What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Designer position at DEPT®?
WHO ARE WE?
The bigger picture: DEPT® is a pioneering technology and marketing services company that creates integrated end-to-end digital experiences for brands such as Google, TikTok, eBay, ASOS, Zoopla, Twitch, Patagonia and many, many more.
Our team of 4,000 digital specialists across 30 locations on five continents deliver pioneering work on a global scale with a boutique culture. We live and breathe our ‘big enough to cope, small enough to care’ ethos, providing an inclusive, supportive and an exciting place to accelerate your career.
This role is part of our Personalised Communication team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients including eBay, Ancestry, Walmart, and more!
JOB PURPOSE:
As Senior Designer, you will work on a broad range of small and large projects across some of the largest, well recognised brands in the world.
Our Design Mentors are required to understand, organise and motivate people to achieve extraordinary things: they’re able to guide thinking and behaviour in others and take counsel from within to thrive in a dynamic environment. Our Design Mentors are masters of their craft, demonstrate good judgement and emotional intelligence, and inspire self-development.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Overseeing the work of and mentoring Junior Designers.
- Delivering constructive feedback.
- Coach your team members and help them to realise areas of development.
- Working on a brief from start to finish.
- Image sourcing and artworking.
- Designing responsive emails and landing pages.
- Maintaining existing and designing new onsite marketing templates.
- Developing rich visual content for weekly newsletters.
- Applying creativity to adhoc projects.
- Always striving to create work that contributes towards the client’s business goals.
- Researching competitors and staying current with design and marketing trends.
- Delivering constructive feedback.
- Taking accountability for flawless design output.
- Contributing innovative ideas at creative review meetings.
- Protecting brand integrity and guardianship.
- Drive the delivery of work on time and to the highest standard by understanding of your team's capabilities.
SKILLS AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
- 3-5 years of digital design experience
- You are well versed in working in an agency context and have relevant experience covering brand, direct and above the line creative work.
- Keen to build client relations and pitch ideas to them.
- Good eye for layout, skilled in typesetting and retouching
- Proficient using digital design software (i.e. Sketch App, Figma, InVision, Adobe CS)
- A great teammate that supports their colleagues and doesn’t act as an individual.
- Very organised with attention to detail.
- A great source for up-to-the-minute creative knowledge and digital design trends.
- Works with grit and determination in the face of demanding deadlines.
- Has a desire to embrace new skills and challenges.
WE OFFER:
- 15 days paid holiday exclusive of bank holidays
- Full dental and healthcare cover
- Mental health support
- A flexible, hybrid working policy
- Ride to work scheme
- Possibilities to do what you do best and to develop your skills further with training, development and certifications
- Buddy Program: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®
- Annual trip to the DEPT® Festival in the Netherlands: a chance to meet other people in DEPT®, see great talks from industry leaders, and have an all-expenses-paid weekend of fun!
- Global Annual DEPT® Cares Day which cadets can donate their skills to support local charities
- Other soft benefits including, refreshments provided in the office and a social calendar with weekly and monthly events on a team or agency level
DEPT® is committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 has been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified.
DEPT® is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, nurture and retain the most talented people from a range of diverse backgrounds, skills and perspectives. We encourage all applications irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, nationality, marital status, and disability.
Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts here.
