Senior Designer

Justified Studio; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

An Inspiring Studio Culture

Monthly Justified Socials

Monthly Team Lunches

Extended Christmas & New Year Break

Annual Summer & Christmas Parties

Job summary

Justified Studio seeks a Senior Designer to lead across brand and digital, as well as campaigns and broader creative projects. You will shape ideas from early stages through to crafted, effective outcomes, combining concept with execution and presenting to clients.

You’ll move between identity and digital design, building systems that work across experiences, while collaborating with directors, strategists and developers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in a leading design studio or agency.
• Exceptional portfolio across brand and digital showcasing taste and craft.
• Strong track record creating and evolving brand identities and visual systems.
• Extensive experience designing websites and digital experiences from concept to delivery.
• Excellent Figma skills with responsive layouts and design systems.
• Solid understanding of UI, UX, interaction and responsive design.
• Experience with motion and animation, whether hands-on or via direction.
• Confident presenting work and thinking to clients.
• Strong art direction instincts with broad cultural/visual references.
• Awareness of contemporary AI tools to enhance creative workflows.
• Experience guiding and collaborating with other designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative work across brand identities, digital experiences and campaigns.
• Translate strategy into distinctive ideas and visually cohesive systems.
• Design websites and digital experiences from concept through delivery.
• Build brands as systems across identity, digital, motion and touchpoints.
• Apply UI/UX thinking, interaction and responsive design to projects.
• Art direct photography, film, motion, illustration and 3D where relevant.
• Lead projects with senior guidance, present ideas to clients and collaborators.
• Mentor and support other designers and contribute to studio culture.

Skills

Years experience

Portfolio

Brand identities

Web design

Figma

UI/UX

Motion design

Client presentation

Art direction

AI tools

Team mentorship

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Justified Studio

BOLD VISION. New Futures.

We believe creativity has the power to change what comes next.

Justified is a creative consultancy built to help ambitious organisations imagine and create new futures. We bring together bold ideas, exceptional design and emerging technology to challenge convention, shift perceptions and create meaningful change.

Our work moves across brand, digital and campaign — from defining new identities and experiences to creating the ideas, systems and tools that bring them to life.

We champion creativity and technology in equal measure: combining human imagination, cultural instinct and craft with new tools and new possibilities.

Independent, ambitious and always looking forward, we exist to make work that moves people, businesses and culture forward.

Purpose

This role exists to create exceptional work and raise the creative standard across Justified Studio.

As a Senior Designer, you’ll play a leading role across brand and digital, as well as campaigns and wider creative projects — helping shape ideas from their earliest stages and carrying them through to beautifully crafted, effective outcomes.

You’ll combine conceptual thinking with exceptional execution. You should be as comfortable defining the idea behind a brand as you are building its visual system, designing a digital experience, art directing a campaign or presenting the thinking to a client.

Digital design is a fundamental part of the role. We’re looking for someone who understands how brands come alive on screen — who can think about experience, interaction, motion and behaviour, and translate a strong creative idea into an equally strong digital experience.

This is a hands‑on creative role for someone with exceptional taste, strong ideas and the ability to turn ambitious thinking into work that feels distinctive, relevant and exceptionally well made.

The Role

You’ll take creative ownership across projects from initial thinking through to final delivery.

You understand that great design is more than individual assets. You can build ideas, systems and worlds that work coherently across identity, websites, digital products, motion, campaigns, content and physical experiences.

You’re equally interested in how a brand looks and how it behaves. You can move confidently between identity design and digital design — thinking about hierarchy, journeys, interaction, responsive behaviour and motion while maintaining the strength of the overarching creative idea.

You’ll work closely with our Creative Directors, strategists, designers, developers and external collaborators — sometimes leading a project creatively, sometimes working as part of a wider team.

You’ll also be confident in front of clients: explaining ideas, presenting work, responding to feedback and building belief in the creative direction.

As a senior member of the studio, we expect you to push the work and the team forward — bringing references, perspectives, new tools and new ways of thinking into the studio.

Key Responsibilities

Creative & Digital

• Lead creative work across brand identities, digital experiences and campaigns
• Translate strategy into distinctive ideas, visual systems and beautifully crafted execution
• Design websites and digital experiences from concept through to final delivery
• Build brands that work as systems — across identity, digital, motion, content and physical touchpoints
• Bring strong thinking around UI, UX, interaction, responsive design and digital behaviour
• Art direct photography, film, motion, illustration and 3D where relevant

Leadership & Collaboration

• Take creative ownership of projects and maintain a high standard from concept through to delivery
• Present ideas and creative thinking confidently to clients
• Collaborate closely with strategists, developers, motion designers and other specialists
• Guide and support other designers, contributing to the wider creative culture of the studio
• Respond intelligently to feedback while protecting the strength of the creative idea

Technology & Craft

• Maintain an exceptional level of craft across everything you produce
• Use AI and emerging technologies throughout the creative process — from ideation and image‑making to prototyping and production
• Explore new tools, workflows and technologies that push the possibilities of our work
• Understand how design systems translate into digital products and experiences
• Balance creative ambition with timelines, budgets and the realities of delivery

What You Bring

• 5+ years’ experience within a leading design studio, creative agency or similarly ambitious environment
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, taste and craft across both brand and digital
• Strong experience creating and developing brand identities and visual systems
• Strong experience designing websites and digital experiences from concept through to delivery
• Excellent Figma skills and experience building responsive layouts, components and digital design systems
• A strong understanding of UI, UX, interaction and responsive design
• Experience with motion and animation, either hands‑on or through strong creative direction
• Confidence presenting creative work and thinking directly to clients
• Strong art direction instincts and a broad cultural and visual reference base
• An understanding of contemporary AI tools and how they can enhance creative workflows
• Experience working with and guiding other designers

How You Work

You have exceptional taste and care deeply about the work.

You’re conceptually ambitious but understand that ideas are only as good as their execution.

You think in systems rather than isolated outputs — understanding how an idea needs to flex across a brand, a website, an interface, a campaign and everything in between.

You’re as interested in interaction, behaviour and experience as you are in typography, image and composition.

You’re curious — about design, technology, culture, fashion, art, film, architecture and the world beyond the design industry.

You take ownership. You don’t wait to be told exactly what to do, and you actively look for ways to make the work better.

You’re comfortable challenging ideas, including your own, and can explain your point of view without ego.

You understand clients and know how to build trust while maintaining creative ambition.

You’re generous with your thinking and help make the people around you better.

Most importantly, you want to make work that people notice, remember and care about.

Success Looks Like

• Creative Quality — You consistently produce distinctive, intelligent and beautifully crafted work.
• Brand & Digital — You can move seamlessly between building a brand and bringing it to life through compelling digital experiences.
• Ownership — You can take a project or significant creative workstream from initial thinking through to delivery.
• Ideas — You bring strong concepts and perspectives, not simply polished execution.
• Digital Craft — Your digital work combines strong creative thinking with an understanding of experience, interaction, usability and technology.
• Client Confidence — You can present, discuss and defend creative thinking clearly and build trust with clients.
• Leadership — You raise the quality of the work and help other designers do their best work
• Progression — You actively explore new tools, technologies and creative approaches that keep the studio moving forward.
• Impact — Your contribution makes both the work and the studio stronger.

Justified Studio Benefits

• At Justified Studio, we believe in rewarding our team for their hard work and dedication with benefits that go beyond the usual.
• An Inspiring Studio Culture – A collaborative, ambitious environment where creativity thrives
• Monthly Justified Socials – From exhibitions to nights out
• Monthly Team Lunches – End‑of‑month studio lunches, on us
• Extended Christmas & New Year Break – Proper time to switch off and recharge
• Annual Summer & Christmas Parties – Celebrating the big moments together