Lead Graphic Designer, Hybrid, £575 Inside IR35

SmartSourcing Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartSourcing Ltd in London is seeking a Lead Graphic Designer to steer design direction for branding, information design, and data visualization. You will lead designers and collaborate with a multidisciplinary leadership team to align design with business objectives.

The role is hybrid with 1 day on-site in London and offers a six-month initial contract at around £575 per day inside IR35. You will mentor others, work with Front End developers, and embed accessibility across projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience creating and shaping presentations for Branding and Data Visualisation projects.
• Ability to present work to stakeholders including design teams and senior leaders.
• Designed accessible information across multiple mediums.
• Strong storytelling and communication to non-designers to guide design direction.
• Experience reducing complexity while balancing technical constraints and user needs.

Responsibilities

• Set the graphic design direction, shape its proposition and ensure it contributes to organisational objectives.
• Work effectively in an agile, multidisciplinary environment.
• Use research and analytics to understand user needs and test designs.
• Lead graphic design in a collaborative, open way with teams.
• Scope designer work and highlight complexity and dependencies.
• Collaborate with development, strategy and communications to ensure coherent branding.
• Embed accessibility into the design process with developers and design system teams.
• Analyse design templates to reduce complexity while ensuring flexibility for future iterations.
• Guide, support and mentor other designers.

Skills

Branding & information design

Presentation design

Design leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Storytelling

Accessibility in design

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft 365

Jira/Trello

Job description

Lead Graphic Designer

6mths Initially
Rate IRO of £575pd inside IR35
Hybrid working - 1 day per week onsite London
BPSS ( SC Preferred )

Overview

The successful candidate will join both our Brand team, and Data Insights and Analytics team to provide design leadership to designers in the team and as part of a wider multidisciplinary leadership team. They will also work closely with the head of design to set design direction and strategy for the teams and work.

About the role

You will:

• Set the graphic design direction, shape its proposition and ensure it contributes to the wider organisational objectives and strategic priorities
• Work effectively in a multidisciplinary, agile environment, adapting quickly to changes in requirements, priorities or user needs
• Use research and analytics to understand users needs, identify service failures and test different designsLead graphic design in a collaborative and open way, engaging teams with the design process and adapting it if necessary
• Scope designers work and ensure that teams have the right kind of design support, and highlight where complexity and dependencies lie
• Collaborate closely with adjacent disciplines such as development, strategy and communications teams to develop coherently branded design work
• Embed accessibility into the design process - through documentation, training, good practise and working closely with developers and the design system team
• Analyse design templates and components and find opportunities for reducing complexity while making sure that what is left is flexible and fit for future iterations
• Guide, support and mentor other designers and colleagues

Essential skills

• Key tech - Microsoft 365 (M365), Jira/Trello
• Proven experience creating and shaping presentations for Branding and Information Design/Data Visualisation projects/work and ability to present work to a range of stakeholders, including design teams and senior stakeholders
• Designed impactful, accessible, easy to understand information that works across a range of mediums
• An adept communicator and storyteller who can persuasively engage non-designers in the design process, helping to guide the design direction for large and complex programmes of work
• Reduced complexity and choose the most appropriate design approach balancing wider technical constraints and user needs
• Lead and mentor others, work strategically, and build good working relationships with Front End developers
• The ability to reflect critically on their work; thinking holistically about the big picture and dependencies, while working out details and being able to appreciate and articulate the broader implications