Associate Design Director – Maternity Cover

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, motivate and inspire the design team on a daily basis
• Suggest best ways of working, hustle for the best outcome and opportunities
• Work with the Design Director to develop processes, structures and raise the quality of design
• Build a productive and collaborative working relationship with other disciplines across the agency to deliver projects
• Maintain brand consistency throughout all our projects, acting as brand guardian
• Review scopes and collaborate with resource team, to ensure timings reflect best quality outcomes
• Generate creative ideas and campaign look and feels
• Deliver and inspire innovative and high quality work across all deliverables from the team
• Be a reliable escalation point for design team and wider stakeholders, signing off work and communicating in a timely manner
• Be aware of and respond to current design trends and culture
• Use your experience and ideas to contribute to the development of our creative process
• Present work internally and externally
• Stay up-to-date with industry development and tools

• Experience in a Design Manager or Associate Design Director role
• A career in design, showcasing a portfolio/showreel of campaign work
• Expert technical skills, Adobe suite & Figma, Google Suite
• Experience in video production and post production techniques
• Experience in resource and time management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A high attention to detail, especially in large scale asset production and sign off
• Experience in creating and reviewing scopes/timing plans
• Strong aesthetic skills with art direction and graphic design principles
• Ability to remain focused under pressure within a fast-paced environment
• A love for learning new things and exploring new formats