Middleweight Designer (Sabbatical Cover Mar-May 2025)

Polar; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A creative agency in Chelmsford is seeking a Middleweight Designer for a short-term, office-based role. The ideal candidate will have strong digital design skills, a collaborative mindset, and experience in agencies. This position offers the chance to work on exciting design projects for a diverse range of brands.

Qualifications

• 3+ years agency or design experience preferred.
• Strong skills in digital design and layout.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

Responsibilities

• Create impactful and strategically-driven designs.
• Collaborate with team on various design challenges.
• Deliver high-quality work within deadlines.

Skills

Digital design skills

Strong communication

Team player

Adaptability

Creativity

Motion and animation

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Polar is looking for a Middleweight Designer to join their team in Essex.

We’re on the lookout for a passionate and motivated Middleweight Designer to join us on a short-term contract. If you love creating impactful, strategically-driven designs, this could be the perfect role for you.

This is a2-month contractcovering one of our designers while they enjoy a sabbatical, running frommid-March to mid-May 2025. During this time, you’ll collaborate closely with our team to tackle exciting design challenges and deliver exceptional work for a mix of brands and organisations, both big and small.

We’re a fast-paced, versatile studio that delivers on everything from brand identities to creative campaigns, pixel-perfect websites, and everything in between. To thrive here, you’ll need to hit the ground running and be adaptable in your day-to-day delivery.

Please note: This is an office-based role at our studio in Chelmsford, Essex.

What We’re Looking For:

You’ll be someone with:

• Agency or design experience (around 3+ years is ideal)
• Strong digital design skills with an eye for layout
• A solid understanding of Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• The ability to thrive under pressure, delivering high-quality work on time
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain and articulate your ideas
• An openness to feedback and a growth mindset
• Bonus Points: Motion and animation skills

Beyond your technical know-how, we’re looking for someone who’s:

• Friendly, approachable, and a true team player
• Curious and always eager to learn
• Confident and creative, with a knack for generating original ideas
• Proactive, self-motivated, and ready to take the initiative
• Equipped with a good sense of humor (we don’t take ourselves too seriously)

About us:

We’re an award winning creative agency – born and bred in Chelmsford. We work with brands big and small, local and overseas. What matters to us is passion, purpose, agility and ambition.We’re a small, tight knit team that strives to collaborate. We’re open structured, valuing everyone’s opinion and creative input equally.

How to apply:

If your talent comes without ego, you play well with others and you think you’re the right fit, email your CV and Portfolio to [e-mail]
Oh, and don’t be afraid to be creative with your application.

Please note this is a Studio based role at our office in Chelmsford, Essex.

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