Senior Designer

1000heads; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in Social Transformation is seeking an ambitious Senior Designer for a 6-month FTC in London. The role involves leading creative projects, producing campaigns, and mentoring team members while collaborating with a variety of departments. Ideal candidates should have a rich background in graphic design, strong social knowledge, and a passion for storytelling.

Benefits

Additional holiday for each year of service

Subsidised gym membership

Private Medical Cover

Company Pension Scheme

Personal development fund

Cycle to work scheme

Flexible working, hybrid 2-3 days per week

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a creative role from an agency background.
• Experienced in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to present work confidently and build client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the creative output on up to 3 accounts.
• Conceptualise, scope, and implement complex integrated campaigns.
• Oversee and mentor junior designers, ensuring quality output.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Design thinking

Leadership

Motion Design knowledge

Branding/strategic design

Social knowledge

Education

Graphic design education

Job description

We are looking for an ambitious Senior Designer to join our London Design & Production team.

Please note, this will be a 6 month FTC with the possibility of an extension or going perm.

You will be focussing on several of our clients across tech and retail.

We are a tight knit team of illustrators & animators, photographers & videographers, coders & brand builders who create thumb-smashing content for some of the biggest brands in the world.

You will work closely with a whole host of departmental specialists, from Insights, to Community, to Strategy to deliver transformational social-first work for our clients. Our Conversational Creative relies on innovation, through a deep knowledge of the latest platform features and production techniques, combined with an acute understanding of what people are talking about and why it's important to them and their communities.

To be a part of the Design & Production team, you must be a pixel loving, idea generating, creative collaborator who likes to tell stories that move.

Responsibilities

You will be tasked with owning and leading the creative output on up to 3 accounts, producing campaigns, overseeing retainer content and developing our team with your impressive design knowledge.

• Conceptualise, scope in and implement complex integrated campaigns
• Lead innovative ideations and foster confidence within the design team.
• Delivering campaign and brand development, overseeing retainer workflow
• Art direction of social content that uses motion graphics, photography and video
• Hands-on creation of content through motion graphics and photography
• Ownership and quality oversight of content outputted by junior members of the team
• Stay up-to-date with social platforms and industry trends
• Leading team members, collaborating with client service and community teams
• Confidently present work and build client relationships
• Work with community managers, strategists and account teams to create future thinking, bold and social-first ideas.
• Managing and mentoring designers
• Contribute and shape business development pitches
• Lead presentations and encourage other team members to present
• You will also help drive creativity, process and organisation across the agency and help build the design team to fit your needs.

• Experienced creative with graphic design education and 5+ year’s experience from an agency background
• Strong social knowledge
• Experienced in leading teams and overseeing multiple, diverse projects simultaneously
• Branding /strategic design
• Motion Design knowledge
• Attention to detail - lead on quality control
• Management experience
• Passion
• Design thinking
• Excellent communicator
• You'll slot into our creative family with your own brand of vim, spark and joy

About 1000heads

1000heads is a Social Transformation company.

We combine expertise in data & analytics, strategy, technology and creativity to help the world’s best businesses build Social Age brands.

1000heads delivers social-first insight, consultancy, and creative services to clients around the world including The North Face, Google, Diageo, Wella, Snap, Meta, Amazon and the United Nations.

We have offices around the world in London, Berlin, Paris, New York, LA, Miami, Sydney and Melbourne and Kuala Lumpar.

1000heads is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we are passionately committed to working together to promote an inclusive environment which celebrates and promotes diversity. We are committed to our belief that diversity in our team generates better and bolder ideas, creativity, understanding and respect. We welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

For more information on 1000heads, visit www.1000heads.com.

This job description is not intended to cover everything that will be expected of you but rather to act as a guide and you maybe required to get involved in other and reasonable ad hoc projects.

• Additional holiday day for each year of service, up to 25 days
• Additional festive shutdown period between Christmas and New Years period
• Subsidised gym membership
• Private Medical Cover
• Company Pension Scheme
• Personal development fund
• Cycle to work scheme
• Regular company socials/away days, free Thursday breakfasts and drinks
• Flexible working, hybrid 2-3 days per week
• Plus other cool perks