Design Lead

Role Overview

The Design Lead is responsible for setting the creative standard across all brand, marketing and client-facing communications, ensuring that every output is visually compelling, strategically effective and delivered to the highest quality.

This hands‑on leadership role with three direct reports (designers) is suited to an experienced designer who enjoys remaining close to the work while guiding and developing a small team.

The successful candidate will contribute directly to design projects, provide art direction and maintain consistency across all visual touchpoints.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of design projects across digital and print channels.
• Remain actively involved in design execution, producing high‑quality creative work and leading by example.
• Offer coaching and constructive feedback to designers, helping elevate the capability and output of the team.
• Champion strong visual design principles across typography, layout, branding, storytelling and user engagement.
• Ensure all creative output delivers against business objectives while maintaining exceptional design standards.
• Present creative concepts and work confidently to stakeholders, incorporating feedback effectively.
• Own and maintain brand standards across all customer, colleague and client‑facing materials.
• Drive the implementation and evolution of a consistent visual identity system across multiple channels and formats.
• Ensure consistency of design execution across marketing campaigns, social media, presentations, data visualisation, thought leadership and print communications.
• Oversee the production and implementation of all creative assets across digital and print channels.
• Establish and maintain robust quality assurance processes to ensure accuracy, consistency and attention to detail.
• Review work at key stages, ensuring deliverables are fit for purpose and meet agreed standards before release.
• Identify opportunities to improve production workflows, templates and processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Work closely with the wider team to manage deadlines, priorities and resource allocation without compromising quality.
• Lead, organise and support a small team of designers, fostering a collaborative and high‑performing environment.
• Manage workloads and priorities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Encourage knowledge sharing, continuous learning and awareness of emerging design trends, tools and technologies.

Essential Experience & Qualifications

• Sufficient experience in a senior design role with responsibility for both creative delivery and team leadership.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design craft across digital and print channels.
• Proven experience maintaining brand systems across multiple touchpoints.
• Strong understanding of creative production processes and best practice across both digital and print.
• Experience mentoring, managing or leading designers while remaining hands‑on in design delivery.
• Visual communication skills, including typography, layout, composition and brand application.
• Attention to detail and commitment to delivering consistently high‑quality work.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Confident stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Experience producing data visualisation and presentation design.
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Benefits

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro‑rata for part time roles).
• Salary sacrifice schemes.
• Retail vouchers, including our Tech Scheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV's, laptops and computers or household appliances.
• Life Assurance.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Health Assessments.
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Discounted gym memberships.
• Referral Scheme.
• Opportunity to work for a global employer with future career development prospects.
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