graphic designer Sheffield, England
Job description
Role: Graphic Design Team Leader
Salary: £30,000-£35,000 per annum
Location: Sheffield
Working pattern: Hybrid
The role:
Our client is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join their award-winning Creative Team as a Senior Designer and Team Manager. You will join them as an individual who is looking to build, shape and nurture the Creative Team to become the best it can be whilst continuing to develop your own skills in design and creative interpretation. You will be a valued member of a team behind one of Yorkshire’s most successful marketing agencies.
We’re looking for someone who has strong design skills, can tell great stories through a visual medium with expertise in brand development, developing creative concepts from briefs, pitching your ideas and executing them with confidence and conviction.
You will be part of a team of great designers, illustrators and animators, who you will work collaboratively with and support with their workflow and skill acquisition as the team leader.
Your responsibilities will include:
Team management
● Confident and competent in managing a small creative team including workload
management and project allocation based on skills and capacity. Ensuring projects
are delivered on time and within budgets.
● Support career development, implementing and monitoring training opportunities for the team
● Support further development and implementation of agency-wide processes, and
ensure they are being adhered to, maintaining high standards and giving feedback
where team members may not be performing
● Leading ongoing team 121s, including appraisals and setting objectives, and working with team members to achieve their goals.
Creative and design responsibilities
● Interpretation of briefs and developing concepts
● Client liaison and pitching new creative ideas
● Delivering engaging and eye-catching design
● Building brands, from initial brand development through to brand evolution
● Producing content for social media, print and other media
● Participating in briefing sessions and studio discussions
● Working with the in-house account management team
● Collaborating with the in-house business development team to develop ideas and
executions for pitches
● Taking work through to publication on and offline
The successful candidate:
● Senior Designer level
● Ideally, a minimum of five + years’ industry experience
● Strong contemporary portfolio
● Illustration, brand design, animation would be an advantage
● Developing creative briefs into concepts and execution
● Self-motivation and a passion to develop further as a senior designer
● A genuine interest in creating work that challenges attitudes, changes minds and
makes a difference
● Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills
● Attention to detail and organisational skills
● Creativity, confidence and enthusiasm
Glu Recruit LTD are an equal opportunities employer and are acting as a recruitment agent in the hiring of this role.
Glu Recruit LTD ensure that all qualified applicants are considered for employment in the role that they have applied for, and any other suitable opportunity that we advertise without regard to age, belief, colour, ethnic/national origin, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or based on disability. If you require any additional support to apply for this role, or any other role that we advertise please contact us directly for assistance.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
