Middleweight Designer

We are looking for a Middleweight Designer to join our team at CYGNUS in Bow Brickhill, England, United Kingdom.

Are you bold and brave with ideas? Never mutter the words “that’ll do”? And ‘craft’ is your middle name? Well, you could be the designer we’re after!

With an amazing client list, we have multiple streams of creative work, across a variety of clients and sectors, you’ll be working closely with the Creative Director and Creative Leads helping to lead website designs, branding, campaign and other digital projects which will span across multiple touchpoints. You will know how to prioritise your work and ensure projects are delivered on time to the highest quality. You will also enjoy collaborating openly with the wider agency and stakeholders all in the name of creating work that we’re proud of.

Key responsibilities:

• Create stunning work that stylistically can adapt to multiple brands and sectors
• Website design, inc. some experience of UX, as well as UI. Plus experience across the entire website process from areas such as site planning and wireframes, through to content population
• Work within the creative team and inspire with new design trends, ensuring as a team we continue to deliver quality work fit for now and the future
• Deliver campaign work and have a broad mindset to think and design across different marketing channels to best suit the target audience
• Work with the Client Services Team to ensure we are pushing our creative offering wherever we can
• Deliver a wide variety of creatively led projects from print, digital, film and animation, working with the wider agency team
• Headline writing and illustration are also areas that would benefit the agency and would be an advantage
• Animation experience: beneficial but not necessary

Required knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Be incredibly self-motivated and ideas led
• Excellent eye for typography and layout
• Awesome presentation skills
• Able to take charge of situations, encouraging others to support your vision
• Exceptional communication skills
• Able to multitask and manage a number of different projects at once
• Able to translate ideas into actionable projects
• Great knowledge of Adobe CC: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator plus other packages such as AfterEffects would be an advantage

This is a full-time, mid-senior level position in the Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology field.