Senior Brand Designer

Zealous Agency; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Zealous Agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Brand Designer to shape brands that command attention across entertainment, FMCG and lifestyle sectors. You will lead ambitious projects from concept to execution, building bold visual identities and comprehensive brand worlds that feel strategic and culturally impactful.

You will collaborate with strategy, creative and production teams, mentor junior designers, and confidently present to clients to raise the studio's creative standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building distinctive brand identities.
• Exceptional craft and conceptual thinking with meticulous attention to detail.
• Proven ability to lead projects from strategy to delivery and mentor juniors.
• A portfolio showing bold, culturally relevant design.

Responsibilities

• Lead identity design from concept to execution on multiple brands.
• Create brand worlds that feel fresh, strategic, and culturally relevant.
• Collaborate with strategy, creative, and production teams.
• Present to clients with confidence and raise studio standards.
• Mentor junior designers and elevate the agency's creative level.

Skills

Brand identity

Art direction

Team leadership

Portfolio development

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

InDesign

Job description

Zealous Agency is partnering with one of the UK's most exciting independent creative agencies to find an exceptional Senior Brand Designer.

This is a role for someone operating at the very top of their game, a designer with the craft, confidence, and creative instinct to build brands that command attention, shape culture and leave a lasting impression.

This top-class agency creates bold, playful, and commercially powerful work for globally recognised names across entertainment, FMCG and lifestyle brands. Identity, packaging, campaigns, and art direction are some of the things you'll be doing for ambitious challengers and the biggest brands in the world!

They're looking for someone who can lead ambitious projects from concept to execution, creating visual identities and brand worlds that feel fresh, strategic, and impossible to ignore.

You’ll collaborate across strategy, creative and production, mentor junior designers, present confidently to clients and help raise the creative standard across the studio.

We’re looking for someone with:

• 5+ years' experience building distinctive identities
• Exceptional craft and conceptual thinking with a real obsession for detail
• Strong experience across FMCG, entertainment or lifestyle brands
• The confidence to lead a project from strategy through to delivery, and to bring other designers up with you
• A portfolio full of bold, culturally relevant design that will excite and inspire

This is an opportunity to join a seriously ambitious agency who create standout work.

If you’re ready to push creative standards and build brands with real cultural impact, we’d love to hear from you!