Senior Designer

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  • Chancery Lane  
    London, United Kingdom
    perm  
  • Company
    Octopus Group  
    Start date
    ASAP  
    Duration
    n/a  
    Wage
    Based on Experience
  • Closing date
    7 November 2021  
    Posted on
    7 September 2021  

Company overview:

Octopus Group is an award-winning independent B2B marketing agency based in Chancery Lane, London. In February 2021, Octopus joined Publicis Groupe UK to be their B2B centre of excellence, bringing our strategic, creative and commercial acumen to international clients, joining a community of 5,000 people working across 25 agencies. Publicis Groupe’s mantra is “Viva la Difference”, a celebration of the uniqueness of their agencies, all working together to get the best results for their clients.

And that means we’re growing. So we’re looking for great designers, just like you.

For Octopus Group, B2B and technology is our big passion. We take a different approach to B2B and technology marketing, built on the understanding that brands thrive when awareness and sales work together. Our guiding Brand to Sales™ philosophy is about helping our clients link brand reputation to commercial sales success, and brings together multiple expert-led disciplines to help B2B CMOs achieve their goals, building pipeline and brand at once. And the approach works. In 2019, Octopus won the Grand Prix in the B2B Marketing Awards, Drum B2B Awards and 3 PR Week Awards for its work, and regularly features as an industry Best Place to Work.

Octopus has a unique family feel where energy, enthusiasm, teamwork and a hunger to succeed are all mixed with a common purpose and a big safety net. Octopus Group is a special place to work and we devote lots of time and thought to keep it that way.

The opportunity:

We’re looking for a Senior Designer to join our rapidly growing Creative team. This role will involve working closely with our Creative Director, strategy, copy and design teams to work on projects from concept to delivery. To be successful in this role, you should have in-depth knowledge and an infectious passion for design, art direction and developing concepts that elevate client briefs, with experience executing projects from conception to production, while working to tight deadlines. 

We’re a warm and friendly bunch, confident in our abilities, and working collaboratively to deliver for the agency and our clients.

Key responsibilities:

  • Work with our creative director, clients and creative teams to create knock-out work across editorial, web, social, and brand.
  • Bring creative briefs and campaigns to life with a high degree of design knowledge, with minimal direction.
  • Develop templates, mock-ups, social content, toolkits, and style guides.
  • Prepare and present work confidently to key internal and external stakeholders.
  • Brief and guide mid-weight designers, artworkers and freelancers as necessary.
  • Inspire our clients to be creatively progressive, through the application of fresh and inventive visual work.

 Desired Skills and Experience:

  • You’ll have at least 5 years of creative agency experience in a similar role.
  • Advance knowledge of the Adobe Suite, Sketch + Invision (or similar web design software).
  • The confidence to explain and support your thinking, both internally and externally.
  • A flexible approach and willingness to adapt your ideas to the needs of clients.
  • Ability to work independently with client teams and execute with minimal supervision.
  • A clear eye for typography, layout and understanding of the balance between detail and simplicity that makes ‘good’ design great.
  • The resilience to perform under pressure and deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines.
  • An enthusiastic relationship builder, keen to work across project teams, direct other designs, and communicate proactively with client services.
  • A problem solver, keen to find the best way to to bring great work to life.
  • A creative thinker with the curiosity to learn new skills, and a keen eye for design trends and technologies.
  • Self-starter with a “let's roll up our sleeves and get it done” attitude.
  • A clear communicator, comfortable in front of clients, and relishes the opportunity to talk about design.
  • Some experience helping guide junior creatives or freelancers within a creative team.
  • Motion design for web and/or brand is a plus.
  • A portfolio showcasing integrated design across digital/web design, branding, social and content, and an ability to generate original ideas and visual concepts  - please note applications without a portfolio won’t be considered.

Reporting:

You will report to the Creative Director and work alongside the creative team.

Salary:

Package designed to attract the right candidate, including our competitive benefits package of 25 days holiday, matched contributory pension, private medical care, flexible working, long-service sabbaticals, health cash plan, life assurance, childcare vouchers, free eye tests, new business and employee finder’s fees and lots more.

Everyone should feel at home, at work. At Octopus Group, all employees can be true to their authentic selves. Everyone is empowered to bring what makes us special and unique to the work we do. We are committed to investing in an inclusive culture that maximises the talent, skills, and diversity of our workforce. We strive to ensure that inclusivity and equality are not only at the heart of our company, but also aligned with all the clients and suppliers we work with.

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