Designer (Mid/Senior) in Newport, Wales

If you're a Designer with a desire to work with big-hitting brands along with interesting up-and-comers, then we've got just the job for you. Enjoy the variety of coming up with big ideas one day, crafting details the next? Working on websites and finding opportunities to create the little smiles of interactive expression, along with creating beautiful brands, ads and print collateral?

Role Overview:

As a Designer at Pretty Pragmatic, you’ll work with the Creative Lead and wider agency team to develop captivating creative work for clients who really appreciate what we do for them. The main elements of the role are:

• Website design – creating websites that really stand out, working with our Creative Developer, UX experts and Creative Technology Director along with the wider PP team to take wireframes and bring them to life in exciting ways.
• Campaign creation – developing ads and campaign assets for marketing activity – from social ads to print collateral.
• Concepting & ideas – coming up with fresh and interesting ideas for new marketing activity – be it ads, interfaces, or brand identities.
• Brand development – creating brand identities, from logo ideation right through to brand guidelines & asset rollout.
• Moments of motion – occasionally you’ll also work with motion to create animated elements and editing together video content. This isn’t a huge part of the role, but it’s good to have some experience and enjoy this too.

Who we’re looking for:

You’ll have a number of years’ experience working in a design role within an agency or in-house marketing department. You’ll have initiative, ideas, and good energy. You’ll work both as part of a team and individually, so we want someone who has a proactive approach, takes ownership of the projects they work on, can work autonomously and knows how to make the most of the time available to concept, craft and finesse great creative outputs.

Particular skills you’ll have:

• Excellent working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign
• Fantastic with Figma
• Happy getting hands on with After Effects
• Confident designing websites from wireframes
• Experience presenting creative ideas
• A self-starter who doesn’t need a lot of hand-holding

Along with that, there’s a few key traits that will make you the perfect fit:

• A lover of ideas – you’ll enjoy coming up with ideas, from big brand & campaign thinking to clever little digital interactions.
• A creative crafter – you’ll be able to critique and craft your work to take it up a notch.
• A devil in the detail – you like to make sure the details of the design to do the idea justice.
• A confident communicator – you’ll be comfortable sharing your ideas and building them with the creative team.
• A fun lover – we’re here to enjoy what we do and want you to add to the fun too.

Working at Pretty Pragmatic:

We’re Pretty Pragmatic. The marketing agency combining creative flair with deep digital know-how, and the people delivering sensational strategies that just make sense. We make brands perform, setting the stage for our clients to win over their audiences with charismatic content, outstanding sites, beautiful brands, compelling campaigns, and super search visibility. We work a lot with restaurants, pubs, hotels, and event venues – generally, you’ll work a lot with hospitality, food and drink brands – but we also have a range of clients in other industries to mix it up a bit.

We have four internal principles for how we work:

• Basics, Then Brilliance – we do the basics well. Then find ways to go beyond.
• Build Us Up – We’re team players, sharing our skills, collabing and backing each other.
• Drive It Forward – we’re proactive with ideas, action, and communication.
• Pride Over Profit – We have passion for the work we create and the results we deliver.

Along with this, we offer 25 days holiday and your birthday off – as we all need to enjoy some R&R! We also have an annual £500 training allowance per person for your development to make sure you’re continually progressing, insightful masterclasses to share knowledge across the teams, 'Healthy Habits' wellness allowance, pension, Headspace subscription, a week each year where you can ‘work from anywhere’, increasing holidays with tenure, and a range of other PP perks. We’re based in Bristol and looking for someone who will be able to work from our lovely studio space in The Paintworks at least three days a week.

If you’re excited about this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.