into enduring experiences, we thrive in the excitement of working with clients at the frontier of what is possible — in industries such as Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Cleantech, Venture Capital, Healthtech, Cybersecurity, and more.