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About the role:

Reporting into the Head of Brand, and working closely with the Head of Creative you will be leading the graphics team with inspiring creative ideas and a well- rounded skill set, pushing the boundaries of the team’s design output whilst keeping our brand aesthetic top of mind. You'll be obsessive over typography and layout. You'll have an eye for modern, clean design and have a discerning eye. You'll understand the subtleties of translating a campaign visually across channels and have the customer journey front of mind. You'll be passionate, with great energy and a collaborator.

Your responsibilities:

• Working across a wide variety of design assets from print to digital - these will include the brands monthly catalogue, store POS to paid ads to digital landing pages. You'll help to deliver impactful and engaging marketing campaigns across multiple touch-points.
• Managing a team of talented and enthusiastic graphic designers, giving constructive feedback and objectives to grow and develop the team.
• Upholding a consistent and high standard of quality across the design team’s output, always striving to learn and develop more effective techniques and efficient processes and working practises.
• Confidently reviewing and signing-off your team’s work as well as outsourced projects, making well-thought out design decisions and bringing alternative solutions to the table where needed.
• Being a key motivator and source of inspiration for the creative and marketing team with outside-of-the-box thinking and new ideas that feel relevant for the brand, actively contributing to brainstorms and briefings.
• Working with a strategic and commercial mindset where relevant, keeping well informed in customer, creative and product trends to better inform your work and create effective results
• Understanding and working to company-wide briefing processes and asset management, ensuring a good standard of filing and organisation is kept.
• Working closely with the project manager to prioritise workload and organise multiple projects and deadlines between the graphics team.
• Help generate ideas in order to make improvements to current systems and take a proactive approach in implementing those ideas.
• Working closely with other teams across the business (marketing, ecomm, product design, operations) to ensure your designs encompass all relevant objectives within the brief.
• Being a brand guardian for The Fold, working closely with the Head of Creative and Head of Brand, Lead Copywriter to maintain an authentic brand aesthetic and message.

Your skillset:

• Previous multimedia design experience for somewhere with similar outputs, could be from fashion, editorial, e-commerce, advertising, a creative agency...
• Advanced technical skills on the Adobe Creative Suite, most importantly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Experience in creating digital assets on relevant programmes such as Figma or Sketch.
• Motion Design and video editing/animation skills.
• Self-motivated worker with an ambition to make a difference and drive forward exciting creative ideas that feel right for the brand.
• Unprecious, can-do attitude, open to constructive feedback and offering alternative solutions when needed.
• Great time management and ability to prioritise and manage workload within a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Ability to manage, mentor and inspire team members in a positive and constructive manner.
• Good and open communication skills with both immediate team members and the wider team.
• Ability to work efficiently and proactively with a solution-driven approach.
• Confident and articulate presentation skills with the ability to put forward your ideas in their best light to others.
• Collaborative team-player, actively contributing to meetings and creative sessions with a positive and upbeat energy.
• Ability and willingness to learn new skills and processes quickly.
• Genuine personal interest in fashion editorial, lifestyle and cultural trends with an eye for detail and style.

About you:

• Be enthusiastic, proactive, hard-working and conscientious.
• A great team player with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Highly organised, with great multitasking skills.
• Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail.
• Collaborative approach and ability to build relationships across various departments.
• Show excellent ability to communicate effectively and work well in a fun and busy environment.
• Enthusiastic and flexible in response to ever-evolving business and ad-hoc requests and tasks.
• Have a real passion for fashion and e-Commerce and digital.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a can-do attitude.
• Be capable of decision-making and able to use initiative.
• Want to bring whole self to the business to be a problem solver, team player and a supportive attitude to the team.

Benefits of working with The Fold:

• 25 days holidays in addition to the usual bank holidays.
• Modern West London office with complimentary drinks and fresh fruit.
• Inspiring Q&A talks with leading professionals.
• A Fold Gift card allowance to spends at The Fold.
• A Staff discount policy with 50% off full retail price.
• Bike to work scheme, save on the cost of bikes and equipment.
• Regular team socials.
  In our office, you can expect to enjoy complimentary Nespresso coffee, fresh fruit and treats. Out of work we’ve enjoyed Secret Cinema, Crazy Golf, Escape Rooms, Ice skating as well as enjoying homemade cocktails and casual beers.

Our Culture:

We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example – never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:

To apply for this role please submit your CV to [email protected]. Due to the number of applications we receive, we can only reply to those that are successful to the next stage.