Midweight Creative Designer – Send, Surrey / WFH

Salary £35,000 - £38,000 DOE plus benefits

The role is a full-time position, and there is a flexible approach between working in the office and remotely.

We are looking for a Midweight Creative Designer for our fabulous client who is an award-winning integrated, creative communications agency with design at its heart.  They are looking to recruit a passionate, driven Midweight Creative Designer to join their busy team on a hybrid basis.

Job Description

The Midweight Creative Designer will carry out the following day-to-day responsibilities:

• Take responsibility and ownership of projects from a creative point of view and liaise with Client Services to fully understand briefs and project requirements
• Pro-actively work with the Client Services team, developing & presenting work and offering creative guidance as required
• Creating assets from scratch as well as working with existing creative concepts
• Present your work to clients and take onboard feedback when required
• Attend ‘creative preview’ meetings to collaborate with colleagues and improve work
• Display best practise design skills and knowledge
• Understand brand values and be their brand guardian ensuring work is kept ‘on brand’
• Keeping up to date with design and social trends
• Guide and nurture junior members of the team

The Midweight Creative Designer will have the following skills, expertise, personal skills and qualifications:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• A solid understanding of design principles and passion for design trends across social/digital and print
• Exceptional eye for detail
• Excellent working knowledge of the Adobe Suite – Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
• Microsoft Office
• After Effects and Premier Pro – desired
• Figma – not essential
• Experience in an agency
• You are a motivated, passionate creative, willing to take on new challenges and learn new skills
• You have a positive approach and the ability to adapt to changing projects; you work well within a dynamic team, meeting deadlines and exceeding customer expectations
• You have a collaborative spirit but are able to work on your own
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills
• You are a self-starter with a strong work ethic and a passion to making it better
• Educated to degree level, or an equivalent professional qualification
• Full driving licence and own car

What’s on Offer

• To be treated as an adult
• To be fairly and honestly respected, rewarded, supported and challenged
• To be given the freedom to work where, how and when you deliver your best work
• To have your achievements appreciated and celebrated
• To be regularly communicated with on business and team news, honestly and transparently
• To be given an equal voice, opportunities to speak up and be heard
• To be given a chance to rest including 25 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays and an allowance to support family and domestic emergencies and mental and physical ill health
• To have your development championed and supported by a line manager, giving you the opportunity to push your skills
• To be financially supported with a contributory personal pension and NHS top up scheme
• The chance to relax and let your hair down with colleagues at regular social activities