Design Director 12-month FTC

We are looking for a strategic and conceptual Senior Graphic Designer with team lead experience or a Design Director, to cover maternity leave on a 12–month Fixed Term Contract at a creative agency in central Birmingham. You will join the team as Design Director to help manage the team and offer your expertise in delivering a range of exceptional multimedia concepts across traditional media and digital platforms. This is a 12–month Fixed Term Contract due to start in August 2022. The role is based in Birmingham with hybrid working. We are not permitted to advertise the salary, however, please be assured it is highly competitive and based on experience.

The Company

Our client is a successful, people–focused corporate communications agency that has achieved enviable growth over the last 5 years and is looking to continue building on its recognised success. They deliver professional, creative solutions and consultancy to over 100 Plcs ranging from the FTSE 100 to AiM listed organisations. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to enable, influence and evolve their continued creative offering to generate success for their clients. Their brand development services are also growing and gaining recognition within corporate markets.

With our clients' commitment to candidate experience, they have entrusted us as their sole agency ensuring we have a depth of knowledge of this opportunity and have the processes in place to ensure every application is responded to and treated appropriately and with respect. Your application will find itself in the hands of a specialist consultant with a depth of knowledge in this opportunity.

The Role

As Design Director, you will lead a team of three Senior Designers and a Junior Designer in the delivery of innovative concepts and strategic creative solutions for a range of FTSe 100 clients operating in B2B and B2C sectors. Your role will include overseeing the creative direction and design output of the team, and managing day–to–day workloads for all projects for the team. You will also be involved with crafting your own conceptual work and visualisations into comprehensive designs across multiple brand touchpoints including corporate websites, on/offline annual reports, investor presentations, and from time to time, art directing video and photo shoots. Working closely with Client Services Directors you will be the creative contact for your clients to provide a seamless and engaging process.

About You

• You have significant experience as a Senior Graphic Designer managing a team, or Design Director having led design teams
• Your portfolio will show strong conceptual ideas and beautiful graphic design across print and digital channels
• Ideally, you have a background in corporate communications, branding and brand communications, or publishing
• You are a confident self–starter, with the ability to plan and lead
• You are truly passionate about graphic design, have meticulous attention to detail and a strong commercial eye, and are able to see the bigger picture
• You can confidently communicate at all levels within a business and enjoy working directly with clients
• You are highly skilled in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD or Figma

Get in touch

If you would like to apply, please send your CV and portfolio. If you don't have your CV to hand right now, please send us a note expressing your interest in the first instance and we can take it from there!