Mid-weight Designer

We are looking for a super talented Mid-weight Designer to bring their experience, ambition and potential into the agency with a strong willingness to learn, develop and make a real difference. This is a hybrid role and you will need to be able to either work from our Rotterdam office or from our office based near Tunbridge Wells, in the UK. We are open to either location!

Catch A Fire is a strategic creative agency with a focus on communication, digital, design, film and innovation. Our mission is to deliver outstanding strategic and creative work that sparks a better future. As an ethical-focused agency, we want companies that stand for something good in this world to prosper more than the ones that don’t. We feel this drives positive change. We are very particular about the companies we work with, and we have a passion for their growth.

Now entering the fifth year of our agency, we are committed to continuing to build a talented and motivated team that sets us all up for future success and importantly, to deliver against our agency vision. We are proud to be a fully certified B Corp business which reflects our purpose and intention to manage profit & purpose in a meaningful way, whilst ensuring a positive impact on the planet.

A key role within Catch A Fire, our Mid-weight Designer will be involved in projects across the total agency – a go-to person for brilliant design and creative support as and when needed. Every day will be very different for sure! With huge opportunity to learn and develop personally and within the agency, this is a fantastic opportunity to create work that really can ignite change. You will be working on branding and advertising projects of all shapes and sizes, for local, national and global brands you love to work across all communications from print, web, social media, and even packaging design.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about all things design and work well in a collaborative environment. You will work with art directors, writers, strategists, retouchers, account and project managers to create brave and challenging work for our clients’ brands. Your ideas and creativity will demonstrate a natural design talent, with an eye for detail that is second to none. We are looking for candidates who are skilled in typography kerning, have precise layout skills, can create beautifully crafted logos and polished advertising visuals.

Experience

• Broad experience including formal training in design and/or industry experience gained over 5+ years as a designer, graphic designer or similar design-led role in a fast-paced creative environment.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating recent projects including consumer brand communications, key visuals and asset creation.
• Concepting unique and new ideas across a variation of design work, from beautifully crafted logos to polished advertising visuals.
• Putting together concise, beautiful and considered decks for client presentations and brand toolkits.
• You would ideally have had experience working within a collaborative structure and display exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• You must be enthusiastic with a 'can-do' attitude and able to adapt to changing business needs.
• You must have an unwavering eye for detail and the ability to follow brand guidelines.
• Familiar with working in a fast-paced dynamic and adaptable environment.
• A portfolio showcasing a history of working to brief.

Skills & Competencies

• Understand the process from brief to concept to design to production.
• Proactive and able to act with independence and integrity.
• Brilliant vision without ego.
• Highly organised and efficient, with the ability to manage own workload and time effectively to meet deadlines.
• A positive attitude to working with diverse personalities and complex dynamics.
• Ability to flex to any industry.
• Have a meticulous eye for detail and require a high level of quality.
• Committed, reliable and trustworthy.
• Good presentation and communication skills – verbal and written, with the ability to provide insightful feedback.
• Up to date with current design trends.
• Flexibility and ability to cope with changing circumstances.
• Team player.
• Adobe Creative Suite expertise: Proficiency in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and PowerPoint. Experience using Premiere Pro and After Effects is a benefit.
• Great layout and typography design skills.
• Ability to show sustainable design thinking and solutions.
• Love all things digital, and have a passion for technology and innovation.

To apply, please send your CV and portfolio via LinkedIn, or email theteam@catchafireagency.com.

Catch a Fire is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees with regard to race, colour, marital status, sex, nationality or ethnic or national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability or membership or non-membership of a trade union. We are committed to promoting an environment where all individuals are recruited, appraised, trained, and promoted on the basis of fairness, professional competence, and contribution.