Lead Graphic Designer

MET Marketing; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MET Marketing is seeking a Creative Lead/Lead Designer to drive all creative efforts across our brand and campaigns. You will partner with senior leadership to shape strategy, while delivering hands-on design and managing external resources as needed.

The role is hybrid with 2 days per week in an office location accessible from Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, Wakefield and surrounding West Yorkshire areas, and involves working across digital channels and some print.

Qualifications

• Experience leading on creative in a B2B or tech/business services context.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating corporate design and branding.

Responsibilities

• Lead on all creative across brand and campaigns.
• Collaborate with senior leadership (SLT) on meaty projects.
• Deliver hands-on design while managing external resources as needed.
• Oversee agency and freelancer relationships when required.
• Drive strategy and execute across digital channels and print.

Skills

Creative leadership

Graphic design

Branding

Campaign design

Video & motion (basic)

Stakeholder management

Hands-on design

Job description

Creative lead/Lead Designer to work for a progressive brand in the tech/business services space. This role will lead on all things creative within the business. This will be across brand and campaign and we are looking for someone to work with the SLT on meaty projects along with day2day creative management. You will bring with you a background in graphic design, with the ability to lead on creative projects but also deliver. This is not a delegating role, although there will be agency and freelancer management when required.

This is a hybrid role with 2 days a week in the office close to Leeds. You will have a strong background in digital design, ideally some experience in video & motion, used the latest AI tools when required and a strong visual portfolio that is more corporate than illustration style.

About You:

• Can bring strategy, senior stakeholder management and being hands on
• Take creative vision and deliver
• Push the boundaries creatively
• Work autonomously and get things done
• Background within B2B

What You'll Be Doing:

• Working with marketing and the wider senior team on all things creative
• Managing campaign and brand creative
• Working on the strategy and being hands on with design
• Working across all digital channels and some print
• Managing external resource when required

Where You'll Be Based:

Your office will be commutable from Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire