Midweight Designer

We live in the space between traditional advertising and media to create work that is impactful. We believe in the power of creativity to create distinction and measurable impact in our work, with our clients and for our people. We activate across a future-facing media mix, with four core services:

• Rights Holder
• Brand to Brand
• Talent, Influencer & Creator
• End to End: Social Transformation | Strategy | Content & Production | Channel & Community Management | Social Listening Activations & Stunts | Programmed Experiences | Live Events | Hybrid Brand Films | Production

We create work that gets noticed, talked about, and remembered for some of the most recognised brands in culture: adidas, Asahi, BBC, EE, Footlocker, HSBC, Jet 2, JBL, Renault, World Rugby.

Overview: Do you love bold ideas? Do you set design trends? Do you have a portfolio full of culturally resonant, fame-driving work? We’re opening applications for a spot on our design team as our newest Midweight Designer. This isn’t just another seat in the design department pushing pixels — it’s a key role for designers who value their creative thinking, thrive on elevating briefs outside of the box to uplift creative work, sell in ideas, and create cohesive through-line campaigns. You’ll work alongside other top-tier creatives, strategists, and makers to develop campaigns that move people — and judges. You bring energy, optimism, and craft to everything you touch.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creative Excellence: Work with the CDs, Senior Designers, and other team members to ensure your design output is creatively excellent. Ensure your design strategy and concepts are well thought through and inspiring - and your design work is pixel perfect. Be confident in presenting your work to senior team members and work with them to iterate your work through to finished product. Be well-versed in using Photoshop and/or AI to mock up creative concepts and ideas, helping the wider team turn ideas into visuals to sell in work.
• Technical Ability: Attentive focus and ability to consistently deliver across multiple formats – both online and offline. Obsessive attention to detail, with a strong understanding of design layout principles, typography, and visual/content information architecture. Strong knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator. An interest in new creative tools and AI to support your design practice. Some skills in Motion Graphic Design and After Effects would be a great bonus.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Provide guidance to peers, leading by example with passion, clarity, and skill. Challenge strategies and briefs constructively to drive better creative outcomes. Collaborate with creative and account teams to balance creativity with production feasibility. Raise the bar of creativity and bring others on the journey with you. Contribute to creating a best-in-class creative department through culture and work.
• Execution & Delivery: Understand and contribute to the full agency process, including production workflows and cross-department collaboration.

Skills & Experience:

• 3–7 years of experience in a creative agency environment
• A portfolio that shows versatility, originality, and standout design with work that has received industry awards and recognition
• Strong communication and storytelling skills
• A broad range of creative references and cultural insights, particularly in gaming or sports
• A collaborative spirit: open to feedback, respectful of others' ideas, and proactive in improving work
• A self-starter with great time management and a proactive mindset

Why You? You care about making great work with great people. You’re collaborative and visionary. You bring energy, expertise, and originality to every project. And you’re looking for a team who feel like a group of mates, not just colleagues.

Contract Type: Permanent

Equal Opportunity Statement: Here at Havas, we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and 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.

About Us: Founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model covering all communications activities. The teams of the three business units, Creative, Media, and Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer clients tailor-made, meaningful, innovative, and entertainment-oriented solutions that support them in their positive transformation.

Life at Havas: We take great pride in our Havas family. They bring many unique personalities, perspectives, and passions to their work. Collaboration is at the core of how we operate, and Havas Villages are the homes we work in. We encourage our people to take advantage of our many opportunities to learn and grow. Through local agency training sessions, our unique global and development programs, we offer our people endless opportunities to explore.

Havas Creative Network: At Havas, we believe creativity isn’t just a description of our business; it is part of our agencies’ DNA. We bring together some of the industry’s most creative and accomplished agencies. By combining creative expertise with the strategic and innovative power of our Villages, we can build seamless teams around the individual needs of each of our clients.

Havas Media Network: We create the best media experience, capitalising on the most meaningful media to build more meaningful brands. We know how to connect a client with their target audience – in the context of where they are, through the content they pay attention to. We deliver this expertise through the Mx System, our global operating methodology and strategic planning process, that creates value for our clients by turning consumer intelligence into clear growth targets, aligning stakeholders and KPIs, and measuring the impact of media experiences.

Havas Health: Driven by human purpose and focused on the betterment of humanity through health, Havas Health & You leverages a global collection of experts and individuals to help people everywhere live healthier lives. With a spirit rooted in innovation, creativity, and education, we are dedicated to delivering consistent excellence and groundbreaking work.