Senior Conceptual Designers / Design Leads – fancy a move to beautiful New Zealand-!

Speckled Frog; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits talented Conceptual Designers and Design Leads ready to relocate to a vibrant creative hub. Join a forward-thinking agency in Auckland, known for its innovative approach and commitment to blending creativity with strategic insight. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the agency's creative direction, leading projects, and mentoring a dynamic team. If you're passionate about design and eager to make a significant impact in a lifestyle-friendly environment, this is the perfect chance to elevate your career while enjoying the beauty of New Zealand.

Qualifications

• Brilliant portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and strategic creativity.
• Proven experience in using AI tools for design ideation and prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Lead design projects and mentor junior team members across various design disciplines.
• Collaborate with the Head of Design to manage the creative team and client projects.

Skills

Conceptual Thinking

Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)

Figma

AI Tools for Ideation

Design Systems Understanding

Tools

Adobe CC

Figma

Job description

These are two fantastic opportunities for an experienced Conceptual Design Lead and Senior Conceptual Designer to relocate for a few years (or longer!) to the beautiful, creative hotspot that is Auckland, New Zealand. There you would work as either second in command to the Head of Design or a Senior Designer at an excellent creative agency who are part of a growing indie network and have a great reputation for combining real creative flair with future facing strategic and business brains.

The roles are for talented, creative hybrids who can play pivotal roles in shaping the agency’s creative product by working closely with the creative department to spark big thinking and push the boundaries of what design can do for clients. You’ll be leading design projects and mentoring junior team members across digital, brand, motion and comms. And in the case of the Design Lead, you’d be helping the Head of Design to run the whole team and lead more projects directly with clients.

The Agency would be interested in meeting London / UK trained and experienced Conceptual Designers / Design Leads who would be up for a move down to Auckland.

Conceptual Design Lead and Senior Conceptual Designer Requirements:-

• Conceptual thinking and a strategic creative mindset, with a love of crafting ideas - demonstrated by a brilliant portfolio
• Highly proficient in Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), Figma
• Proven experience of using AI tools for ideation, generation and prototyping
• (Strong) understanding of design systems across brand, motion, campaign and digital

Additional Conceptual Design Lead Requirements:-

• Collaborative leadership style - a natural leader and mentor who gets the best out of people
• Able to Think beyond the visual - understanding motion, digital ecosystems, and brand storytelling
• Comfortable presenting with confidence and selling in brave ideas

If all of this sounds like you and you are an experienced Conceptual Design Lead or Senior Conceptual Designer who would love the opportunity to relocate to a beautiful and highly creative part of the world where you can make your mark on a growing team of big thinkers at an agency that balances creative ambition with a lifestyle-friendly culture, then get in touch today.

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