At a Glance
- Tasks: Create impactful designs that transform lives in healthcare advertising.
- Company: Join Havas Lynx, a leading global agency in healthcare communications.
- Benefits: Enjoy remote work, 28 days holiday, and extensive learning opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a supportive culture that values growth and well-being.
- Why this job: Make a real difference while working with innovative teams and cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Strong design skills, experience with Figma, and a passion for creativity.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Are you passionate about creating advertising that not only informs but also transforms lives within the healthcare sector? At Havas Lynx, a global advertising agency at the forefront of healthcare communications, we combine unmatched creativity, extensive expertise, and a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical and healthcare field. Our communications resonate deeply with audiences and adhere to the highest standards of healthcare advertising. Committed to driving meaningful change, a change built on a foundation of rich experience, inspired by innovation, and confirmed through our proven track record—we work in close partnership with healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and leading pharmaceutical brands to navigate the complex challenges of today's healthcare landscape. Our approach blends strategic insights and deep scientific acumen with cutting-edge creativity and digital innovation, crafting campaigns and solutions that significantly improve people's lives.
We’re looking for a Multi-Disciplinary Mid - Weight Designer to join our creative team. You will have the opportunity to contribute to high-quality design work across a range of projects, helping ensure all outputs meet client expectations. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and support the development of the visual direction of campaigns.
What you will be doing:
- Collaborate with a variety of disciplines, both internally and externally, to develop design solutions.
- Liaise with the client services team to determine project objectives, budget, background information and presentation approaches, styles and techniques.
- Proactively suggest effective builds and edits of briefs using your understanding of the client, audience and their needs.
- Push the understanding of this by interrogating your juniors and proactively making suggestions for improvement.
- Ability to show exceptional understanding of insights, target audiences, therapy area landscapes, brand benefits, communication objective and the idea outputs to proactively elevate the standard of work.
- Take responsibility for the work you produce through to sign off, ensuring it is completed to deadline, is of a high quality, demonstrating accuracy, attention to detail and ownership.
- Following internal and external meetings, guide the brief along with the client services team, helping them to get the best out of it.
- Be able to produce accurate estimates, clearly communicating how long you think is required to complete a piece of work, supporting the Lead Designer in troubleshooting any possible challenges that may impact the smooth progression of the project.
Technical Knowledge & Specialism:
- Strong ability to translate client business needs and insights into effective creative work that meets the brief.
- Confident in managing your own tasks across projects with support, ensuring quality and efficiency.
- Develop and execute concepts across multiple mediums, including imagery, typography, motion, tone of voice, and localisation.
- Collaborate effectively with UX/UI teams, applying digital best practice to your work.
- Good experience using Figma to design, prototype, and collaborate on digital outputs.
- Support senior team members in creative direction, production, and working with external partners.
- Maintain a strong level of craft and attention to detail across all deliverables.
- Stay up to date with design trends and emerging tools, including AI-supported workflows.
Portfolio & Approach:
- Portfolio demonstrating strong information design, creative use of data, and motion design.
- Self-starter with a hands-on mindset; comfortable working across multiple formats and channels.
- Proactive in leveraging AI tools and workflows to enhance ideation, efficiency, and creative output.
What you can expect from us:
- A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters.
- Remote working.
- Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service.
- Option to buy, carry or sell holidays.
- Early Friday finish throughout the year.
- Seasonal working hours.
- Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme.
- Extensive L&D support.
- Sabbatical opportunities.
- Season ticket interest free loans for travel.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Life insurance (4x salary).
- Company pension scheme.
- Fully compensated company events.
- Volunteer days.
- Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more.
- +Medicash healthcare benefit.
- 24/7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme.
Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.
Holiday Designer (Permanent) employer: Havas Lynx
At Havas Lynx, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a vibrant and inclusive work culture in the heart of Manchester. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through our #LXAcademy programmes, extensive learning and development support, and a range of benefits including generous holiday allowances, remote working options, and wellness initiatives. Join us to be part of a creative team that not only values your contributions but also empowers you to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.
