Designer (mid-senior)

Emblaze®; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Emblaze is seeking a Designer (mid-senior) who can uncover new creative possibilities through intelligently crafted brands, campaigns and digital experiences, shaping work that influences thousands.

Joining a high-performing team, you'll shape ideas, collaborate with clients and colleagues, and contribute to strategic thinking across brand, digital and print to deliver compelling communications.

The role is hybrid with London-based work. Salary is £35,000 to £45,000, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering brand, digital and print design.
• Strong visualisation and typography skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Create and develop visual communications across branding, digital experiences and printed materials.
• Develop creative ideas and design solutions in response to briefs.
• Prepare and manage artwork, content and assets for production and publication.
• Apply brand principles and creative direction consistently across outputs.
• Liaise with clients and colleagues to ensure high-quality outcomes.

Skills

Brand design

Digital design

Print design

Adobe Creative Cloud

Typography

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Job description

We're looking for a Designer (mid-senior) who can uncover new creative possibilities through intelligently crafted brands, campaigns and digital experiences, shaping work that influences the lives of thousands.

Our principal area of work connects the needs and desires of working people with the realities of business. For that, you'll need a discerning eye for design, valuing precision and quality every bit as much as imagination.

In return, you'll be given a platform to express your ideas, influence senior stakeholders and help shape new thinking for major clients.

You'll be joining a high-performing team of subject-matter experts that places creativity and depth of thinking at the heart of everything we do. If you're looking for an environment where challenging ideas are valued and your work can have a genuine impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Role summary

A Designer who helps deliver exceptional creative across a broad range of communication projects. You'll create and refine work across brand, digital and print, contribute to strategic thinking, and collaborate closely with clients, colleagues and partners to deliver effective communication solutions. This is a varied role that combines strong creative execution with broader consultancy and project involvement, offering opportunities to influence outcomes, shape ideas and contribute to the continued growth of the business.

£35,000 to £45,000, depending on experience.

You are a talented designer with a strong understanding of how thoughtful, well-crafted design can influence behaviour, enhance experiences and support wider business objectives. Working closely with colleagues, clients and partners, you'll play an important role in delivering a broad range of creative and digital projects, bringing ideas to life across different channels, platforms and formats.

You're confident creating high-quality work within established brand frameworks and creative direction, while also contributing your own ideas and perspective. You combine strong design fundamentals with curiosity, commercial awareness and a genuine interest in how creative thinking helps solve business challenges.

Beyond design delivery, you'll contribute to client discussions, project activity and wider business initiatives. You'll work directly with clients, help shape creative solutions and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines, building trusted relationships and supporting the successful delivery of projects.

Curious, collaborative and adaptable, you're keen to broaden your expertise across creative, digital and consultancy disciplines, taking ownership of your work and making a positive contribution to both client outcomes and the wider business.

Key responsibilities

• Create and develop visual communications across a range of disciplines, including branding, digital experiences and printed communications.
• Develop creative ideas and design solutions in response to briefs.
• Create and amend communication materials, refining work in response to feedback.
• Apply brand principles, strategic input and creative direction accurately and consistently, ensuring all outputs meet agreed quality standards and project requirements.
• Take ownership of your work, ensuring accuracy, attention to detail and a high standard of execution.
• Prepare and manage artwork, content and assets for production and publication.
• Explore emerging creative tools and approaches, building your capability and understanding of digital experience and design.
• Support the delivery of client projects, contributing high-quality creative outputs and helping to deliver positive client experiences.
• Liaise directly with clients on day-to-day requests, updates and project activity.
• Attend client meetings and workshops, contributing ideas, capturing actions and supporting follow-up activity.
• Build an understanding of client objectives and challenges, using this to inform creative and digital solutions.
• Present ideas confidently, explain design decisions clearly and contribute informed perspectives in client and internal discussions.
• Build positive working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Take ownership of client interactions and project activity, building trusted relationships and contributing to successful outcomes.

Project & operational support

• Help coordinate project activity, timelines, actions and deliverables.
• Support consultants and project leads with project organisation, administration and day-to-day delivery.
• Contribute to operational activities that support the effective running of the business and help the team work effectively.
• Maintain accurate project records, files, assets and documentation.
• Support the coordination of third-party suppliers and partners, communicating requirements clearly and helping to maintain high standards of delivery.
• Build effective working relationships that support seamless delivery and strong outcomes.

Business contribution

• Contribute to new business activity, supporting the development of proposals, ideas, and creative approaches that strengthen client and prospect opportunities.
• Build awareness of trends across digital experience, design, employee engagement and communications.
• Use approved tools, including AI, to improve efficiency, elevate output quality, and increase the value delivered to clients.
• Stay curious about emerging technologies, platforms and creative approaches.
• Bring fresh perspectives and ideas that strengthen client solutions and business thinking.
• Share relevant insights and learning with colleagues as your knowledge develops.

Culture & contribution

• Contribute positively to Emblaze's culture and ways of working.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, willingness to learn and collaborative approach.
• Take ownership of your professional development and actively build capability and expertise.
• Seek opportunities to learn from colleagues, clients and partners and apply that learning to your work.
• Take on increasing responsibility as you build confidence, capability and experience.
• Excellent visualisation skills, with a natural flair for exploring, developing and articulating concepts.
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud and related media tools, with the ability to create, amend and prepare professional-quality artwork.
• Good understanding of design fundamentals including layout, typography, branding and trends.
• Comfortable working within established brand guidelines and applying creative direction accurately and consistently.
• A strong interest in digital experiences, with an emerging understanding of UX best practice and how users interact with digital content and interfaces.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Able to work independently on defined tasks, using sound judgement and knowing when to seek guidance.
• Good organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks effectively.
• Comfortable building relationships with clients, colleagues, partners and suppliers, with the confidence to develop these skills further.
• Creative thinker who is willing to contribute ideas and perspectives in meetings and discussions.
• Curious about emerging trends, tools and technologies and keen to explore how they can improve the quality and impact of work.
• Interested in understanding client challenges and how design and digital experiences can help address them.
• Eager to learn and develop creative, digital and consultancy skills.
• Proactive, adaptable and willing to support a variety of activities across the team and wider business.
• Positive, collaborative and keen to contribute to the team.
• Demonstrates the ambition to grow into a broader Design Consultant role, combining creative expertise with strategic and client-facing capability.

Location

The role is hybrid, meaning that your normal place of work will be at home, with regular time spent at coworking environments in and around London. The role also involves frequent travel across the UK and occasional international travel for meetings.