Senior Designer

We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Designer to join The Bright Agency. The Bright Agency is a global agency that nurtures passionate, gifted artists and authors.

As part of a small, dynamic team, you'll work closely with the CEO and Senior Managers to create high-quality design solutions for branding, style guides and pitch decks for print and digital creative assets.

Your portfolio will show a range of beautifully crafted designs for branding and pitching projects where you have led the work and been involved in conception. It will demonstrate that you are a creative and strategic thinker who loves getting into the design details and has a flair for creating design concepts in a visually effective and engaging way. You will be a team player who is ready to get stuck in and confident in communicating and presenting ideas.

This role will include:

• Internal: Stakeholders Across the agency; CEO, the Board, Marketing and agency management
• External Stakeholders: Print and Design companies and other third parties as required
• Assisting in new business developments such as creating lookbooks for new licensing projects, delivering curated lightboxes, producing client and in-house presentations etc.
• Creating portfolio sheets for trade shows, and liaising with freelancers when producing larger volumes of the portfolio sheets.
• Producing and managing internal assets for corporate and internal branding, agency guidelines etc.
• Creating and implementing deadlines, project goals, expectations and workflows, to ensure a smooth process with on-time delivery.
• Managing procurement of print, large format production,  and organising deliveries.
• Curating image libraries and video, artwork and branding assets. Ensuring files are stored and named according to protocols.

Key Deliverables & Responsibilities

• Responsible for the creative execution and delivery of brand vision, style guides and pitch decks.
• Working to brief, budget and deadlines and taking concepts from inception to completion.
• Skilled in creative problem solving with a willingness to take risks and push boundaries but with this willingness grounded in a strong commercial awareness.
• Create and push for the highest standards of work in design and visual communication.
• Find solutions that are creative and support business objectives.
• On top of industry and market trends.

Skills & Qualifications

• Has great experience in branding and building visual narratives and solid experience in designing creative assets for branding, pitch decks and style guides within the Publishing / Licensing / Creative industry.

Demonstrates strong experience in a previous graphic design role with a focus on branding, gained in environments delivering high quality, innovative and successful creative solutions across a wide variety for print and digital creative assets.

• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality concepts for branding, pitch decks and style guides.
• Brand-focused designing the best and most effective creative solutions for the agency
• Strong computer literacy, highly proficient in Adobe CS suite including Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Understanding of design, prepress print processes for the development of concepts and press-ready artwork
• Hands-on graphic design, typography, compositional and technical skills.
• Confident when presenting and pitching ideas to key stakeholders.
• A creative and strategic thinker with good business sense.
• Takes initiative and brings ideas to the table.
• Is reliable, organised, enthusiastic and a team player.
• Is organised, efficient and comfortable adapting across varying budgets and deadlines.
• Able to generate unique and original ideas and to present work at different stages of a project.
• Confidently communicates ideas and responds well to feedback.
• Comfortable to work on their own as well as collaboratively as part of a team. You will be a team player, supporting your team members when required.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, is adaptable and is comfortable with change.
• A super strong creative flair, detail-focused but with an eye on the big picture.
• You can take direction and are willing to listen, learn and share ideas with the team.

 Qualifications

• 3+ years design experience (ideally within the Publishing / Licensing environment)
• Experience working with small and large clients that mix between corporate, startup and boutique.
• Strong verbal and visual narrative and presentation skills.
• A degree in a design-related field.

Other Skills and Knowledge

• Works well under pressure
• Has a can-do attitude and uses own initiative
• Is open to various types of feedback and flexible enough to accommodate required changes or suggestions
• Able to propose successful design solutions – can think independently / outside the box
• Understands and works well as both: team-player and independent creative depending on the project

Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to michelle@thebrightagency.com  inserting Job Application: Designer in subject line. Closing Date is 21st October 2024. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.