Senior Designer – Chichester, West Sussex / WFH

Salary £35,000 - £45,000 DOE plus benefits

The working pattern could be hybrid, but ideally 2 days in the office per week as a minimum, to ensure everyone is working effectively as a creative team.

We are delighted to be looking for a Senior Designer to join our client who is an energetic design consultancy with a successful 36-year history, with an international healthcare bias, with customers based in the USA and Europe.  Due to expansion, they are looking for a Senior Designer to join their busy team on a hybrid basis.

Job Description

The Senior Designer will undertake the following day to day duties:

• Discussing, and understanding, project requirements.
• Interpreting a client’s brief using a mix of design expertise, commercial awareness, and as directed by others.
• Bringing the brand story to life through with intelligent, impactful design ideas and visualisations.
• Assisting the design teams ideas, providing them with creative input to improve their work and essentially make sure all design is implemented with accuracy.
• Scamping ideas for internal and external purposes across layouts, user experiences, prototypes, and design storyboards that bring the user experience and subject matter to life, based on user insights.
• Developing visual solutions that have impact, are on-brand, and consistent.
• Working with the wider team to brainstorm design ideas, user experiences, and interactive touch points.
• Presenting and substantiating creative and design decisions of the design team to internal teams and clients.
• Developing and overseeing the design assets for larger design projects ensuring the agency’s high standards are maintained.
• Establishing clear communication hierarchies that convey the key message(s) to the user.
• Selecting, editing, and framing imagery across print, digital, interface and some motion design.
• Designing and overseeing the development of all branding elements including styling, typography iconography, technical illustrations, charts, etc.

Key Responsibility

• Creating high quality designs that support the agency’s promise of ‘complex messages made simple’.
• Supporting the team in delivering impactful, innovative a creative graphic and digital design.
• Prioritising projects, design tasks of your own and others to ensure projects meet customer needs and deadlines.
• Bringing the communication narrative to life, using intelligent layouts, skilled typography, and dynamic imagery across user experiences, prototypes, motion storyboards and more.
• Attending internal briefings, brainstorming sessions, and client sessions to establish the key objectives, and steer the design solution in the right direction to meet the agency’s commercial goals.
• Presenting design thinking and executions internally and at client presentations.
• Selecting and commissioning illustrators, photographers, voice artists, and animators.
• Amending design and creative work according to internal review, what delivers the best outcome, and client feedback.
• Communicating with clients to meet their needs and keep projects on track, profitable and on budget.
• Mentoring and developing the design and production teams skills.

The Senior Designer will have the following desired skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in design or a related field is required.
• 8-12 years’ experience in the design industry.
• A strong portfolio to showcase your creativity, design craft and sector knowledge.
• An interest and experience in healthcare communications.
• Excellent knowledge of design techniques for print, digital, interface and motion design.
• Significant experience in leading a small design team in a fast-paced environment.
• High levels of expertise in Adobe CC, particularly InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, Outlook, (XD, Figma, After Effects, Premier Pro an advantage.)
• Strong design craft and layout skills, a passion for typography and impeccable attention to detail.
• Excels in managing multiple project deliverables and delivering to tight deadlines.
• Maintaining a desire to understand the clients’ business and the issues they face.

What’s On Offer

• Engaged and friendly team
• Great office environment, located near Chichester marina
• Generous auto-enrolment company pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• On-site parking
• Flexible schedule with hybrid working option
• CPD training allowance
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover