Senior Designer / Design Director

ABOUT BOLDSPACE

Boldspace is a brand value agency. We grow meaning, reputation and worth through brand building, communications, and analytics.

We bring together advertising, marketing, and PR through a pioneering approach – fusing our award-winning proprietary analytics platform BoldLensTM with the finest strategic and creative minds to see more, create better, and find the gap.

Since launch, our unique formula of strategy and creativity powered by cutting-edge technology has made an objective, positive impact for over 50 clients, including Post Office, Viceroy, VISA, Fridays, Virgin Limited Edition, Direct Line, and Silverstone.

We are currently seeking a Senior Designer to join our dynamic creative team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in shaping and executing innovative design concepts that resonate with our clients’ brands and objectives.

As the most senior designer on the team, you will oversee a wide range of creative projects, from digital asset creation to advertising campaigns, collaborating frequently with our Creative Director and our Art Director.

You will have a deep understanding of the strategic design process, possess technical expertise across multiple platforms, and thrive on producing bold, compelling visual work.

This role requires a versatile designer who can merge conceptual creativity with flawless technical execution across digital, social, print, and web channels, producing bold, impactful work that advances Boldspace’s purpose: to make a positive impact by building meaningful brands and creating bold communications.

Strategy is at the heart of everything we do; understanding and integrating strategic insights within the design process is essential to this role. Exceptional craft is fundamental to advancing Boldspace’s purpose of making a positive impact by building meaningful brands and creating bold communications.

We want someone who’s excited for a challenge, driven, meticulously detail-focused, and who can present work passionately and with conviction.

The Role

You will lead a small, growing design team of three. Reporting to the Creative Director and working closely with the Art Director, you will be a significant contributor to our work as we grow our portfolio.

You’ll take ownership of creative briefs, sometimes working solo and at other times collaborating within a team to deliver on both internal and client requirements.

Key Responsibilities

1. Ensure the highest standards of design, process, presentation, and execution.
2. Lead teams and oversee multiple, varied design projects simultaneously.
3. Set the design standards of the agency with bold, visually compelling work.
4. Bring a strong technical understanding of creative advertising, graphic design, web design, and animation.
5. Design a varied range of assets for the agency, from client work to pitch documents, social campaigns, and brand development.
6. Develop conceptual creative concepts and produce innovative artwork.
7. Confidently present design work with strategic justifications, leading pitches and presentations.
8. Maintain relevant knowledge of design influences, trends, and cultural references.

Key Technical Skills

1. Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, with a solid understanding of After Effects or equivalent for animation.
2. Advanced efficiency in Figma for digital and UI/UX design projects, with a solid understanding of web design principles.
3. Strong understanding of file formats, export requirements, and colour spaces for both digital and print applications.
4. Familiarity with project management tools (e.g. Monday.com) to coordinate work effectively within the team and track project timelines.
5. Some working knowledge of 3D design and motion graphics is desirable.

Key Skills

1. A natural leader who drives creative practices and inspires others to maintain high standards.
2. Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage both your time and others’ effectively.
3. A proactive contributor to the company’s development, bringing ideas to enhance processes and creative practices.
4. Someone who enjoys management.

This is a role for a designer ready to make an impact within an ambitious agency that’s doing things differently. If you’re ready for a challenge and eager to help shape Boldspace’s creative future, we’d love to hear from you.

Apart from a good starting salary and being part of growing something special, you can expect a truly radical place to work with maximum freedom and benefits:

1. Pensions: a 5% employer contribution.
2. Equipment: choose your own equipment – let us know which tools you need and we’ll do our best to get them for you.
3. Holiday: unlimited holiday (including all UK public holidays) – we trust our staff to take the time they need and still excel in their jobs.
4. Flexible working
5. Regular salary reviews: in line with a salary framework, to ensure equal pay for equal work.
6. Socials: team socials regularly, chosen by the team.
7. Team retreats: time to get to know each other away from the office.
8. Bonus: transparent bonus structure where you can receive a % of base salary based on personal and company performance.
9. Supporting good causes: we contribute some of our outperformance to charitable causes which the team help choose.
10. Wellness: time within working hours every week for those that want or need it.
11. Monthly benefits budget: £50 per month, every month, to spend on whatever you want.

A CARBON NEUTRAL BUSINESS

Boldspace (B Corp) measures its performance on profit, people and planet combined. From day one, we will offset your carbon footprint entirely. The cost of this is covered 100% by the company.

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