Midweight Designer

Midweight Designer

Salary: 35-40k DOE max

Location: Tunbridge Wells

Hybrid working: 2 days in office / 3 remote

The Role

Design-led agency with an ambitious growth strategy. The growth we want is more about doing the very best work for the very best clients rather than rapidly increasing our headcount. The design team is our ‘engine room’ and is at the heart of everything we do. And we do a lot. We need a hardworking midweight designer who can work steadily in an often pressured, deadline-driven environment without sacrificing creative vision or technical quality.

Role in the studio

• Working closely with the Creative Director, Head of Creative, Lead Designer and the team to develop the creative direction of ifour’s commissioned design work (e.g. branding, campaigns, websites, video, motion, print, marketing comms/collateral, packaging etc.).
• Ensuring that assigned creative concepts and themes are produced and assets created as agreed by agency and client.
• Being a proactive member of the design team, and looking for opportunities to improve the way the design team works.
• Contributing to weekly design team meetings to improve quality, encourage collaboration, and ensure timely delivery.
• Working with the project delivery team as a project team member or project champion to ensure that projects are running smoothly and creative studio deliverables are being produced on time, on budget and to the right quality.
• Making a positive and imaginative contribution to the ongoing development of the agency’s culture, values and outlook.

Client work

• Designing original, beautiful and engaging concepts for clients’ brand and marketing communications that have a big, positive impact on their bottom line.
• Designing and producing marketing communications (print and digital) collateral for our wide variety of clients
• Liaising with clients to capture a full understanding of the brief and the wider project context
• Contributing to creative pitches to prospective and existing clients.
• Contributing to the account management of clients, developing business and demonstrating understanding of their needs to ensure excellent client/agency relationships and a steady stream of work.

Core skills/experience

• Broad experience including formal training in design and/or industry experience gained over 3+ years as a designer, graphic designer or similar design-led role.
• Has impact within a creative team and can encourage a collaborative and inclusive team dynamic.
• Ability to flex to any industry in any location.
• Talent for generating strong creative ideas and concepts.
• High degree of expertise with design/creative software e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, After Effects
• Strong aesthetic skills with a deep understanding of colours, fonts and layouts.
• Impeccable attention to detail and the ability to provide insightful feedback.
• Communication and presentation skills – the ability to engage colleagues and clients and inspire them with your ideas and creative vision
• Excellent interpersonal skills are a must – you have to be able to articulate your creative vision while remaining open to others’ ideas.

Person specification

• Creative – you need to have strong ideas about what you want to achieve creatively and you must be able to engage and inspire others with your ideas.
• Supportive – you need to know how to work as part of a talented bunch of people who each have their own style of working.
• Resourceful and organised – you should always make sure you are well-enough briefed to be able to propose solutions for any creative / delivery issues that come up without having to resort to the Creative Director or Head of Creative every time.
• Inspirational – the creative team should naturally be keen for your input and creative opinion and should come away energised by interactions with you.
• Someone who is self-motivated and resilient under pressure, who can remain focused on team goals.