Middleweight / Senior Designer

Welcome to the Bear Cave.

We’re an independent, award-winning strategically led creative agency.

We create disruption for Start-ups, Scale ups and Big Brands who need to ‘step up’ to stay relevant. We are passionate about championing the challenger brand, working with cutting edge start-ups in the food & beverage, retail and tech industries.

We’re a small but mighty team looking to make a great new hire. We work via a mixture of remote and studio time, 3 days in the studio with 2 working remotely.

We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits, we want White Bear to be your business and we want you to drive it like it’s your own. With this great individual responsibility, we need to have 100% trust in each other, making us a close-knit team. We admire bravery and a hunger for hustle and personal growth. We’re a team who are driven by purpose and demonstrate action rather than analysis paralysis.

At the heart of who we are is a playful spirit that is the common thread through all that we do. We bring out our inner child in order to bring to life others' visions.

We are a growing agency looking for a Mid-weight/Senior Designer who wants to be part of and help drive that growth.

Who are you?

• You are brave and curious, creating original design work with the ability to both originate ideas and to see them through to implementation.

- You have 3+ years of experience working on the agency side.

- You have experience in Brand and Packaging. Some knowledge of the digital design and motion space is a plus.

• You are confident in presenting your ideas internally and to clients.

• You are an intelligent learner who is open to constructive feedback, always looking for opportunities to refine and develop your craft.

• You have excellent Adobe CC skills. Figma and Midjourney is a bonus.

• You demonstrate skills in illustration, typography and copywriting.

• You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment balancing and managing your time.

• You have the experience in mentoring more junior members of staff.

You are positive, ambitious, entrepreneurial and willing to muck in wherever you’re needed.

What you will be looking to...

• Be part of a team that’s on a rocket ship and tangibly seeing the difference you can make.

• Not stay in your lane, carving out a role that’s moulded just for you. We've no egos.

• Develop your career fast. We’re non-hierarchical and want everyone to grow with the agency.

• Flexible working.

• Work smart. Shorter hours than most agencies. We work 9.30 – 5.30 with flexibility. We don’t believe in working late - we all have personal lives. Though we recognise that sometimes this is necessary when we need to pull a presentation out of the bag.

• Each of our team is on their own tour of duty to deliver their personal growth and help them to achieve their career goals on a fast track.

• Continuous personal development training budget.

What else...

To tell great stories we need great talent. We create the best quality creative we can for every client we work with and every time we start a new project we strive to improve. The relentless pursuit of perfection is our mindset. ‘Good enough’ is not good enough. If we are going to innovate and be truly creative, we need to fail, and fail better each time. ‘Never stop playing’ is our motto and we carry that vigour through everything we do, which helps us create the novel, marvellous and brave.

We value candour but it needs to be constructive. We take responsibility when we screw up. Mistakes are impossible to avoid but it is possible to acknowledge them, learn from them and set an example. We say what we think even if it is controversial.

We never miss an opportunity to learn. We have a growth mindset and push ourselves to act outside of our comfort zone. We don’t stay in our lanes, we seek to get involved outside of our job description. Ask questions. There’s no such thing as a stupid question.

We value ability over experience. We don’t accept mediocrity. We exhibit bias-to-action and avoid analysis-paralysis. We take smart risks. We measure our impact.

We treat people with respect independent of their status. We inspire others with our thirst for excellence. We help others shine. We can't be big if we belittle.