Senior Designer; FTC)

Senior Designer | 12-Month Maternity Cover

Location:

London or Manchester

Working Type:
Full-time, hybrid

Hybrid: 3 mandatory office days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and 2 work-from-home days.

Reports to:

Creative Leadership (interim reporting line to be confirmed)

Department:
Design Studio / Creative

Contract Type:
Fixed-term contract, 12 months (maternity cover)

Welcome to New Gen

We’re a global social and creator agency that exists to make brands iconic, standing at the forefront of culture, creators and community.

Founded by our 30 under 30 co-founders, New Gen is an independent agency working with some of the world’s biggest brands including Pepsi, Samsung, SEGA and Cash App.

Privately owned and built to challenge the big networks and stale traditional agencies, we move fast and believe fresh ideas with the right culture capital can compete with anyone.

We’re setting the standards for the world’s most exciting brands and creators, so if you want to be part of something bigger and more ambitious than just another agency, this is the place to be.

The Design Studio brings New Gen’s ideas to life, building strong creative concepts, campaign visuals and design systems across social, digital, print and real-world activations.

We work closely with Creative, Strategy, Accounts and Production to take work from the first idea through to the final asset, often at pace and across multiple formats and markets. From Pepsi and Samsung to 7UP and Marriott Bonvoy, we make sure the work is original, beautifully crafted and unmistakably on brand.

We’re looking for a talented Senior Designer to join our growing Design Studio on a 12-month maternity cover contract.

You’ll lead the creative thinking and hands‑on design behind high‑impact, social‑first campaigns, taking ideas from early concepts through to polished, multi‑format delivery. You’ll be a trusted senior design contact throughout the contract period, helping maintain creative quality, project ownership and a confident, collaborative studio environment.

• Develop bold, culturally relevant ideas, visual concepts and creative routes, bringing fresh references and design thinking into briefs from the outset.
• Shape and confidently communicate creative direction, presenting a clear design rationale and constructively challenging briefs or feedback when the work can be stronger.

• Lead the design of standout key visuals and flexible creative systems across social, digital, out-of-home (OOH), print and experiential touchpoints.
• Deliver complex, high-volume rollouts, including adaptations, resizing and transcreation, ensuring every asset feels consistent and considered.
• Maintain an exceptional standard of art direction, typography, layout, production accuracy and attention to detail through to final sign‑off.

• Own design work streams end‑to‑end, from kick‑off and creative exploration to feedback rounds, approvals and final delivery.
• Work closely with Creative, Strategy, Accounts and Production partners, bringing motion and channel requirements into the process early.
• Manage deadlines and expectations proactively, flagging risks or resourcing pressures early while balancing creative ambition with delivery needs.

• Act as a reliable senior design point of contact during the maternity cover, making sound day‑to‑day creative decisions and giving constructive feedback.
• Share relevant trends, creative inspiration and new design, motion or AI techniques that raise the quality and ambition of the studio’s work.

• Become embedded in the team, clients and ways of working, building trusted relationships across Creative, Strategy,…