Web Designer Rising To Design Manager - Digital Marketing Agency

RECRUITMENTREVOLUTION.COM; Dorking; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A national SEO marketing agency in Dorking seeks a talented designer to fast-track into a Design Manager role. This position offers hands-on training, the chance to manage a team, and the potential for career progression and increased salary. Ideal candidates will have experience in design team management and tools like Webflow, Adobe Creative Suite, and Figma. Work hard and be rewarded in a vibrant company culture.

Benefits

Company Trips

Development days

20 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience managing a design team.
• Creative and capable of inspiring others.
• Strong understanding of Webflow as a design platform.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations and KPIs of the design team.
• Act as the main point of contact for all design matters.
• Build and update client websites confidently.

Job description

Are you ready to fast-track your career into design leadership?

We’re looking for a talented designer with a flair for creativity and a spark for leadership to join Promote. You’ll start by getting hands-on with client projects, mastering our tools, and delivering outstanding websites—then, within just a few months, you’ll step up into the Design Manager role, leading and inspiring our growing team.

This is a unique opportunity for someone with proven team leadership or management experience who’s eager to grow quickly into a key leadership position. With structured in-house training, a clear development plan, and an increased salary once you take on management responsibilities, this role offers fantastic career progression and the chance to shape the future of our design department.

The Role at a Glance:

• Web Design / Design Manager in Waiting
• Based in our Dorking HQ
• Starting £28,000 rising upon graduation to Team Manager
• Plus Benefits (Company Trips, Development days)
• Full Time – Permanent
• Hours: 8.45am - 5pm
• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Culture: Work Hard, Be Rewarded. Company: National SEO Marketing Agency that guarantees page 1 listings (industry leading guarantee)

Your Background / Skills:

Experience managing a design team. Creative. Experience using Webflow, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch, and basic coding. Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Why Join Us?

We’re proud of our “work hard, be rewarded” ethos, and our team culture reflects it. We celebrate success, support growth, and invest in people. Here, ambition doesn’t go unnoticed — it gets rewarded.

The Design Manager Opportunity:

We are on the hunt for an experienced Design Manager to lead our design team. This role is pivotal in ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, tracking KPIs, managing project work and acting as the main point of contact for all design matters.

Training & Progression Pathway

1. Months 1 - 3: Full hands-on training in building client websites with Webflow, updating live client sites, and learning our systems, processes and design standards.
2. Months 3 - 6: Begin supporting workload allocation, assisting in KPI tracking and shadowing management responsibilities.
3. Month 6 onwards: Transition into full team management, taking responsibility for daily operations, KPIs, project delivery and staff development.

This structured pathway ensures you are fully supported and confident before stepping into leadership responsibilities.

We actively champion career progression, with clear pathways to senior leadership roles such as Head of Design.

What your day might look like:

Hands-On Design Responsibilities (Training Phase)

• Build new client websites using Webflow
• Make changes and updates to live client websites
• Gain full training on client processes, update requests and project workflows

Core Role Management Responsibilities (Once Trained)

• Daily management of design team operations
• Management of design team KPIs, tracking & reporting
• Oversight of design project work
• Acting as main point of contact for all design-related queries
• Completion of regular design audits (processes, spreadsheets, reporting)

Daily Management of Design Team

• Allocate daily workloads to team members following SLA and priority order
• Update relevant documents (daily workload trackers) & attend management meetings
• Oversee design QCs to ensure high-quality outputs
• Conduct monthly 1:1s to support staff development and process improvement
• Complete a management training course within 6 months and present learnings to senior management

Management of Design Team KPIs

• Track, monitor and report on team KPIs
• Ensure monthly KPI targets are consistently met
• Oversight of delivery of websites within a 3 day SLA

Project Management

• Accurately track individual designers’ project work
• Conduct regular follow-ups and check-ins to ensure timely project completion

Main Point of Contact for Design

• Escalate any issues raised in 1:1s to senior management
• Act as the primary point of contact for senior management and other departments regarding design
• Ensure all escalations are logged, resolved and followed up in writing
• Act as main liaison for sales requests relating to design

About You:

• Proven experience managing, mentoring and coaching a team
• Experience using Webflow is essential
• Ability to inspire creativity and maintain consistency
• Strong understanding and practical experience using Webflow as a design platform
• Familiarity with design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch, and basic coding (HTML/CSS/JS) is preferred but not essential.
• Ability to build new websites and update live client sites confidently
• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Ability to track, monitor and report on KPIs effectively
• Strong communication and organisational skills, including cross department collaboration
• Detail-oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality design outputs
• Proactive, ambitious and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Ready to take the leap into leadership? If you’re a creative designer with the drive to lead, develop, and inspire a team, this is your chance to fast-track your career into management. At PromoteUK, you’ll gain hands-on experience, receive structured training, and step into a Design Manager role where your impact will be seen and celebrated.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only.