Senior Designer / Design Lead (Part Time, 2.5 days) in London

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences. As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

About the role:

We’re looking for a Senior Designer / Design Lead to elevate the creative output of an embedded/in-house style studio, delivering high-quality design across always-on brand activity, integrated campaigns, and content production. You’ll lead by example—setting craft standards, partnering closely with creative and client stakeholders, and guiding a small team of designers to produce smart, effective, brand-right work at pace. This role suits someone who is equally strong in conceptual thinking and hands-on execution, thrives in fast-moving environments, and can balance creative ambition with operational reality.

What you will be doing:

• Lead the design craft across projects—ensuring work is on-brand, conceptually strong, and beautifully executed.
• Own and elevate design quality through clear art direction, strong layouts, typography, composition, and attention to detail.
• Set the visual benchmark for the team; establish and maintain design standards, templates, and best practices.
• Translate brand guidelines into compelling, channel-appropriate executions while knowing when/how to push them.
• Contribute to and lead ideation sessions, developing visual territories, campaign systems, and content design approaches.
• Support Creative Directors/Copywriters in bringing ideas to life with strong visual storytelling and clear rationale.
• Produce moodboards, visual references, storyboards, and early-stage concept explorations.
• Provide day-to-day guidance, feedback, and coaching to midweight/junior designers.
• Manage design allocation across projects in partnership with Account team.
• Run constructive critiques and reviews; ensure feedback is clear, actionable, and improves outcomes.
• Help identify training needs and support growth plans across the design team.
• Partner with client brand/marketing teams and internal stakeholders to interpret briefs, present work, and manage feedback cycles.
• Confidently present design decisions, linking creative choices to brand and business objectives.
• Build trusted relationships and help shape briefs upstream when needed.
• Deliver high-quality work across digital, social, web, print, retail/OOH, and integrated campaigns.
• Ensure files are production-ready with strong versioning, accuracy, and compliance with brand/legal requirements.
• Work efficiently across fast-turn, high-volume environments without sacrificing craft.
• Maintain awareness of emerging tools, formats, and platform best practices (e.g., social specs, accessibility, motion considerations).

What you need to be great in this role:

• Significant experience as a Senior Designer with demonstrable leadership on campaigns and content systems.
• Strong portfolio showing brand thinking, typography, layout, and high craft across multiple channels.
• Experience working in a fast-paced agency, in-house, or embedded studio environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Confident in leading design from concept through to final delivery and rollout.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Excellent communication—able to give/receive feedback and present work clearly.
• Motion capability (After Effects/Premiere, or strong motion direction).
• Experience contributing to or building brand toolkits, templates, and modular design systems.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows (used thoughtfully and responsibly).

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.