Senior Designer

Sherlock Studio; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary reviewed regularly

28 days’ holiday incl. Bank Holidays

Enhanced annual leave (service-based)

Monthly pension contribution

Monthly fitness/wellness contribution

Christmas shutdown period

Free coffee

Job summary

Sherlock Studio in Brighton is seeking a senior designer to lead brand strategy from concept to delivery. You will work closely with the Creative Director, mentor junior designers, and manage a mix of print, digital and physical branding projects for a range of clients.

The role is studio-based in our central Brighton studio, a permanent full-time position with standard hours. You’ll bring a proactive, collaborative approach and a passion for scalable design systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience across 2+ agencies.
• Proficiency across Adobe CC.
• A strong portfolio of brand-focused work.
• Able to show strategic brand leadership.
• Comfortable across print, digital and physical environments.
• Confident presenting work and comfortable working directly with clients.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our CD; lead concept-to-delivery across client briefs.
• Act as a mentor to junior staff and share knowledge.
• Manage and distribute workload to ensure a healthy balance of client briefs.

Skills

Brand leadership

Client presentation

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Print/digital/physical

Education

Portfolio of brand-focused work

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Who we are

We’re a Brighton-based branding and design agency established for almost 20 years. We work directly with some of the biggest and most well-established brands, as well as ambitious start-ups and scale-ups who are on the ascent.

Whilst our core focus is retail, FMCG, hospitality and charity, we also work across other sectors on projects where we feel we can create real impact.

A small but sustainable team, we bring together in-house strategy, 2D and 3D graphic design, motion, tone of voice and copywriting to create the best, holistic result for our clients.

We build trusting, long-lasting relationships directly with our clients as we don’t employ account managers.

Who we’re looking for

You’ll already working at a senior level, be willing to take on responsibility and have the ability to take on a challenge. You’ll think strategically, live and breathe design, and creating scalable design systems will be second nature to you.

You’ll be confident yet collaborative, lead yet also listen to others’ perspectives and opinions. And you'll be enthusiastic, proud of the work you do and keep calm when it’s needed.

Above all, you’ll bring a positive attitude and an open, curious approach to life. You’ll understand the value that great design can create. And you’ll bring fresh thinking, whether through your personality, background, experience, culture, or creativity.

Core requirements

• 8+ years’ experience, gained across 2 or more agencies.
• Proficiency across CC.
• A strong portfolio of brand-focused work.
• Able to show strategic brand leadership.
• Comfortable working across print, digital and physical environments.
• Confident presenting work and comfortable working directly with clients.

‘Nice-to-haves' (We don’t expect you to have all of these but one or more would help set you apart) experience in:

• 3D tools such as Blender, Cinema 4D or similar.
• AI software / apps.
• Non-core skill/s that you can bring to the studio, such as illustration or photography.
• Packaging design.
• Design for digital marketing formats (Instagram, LinkedIn etc.)
• Environmental design (retail stores or in-person events).
• Figma.
• UI and/or web development.

What the role involves

Working closely with our CD, you’ll be heavily involved from concept to delivery. We actively manage the team’s work, so everyone has a healthy spread across our ongoing large and small client briefs, reactive briefs and more strategic, longer-term briefs, to offer variety.

You’ll naturally act as a mentor to more junior staff, so someone who enjoys passing on their knowledge and experience and helping others learn would be an advantage.

Essential details

• 100% studio-based in our central Brighton studio.
• Permanent position.
• Full time, 5 days a week.
• 8.30am - 5.30pm (5pm finish on a Friday).
• Freelancers and remote workers need not apply.

What we offer

• Competitive salary.
• 28 days’ holiday (including Bank Holidays).
• Enhanced annual leave (min. length of service).
• Monthly pension contribution.
• Monthly fitness / wellness contribution (min. length of service).
• Christmas shutdown period.
• Free bottomless locally sourced great quality coffee.