Graphic Design Lead

THREADS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury fashion company in London seeks a Creative Design Lead to oversee design for digital marketing, including social media, emails, and ads. The ideal candidate will have experience in luxury fashion, graphic design, and people management. This role offers flexible working conditions and numerous employee benefits, aimed at building a strong brand presence across all channels.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Denplan

Eyecare Vouchers

Pension

Staff discounts

Enhanced Parent Programme

25 Days Holiday

Paid sick leave

Flexible working

Work from anywhere days

Long service awards

Mentorship & Coaching

12 weeks Leadership programme

Qualifications

• Prior experience in luxury fashion graphic design and people management.
• Strong background in graphic design, typography, and brand identity development.
• Familiarity with video editing, motion design, and social media trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design output for the brand's digital marketing channels.
• Manage a digital designer and oversee production of seasonal campaigns.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on ad hoc projects.

Skills

Graphic design

People management

Video editing

Motion design

Brand development

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Google Suite

Keynote

Monday.com

Canva

Job description

This is a very varied and hands‑on design role. You would be leading the design output of the brand, from social posts and stories, to emails, ads and some print (event collateral / packaging). It also requires knowledge of video editing and motion design. You will lead on the design and roll out of large seasonal campaigns as well as the day‑to‑day design and manage a digital designer. This role is focussed on not only your design skills and creative eye, it also is essential to have excellent time management and people management skills. You will work on developing the branding and Threads visual presence across all channels.

Day in the life of a Creative Design Lead

The Creative Design Lead will mostly work on design output for the digital marketing channels. Most days it will include designing 3‑4 stories, and working on emails and ads. It also includes working on graphic direction for campaigns, franchises (video and static), new presentation templates. It also involves collaborating daily with stakeholders on adhoc projects such as brand decks and event collaterals.

If you like working on social and you’re mainly a digital designer then this role is for you. The role is heavily social based, and that can mean its a really fun role with lots of opportunity to get creative and work with content creators and social media teams on new ideas. It’s fast paced and varied, which can be great if that excites you. You get to meet lots of great and interesting people in the business and new ideas are welcomed.

• Prior experience in luxury fashion graphic and people management (you will be managing one individual)
• Prior experience in graphic design, typography, layouts, animation and development of brand identity
• Knowledge of fashion competitors, video editing/motion design, packaging design, social media trends, branding
• Editorial or agency backgrounds are also considered

Desirable

• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/After Effects)
• Google Suite Google
• Keynote
• Monday.com
• Canva
• Private Medical Insurance plans
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Denplan
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Pension
• Staff discounts
• Enhanced Parent Program + Parental Leave
• The Inclusive Threads DE&I Program
• 25 Days Holiday
• Paid sick leave
• Flexible working - 2 days in the office
• Work from anywhere days
• Long service awards
• Mentorship & Coaching
• 12 weeks Leadership programme

Want to help build the future of luxury fashion commerce? If so, you've come to the right place.

Threads is a creative, luxury fashion personal shopping and commerce business. Through social and chat‑based media, we inspire our international client base to discover the rarest luxury items. We then search the globe to procure them for our clients; this is the future of retail.

Threads is in Tech City’s Future Fifty programme which recognises some of the UK’s fastest growing businesses, pioneering the best luxury shopping experience in the world!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Equity in selection practices

Threads practise equity in selection through targeting less represented talent pools, and offering access to development and support in interviews. We do this because we want to provide less represented groups with access to opportunities, and us, access to great people. All candidate offers are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. If we have two candidates at the final stage, we choose the best candidate for the job.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, and have committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities. We are working towards improved employment practices to ensure those with disabilities receive full and fair consideration for all types of vacancies as well as for training, career development and promotion. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities.