Design Director
Job Description
It's an incredibly exciting time for us at Poppins. We have a growing list of wonderful clients and an ever-growing team. We are looking for a talented and driven Design Director to join our fast growth agency and contribute to delivering inspiring, award-winning creative work for our much-loved clients.
About the role
We’re looking for a designer with 7+ years experience, ideally with a history in brand as well as digital design. Someone who is passionately creative and an inspiring leader and team player.
You'll be working on projects spanning a wide range of disciplines, being exposed to design challenges across brand, campaign and digital. Our work is ideas based and strategic, so your primary job will be to lead projects — through brilliant creative ideas, refined design craft and clear direction.
This is an integral role in our growing busy Creative team, reporting directly to our Creative Director, as well as managing a team of passionate designers. You'll also be involved in the day-to-day operation of projects, with the potential to make a real impact as we grow.
You'll be expected to:
- Lead creative projects from briefing to delivery
- Work with our strategists to interpret their thinking into creative ideas
- Be an inspiring, supportive and engaged team leader
- Effectively organise and prioritise yours and others’ workload
- Build collaborative relationships with clients — Ensure they are inspired & engaged
- Be an excellent communicator, articulating your ideas with clarity and confidence
- Think digitally, creating brands that feel as much at home online as they do in print
- Have an eye for detail, with solid craftsmanship and technical understanding
- See challenges as opportunities
- Bring a positive, proactive, can-do attitude
Main requirements
- 7+ years of experience
- Experience in leading projects and directing other team members
- Understand the Poppins brand and injecting that into everything we do
- A high level of accuracy and an obsessive attention to detail
- Knowledge of digital design best practices
- Awareness of current design trends and new ways of working
- Excellent communication skills — leading creative presentations
About us
Based in London, UK we’re a globally respected branding and digital creative agency focused on delivering beautiful identities and building impeccable digital products. Stories are at the heart of all that we do. We create brands, campaigns and digital products that inspire and delight, taking great care over the way something is communicated — after all, it’s often the way something is said that makes the biggest impression.
Our culture is important to us. We believe in building a diverse and inclusive team, underpinned by values of creativity, integrity and care. We are a family of designers, writers, strategists, technologists, and developers, who believe in our work because we truly care about what we do.
Benefits
- Competitive salary (based on experience)
- 25 days holiday
- Flexible working — Option to work up to 3 days from home per week
- Generous, personal health & wellness package
- Quarterly wellness workshops
- We will match charity fundraising efforts
- Join a growing and exciting studio with excellent growth opportunities
- Working with a fun, highly-motivated team where there's never a dull moment