Senior Designer

London, UK (Hybrid)

£70K/yrSenior Level10+ years expContract

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the visual direction for advertising and digital campaigns, lead the Creative team on technical design, and push social-first ideas while experimenting with AI to move faster and win clients.

  • Own visual direction across campaigns and digital channels
  • Lead and mentor the Creative team on technical design work
  • Explore AI-enabled tools to accelerate ideas and production

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You’re an experienced designer that has spent significant time working on advertising and digital communications, and preferably has strong social media experience.
  • You have experience applying and also creating design guidelines. At the same time we\'re looking for creative flair - evidence you push visual design and campaign ideas beyond the predictable. And you can also sell your work too, building arguments for your work that win clients over.
  • You’re an authority on best practice, across channels and formats. And when required you manage and lead other members of the Creative team on the more technical aspects of design.
  • Because digital is our bread and butter, you should also ‘get’ social media. You’ll understand what makes something work in a feed, how design changes across platforms and why social-first creative is different from traditional advertising.
  • While design will be your domain, we’re looking for someone with range. You should be comfortable flexing into web design. Motion and video skills are also beneficial. And we’re embracing AI across our creative workflow. So you should be experimenting with how new tools can help you explore ideas, move faster and produce better work.
  • The role is based in our London office, combining office time (3 days a week) with working from home days. Some work outside standard office hours may be required for various client and work activities.

Requirements

  • 10+ years’ design experience in advertising, marketing, branding or a related creative environment
  • Strong design fundamentals and excellent attention to detail
  • A portfolio showing strong craft and creative thinking across a range of formats
  • The ability to develop visual direction, not just follow existing guidelines
  • A strong understanding of social media and digital design
  • Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills
  • Strong Figma skills
  • Experience across some combination of web design, motion design, video editing
  • After Effects and Premiere Pro experience is an advantage
  • The ability to work independently and respond constructively to feedback

Benefits

  • 20 days’ annual leave, plus UK statutory bank holidays, leave outside of leave allowance may also be provided in December.
  • 10 days annual 'work from anywhere' allowance: you can work from a location of your choice
  • Employer pension contribution of 3%, increasing to 4% after 12 months.
  • Private medical insurance following six months of continuous employment, subject to company policy.
  • Professional development and training support.
  • The opportunity to work across UK and international projects.
  • A creative and internationally connected working environment.
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Topham Guerin

Topham Guerin is the global influence agency.We help political leaders, global brands, and public institutions win hearts and minds.Not a PR firm.Not an ad agency.Not a management consultancy.We’re built for one thing: influence.We combine strategic clarity, bold creativity and digital firepower to shift opinion and drive behaviour change.Our campaigns cut through when it matters most — at the ballot box, in the boardroom, and beyond.WHAT WE DO:▸ Campaign Strategy▸ Creative Content▸ Media + Distribution▸ Web Design & BuildOUR VALUES:▸ Fortune favours the bold▸ Outcomes beat awards▸ Different works▸ Work is play▸ Best can be better

Founded in 2016
NZL
42 employees (19 in marketing)

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
11 (26% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
515
Traffic Source Mix
Search
48.1%
Direct
40.6%
Referral
6.6%
Social
3.8%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~42
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Senior Designer

Topham Guerin · London, UK · Hybrid