Senior Designer

We are looking for an ambitious Senior Designer to join our London Design & Production team. Please note, this will be a 6 month FTC with the possibility of an extension or going perm. You will be focussing on several of our clients across tech and retail. We are a tight knit team of illustrators & animators, photographers & videographers, coders & brand builders who create thumb-smashing content for some of the biggest brands in the world. You will work closely with a whole host of departmental specialists, from Insights, to Community, to Strategy to deliver transformational social-first work for our clients.

Our Conversational Creative relies on innovation, through a deep knowledge of the latest platform features and production techniques, combined with an acute understanding of what people are talking about and why it's important to them and their communities. To be a part of the Design & Production team, you must be a pixel loving, idea generating, creative collaborator who likes to tell stories that move.

• You will be tasked with owning and leading the creative output on up to 3 accounts, producing campaigns, overseeing retainer content and developing our team with your impressive design knowledge.
• Conceptualise, scope in and implement complex integrated campaigns.
• Lead innovative ideations and foster confidence within the design team.
• Delivering campaign and brand development, overseeing retainer workflow.
• Art direction of social content that uses motion graphics, photography and video.
• Hands-on creation of content through motion graphics and photography.
• Ownership and quality oversight of content outputted by junior members of the team.
• Stay up-to-date with social platforms and industry trends.
• Leading team members, collaborating with client service and community teams.
• Confidently present work and build client relationships.
• Work with community managers, strategists and account teams to create future thinking, bold and social-first ideas.
• Managing and mentoring designers.
• Contribute and shape business development pitches.
• Lead presentations and encourage other team members to present.
• You will also help drive creativity, process and organisation across the agency and help build the design team to fit your needs.

Requirements

• Experienced creative with graphic design education and 5+ years’ experience from an agency background.
• Strong social knowledge.
• Experienced in leading teams and overseeing multiple, diverse projects simultaneously.
• Branding / strategic design.
• Motion Design knowledge.
• Attention to detail - lead on quality control.
• Management experience.
• Passion for design thinking.
• Excellent communicator.

You’ll slot into our creative family with your own brand of vim, spark and joy.

About 1000heads

1000heads is a Social Transformation company. We combine expertise in data & analytics, strategy, technology and creativity to help the world’s best businesses build Social Age brands. 1000heads delivers social-first insight, consultancy, and creative services to clients around the world including The North Face, Google, Diageo, Wella, Snap, Meta, Amazon and the United Nations. We have offices around the world in London, Berlin, Paris, New York, LA, Miami, Sydney and Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur.

1000heads is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we are passionately committed to working together to promote an inclusive environment which celebrates and promotes diversity. We are committed to our belief that diversity in our team generates better and bolder ideas, creativity, understanding and respect. We welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

This job description is not intended to cover everything that will be expected of you but rather to act as a guide and you may be required to get involved in other reasonable ad hoc projects.

Benefits

• Additional holiday day for each year of service, up to 25 days.
• Additional festive shutdown period between Christmas and New Year’s period.
• Subsidised gym membership.
• Private Medical Cover.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Personal development fund.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Regular company socials/away days, free Thursday breakfasts and drinks.
• Flexible working, hybrid 2-3 days per week.
• Plus other cool perks.