Senior Designer in London

Since 1992, Turner Duckworth has created unmistakable visual identities for the world’s greatest brands. Its three studios in London, New York and San Francisco work collaboratively together to craft distinctive assets and visual systems that ensure brands stand out and remain top of mind across media and culture. Their work has won most major industry awards, including the D&AD Collaboration award, the Cannes Grand Prix for Design and their work for Coca-Cola was inducted into the Clio Hall of Fame.

As Senior Designer at Turner Duckworth you’ll be a key part of our creative team, leading the development and execution of visual identity, packaging, branding and activation work for high profile clients. You’ll partner with Creative Directors, Design Directors and cross‑disciplinary teams (Strategy / Client Services / Production) to translate strategy into beautiful, meaningful design, from concept through to final delivery. You’ll be someone who is hands‑on, meticulous, but also able to think big: pushing visual boundaries while honoring heritage, detail and craft.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design in projects (often multiple concurrently) from brief through strategy, concept, design, refinement and through to final artwork and delivery, working closely with Design Directors and Creative Directors.
• Contribute strong creative thinking and visual ideas early in the process; generate a variety of well‑considered routes.
• Develop and maintain visual identity systems, packaging designs, and activation materials, ensuring clarity, consistency and excellence of craft.
• Work closely with other disciplines: Strategy / Planning, Client Services and Production to ensure design ideas are strategically sound, technically feasible, on budget, and to schedule.
• Mentor, guide, and uplift more junior designers; help them hone their craft, give clear feedback, and support their growth.
• Be a quality gate‑keeper: ensure all outputs (digital, print, environmental, packaging) meet high standards in craft, detail, accuracy, and finish.
• Present work confidently and thoughtfully to internal stakeholders and clients, explaining design decisions with clarity and conviction.
• Liaise with external contributors (illustrators, typographers, photographers, motion‑or 3D‑artists) and oversee their deliverables as required.
• Bring in inspiration from culture, design, trends, materials, packaging innovations etc., and feed that into work to keep it fresh and compelling.
• Collaborate on pitches and new business when needed: helping shape creative directions and collateral.
• Contribute to the smooth running of projects: help with scheduling, scope, resource planning, ensuring budgets & timelines are adhered to.
• Maintain a kind, positive, collaborative attitude, even under pressure. Be someone who raises the bar but also lifts others.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ design experience, ideally with significant agency experience across branding, identity, packaging and/or activations.
• Strong portfolio showing excellent visual craft: identity systems, packaging, activation work, and ideally examples of work across print, digital and environmental or physical touchpoints.
• Solid hands‑on skills with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), plus good knowledge of the production/artworking processes for packaging, print, digital.
• Experience with motion, 3D or environmental design is a plus.
• Excellent eye for detail: typography, colour, materials, finishes.
• Understanding of scale, production constraints, technical execution.
• Confident presenter: you can articulate your thinking, defend your decisions, take feedback and adapt ideas accordingly.
• Leadership mindset: ability and willingness to mentor, to push standards, to set and maintain design quality across teams.
• Strong collaboration skills: able to work with different disciplines, understand client needs, adapt to constraints.
• Curious, culturally aware, always looking at what’s happening in the world around, and understanding how that can inform and elevate our design work.
• Resilient under pressure, flexible, with a positive, can‑do attitude.

Additional information

Turner Duckworth has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer:

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world where there is a Publicis office for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS – Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day‑to‑day work and create time to focus on your well‑being and self‑care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• HYBRID WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday.
• AGENCY DISCOUNTS, onsite gym and discount in our Publicis‑Owned Pub – “The Pregnant Man”.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us! Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full‑time employees being office‑based three days during the working week. We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process. Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).