Senior Designer (advertising)

OWL; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading advertising agency in London seeks a Senior Designer to drive creative strategies for prestigious global brands. This role demands exceptional conceptual skills and a proven track record of impactful designs. Unique opportunities to mentor and collaborate with top industry talents await. Join to make a significant mark in a dynamic, award-winning environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in high-calibre agencies.
• Pro mastery of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Calm under pressure and obsessed with craft.

Responsibilities

• Lead big-idea design thinking for major global brands.
• Partner with creatives and strategists to build engaging work.
• Mentor teammates and elevate creative output.

Skills

Storytelling through design

Brand campaign thinking

Concept-driven visuals

Mentoring

Creative design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

After Effects

Job description

OWL Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Senior Designer (advertising)

OWL Greater London, England, United Kingdom

This range is provided by OWL. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Role: Senior Designer

Location: Central London

Hybrid Working Model: Circa 3-4 days on site per week

Contract: Full-time

Senior Designer – Big Brand. Bigger Ideas.

We’re not just looking for another Senior Designer. We’re looking for the Senior Designer - the one with the ideas that stop a room, the instincts that shape campaigns, and the creative firepower to lead visual storytelling on a global stage.

This isn’t just another job. This is a chance to do the best work of your career at one of London’s biggest and most creatively respected agencies - a place where campaigns don’t just win awards, they set benchmarks.

If you’re a conceptual heavyweight with a track record of iconic campaigns, branding brilliance, and social/motion thinking that cuts through, this is the moment you’ve been building toward.

What You’ll Do

• Own and lead big-idea design thinking for major global brands across advertising, branding, social, and motion.
• Partner with world-class creatives, strategists, and clients to build work that grabs attention and earns applause.
• Craft bold, concept-driven visuals that win hearts and pencils - D&ADs, Cannes Lions, Clios - you name it.
• Bring campaigns to life across every channel - from pitch deck to TikTok, from static to dynamic.
• Push, provoke, and elevate the creative output of the team around you - mentoring with edge and empathy.
• Keep your finger on the pulse of culture, design trends, tech, and what’s next.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years in high-calibre agencies - with a folio stacked with conceptual, beautifully executed, and celebrated work.
• A knack for storytelling through design - with fluency in brand, campaign, digital, social and motion thinking.
• Pro mastery of Adobe Creative Suite, with After Effects and motion capability as a serious bonus.
• Experience building and evolving brand identities, and bringing them to life across platforms.
• Calm under pressure, surgical with feedback, obsessed with craft.
• Someone who lives and breathes great creative - and doesn’t settle for anything less.

Bonus Points For

• An armful of awards from the likes of D&AD, Cannes, One Show, or the Design Week Awards.
• Global brand campaign experience with massive reach and cultural relevance.
• Deep knowledge of what makes social content sing, and how to make motion feel meaningful.

Why This Role?

Because average doesn’t cut it. This is your chance to join an agency with real creative swagger - the kind of place where ideas fly fast, teams win together, and clients trust you to go bold. You’ll work with some of the smartest minds in the industry, get stuck into some of the most ambitious briefs out there, and walk away with a portfolio that’ll get you noticed anywhere in the world.

• Ready to raise the bar?

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Art/Creative and Design

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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