Midweight Designer

Landor is looking for a Midweight Designer to join our London studio. We are Landor, part of WPP - world-leading brand experts, underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category. We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable. We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand. We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes.

What you’ll do:

• Develop thoughtful and compelling design concepts in response to strategic and creative briefs, from initial research and sketching through to refined creative development.
• Translate brand strategy into distinctive visual solutions across identity, packaging, retail, digital, social and other integrated touchpoints.
• Help create and evolve brand worlds, visual systems, toolkits and guidelines that are clear, flexible and effective across different channels and markets.
• Work closely with senior designers and creative directors to develop high-quality creative work from concept through to production.
• Contribute to workshops, brainstorms, critiques and collaborative design sessions.
• Present your ideas clearly, explaining the thinking behind your work and responding positively to feedback.
• Manage your own workstreams, prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines across multiple projects.
• Collaborate with strategists, client teams, production specialists and external partners to ensure work is delivered to a high standard.
• Apply creative thinking within legal, regulatory, accessibility, sustainability and production requirements.
• Support the development of pitches, proactive ideas and new business opportunities where required.
• Stay curious about design, culture, technology and emerging creative trends.
• Use AI and emerging tools thoughtfully and responsibly to support exploration, prototyping, learning and efficiency, while protecting client confidentiality and intellectual property.

What you’ll need:

• Experience in a similar Designer role within a brand, design or creative agency, or an in-house creative team.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, design craft and the ability to develop ideas from brief through to execution.
• The ability to turn strategic and verbal thinking into clear, distinctive and engaging visual solutions.
• Experience working with consumer, FMCG/CPG, food, beverage, nutrition, health, lifestyle or related brands would be beneficial.
• An understanding of how typography, colour, imagery, layout, composition and messaging work together to create compelling brand experiences.
• Experience developing work across multiple channels, such as packaging, retail, shopper marketing, digital, social and campaigns.
• An understanding of how to build consistent yet flexible brand assets and visual systems.
• Confidence presenting your work and explaining your creative rationale to colleagues and clients.
• A good awareness of current and emerging design, creative, cultural and consumer trends.
• Strong attention to detail and an understanding of design production, including preparing and handing over work for final artwork.
• Excellent technical skills across Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Experience with Miro, AI-enabled tools and traditional design methods such as sketching is also desirable.
• An understanding of digital design and motion, with the ability to consider how visual ideas may work across different formats and platforms.
• An interest in inclusive, accessible and sustainable design principles.
• A collaborative, positive and professional approach, with the curiosity and resilience to learn, contribute and develop within a team.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

We build brands. We build futures. Landor, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics, committed to a culture of respect where everyone belongs and can progress in their careers.