Senior Designer

twentysix; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Summer Days - 5 paid afternoons off

Birthday Leave

Loyalty Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Mental Health Support

LinkedIn Learning access

Foundation Day

Parental Leave

Job summary

VML AUNZ seeks an accomplished senior designer to lead design for our New Zealand presence. You will drive visually compelling branding across retail catalogs, packaging, print and digital ads, ensuring brand integrity.

The role reports to the Head of Design and focuses on high‑impact, fast‑paced projects for global beverage client partners. With 10+ years in marketing collateral design, you will mentor peers, manage timelines, and deliver finished art with precision, including prepress and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience in designing and producing marketing collaterals.
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft programs.
• Strong understanding of print and digital design process and its required outputs.
• Excellent communication and prioritisation skills.
• To be able to communicate clearly with people, showing a deal of patience, when required.
• Have a positive attitude towards work. See the opportunities rather than the problems.
• Strong time management skills in a fast‑paced, high‑turnover environment with multiple, changing priorities.
• Very high attention to detail.
• Able to ask logical questions to gain a full understanding of client needs and requests.
• Ability to identify issues and make decisions accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the project manager and client teams to understand the needs and visually elevate the brands.
• Have an eye for design, typography, layout and pre‑press requirements, digital advertising and go the extra mile on all jobs, adding value where possible.
• To gain full knowledge of studio procedures and guidelines
• Ensure integration of brand and design consistency on all projects.
• Develop a deep knowledge of your clients' brands and style guides.
• Responsible for the design of a range of graphic, print, and digital media collateral.
• Have strong self‑management attributes.
• Be deadline‑oriented and have the ability to work at a fast pace.
• Action design feedback promptly in line with client requests.
• Oversee and give design guidance to other designers in the team.
• Finished Art
• Excellent technical skills in the creation of finished art for ads and packaging designs and preparing digital files for publishing.
• Basic Retouching skills as a minimum.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Typography

Branding

Art direction

Time management

Tools

Illustrator

InDesign

Photoshop

PowerPoint

Job description

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award‑winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate‑Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca‑Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting‑edge media intelligence and data solutions, world‑class creativity, next‑generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

Your role in a nutshell

In this role you will be solely responsible for working on design briefs for our client's New Zealand presence. This client is a world‑leading global beverage company known for its iconic consumer brands, operating across over 200 markets. This role reports to the Head of Design.

The work will be retail focused and include the likes of catalogue print and digital ads; packaging designs and updates; pharmacy catalogues and detail aids.

Key Responsibilities

For our business to work, you will be required to spend time on certain areas of the business. Your key responsibilities are as follows:

• Work closely with the project manager and client teams to understand the needs and visually elevate the brands.
• Have an eye for design, typography, layout and pre‑press requirements, digital advertising and go the extra mile on all jobs, adding value where possible.
• To gain full knowledge of studio procedures and guidelines
• Ensure integration of brand and design consistency on all projects.
• Develop a deep knowledge of your clients' brands and style guides.
• Responsible for the design of a range of graphic, print, and digital media collateral.
• Have strong self‑management attributes.
• Be deadline‑oriented and have the ability to work at a fast pace.
• Action design feedback promptly in line with client requests.
• Oversee and give design guidance to other designers in the team.

Finished Art

• Excellent technical skills in the creation of finished art for ads and packaging designs and preparing digital files for publishing.
• Basic Retouching skills as a minimum.

Required Experience/Skills/Capabilities

• Minimum of 10 years experience in designing and producing marketing collaterals.
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft programs.
• Strong understanding of print and digital design process and its required outputs.
• Excellent communication and prioritisation skills.
• To be able to communicate clearly with people, showing a deal of patience, when required.
• Have a positive attitude towards work. See the opportunities rather than the problems.
• Strong time management skills in a fast‑paced, high‑turnover environment with multiple, changing priorities.
• Very high attention to detail.
• Able to ask logical questions to gain a full understanding of client needs and requests.
• Ability to identify issues and make decisions accordingly.

  VML AUNZ HIGHLIGHTS

  There are many things that make VML an awesome place to work, but we think there are a few worth mentioning:

  • Summer Days - 5 paid afternoons off each year during daylight savings time.
  • Birthday Leave - a paid day off to celebrate your Birthday each year.
  • Loyalty Leave - a paid day off each year to celebrate your work anniversary.
  • Employee Assistance Program access 24/7 support.
  • Mental Health Support.
  • LinkedIn Learning access for all employees.
  • Foundation Day - the anniversary of our establishment where every employee works together to give back to the community.
  • PerkSPACE - a dedicated platform for employee benefits that help you save, grow and generously make life easier.
  • Parental Leave Policies.

  We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

  WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

  VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP). For more information,please visit www.vml.com, andfollowalong on Instagram, LinkedIn, and X.