Senior Designer

• Working on a brief from start to finish
• Overseeing the work of and mentoring other designers
• Delivering constructive feedback
• Designing paid social assets following best practices
• Coach your team members and help them to realise areas of development
• Designing responsive customer-centric emails and landing pages
• Maintaining and regularly optimising our design systems
• 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
• Taking accountability for flawless design output
• Supporting creatives to define the art direction when necessary
• 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

• 3-5 years of digital design experience
• Well versed in working in an agency context and have relevant experience covering brand, direct and above the line creative work
• Comfortable working as part of an English speaking global team
• Keen to build client relations and confidently pitch ideas to them
• Good eye for layout, skilled in typesetting and retouching
• Proficient using digital design software (i.e. Figma, Adobe CS)
• Deep understanding of CRM and paid social marketing
• A strategic designer who always takes a customer-first approach, ensuring the user journey is an excellent end-to-end experience
• 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

Understanding of basic motion design is a plus (we use Adobe After Effects)

• A flexible, hybrid working policy
• An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies
• Mental health support, and company sick pay scheme
• 15 days paid holiday annually (plus Public Holidays)
• Refreshments are provided in the office all week, as well as drinks at 4 pm on a Friday
• Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents
• Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations
• Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events
• Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance
• Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities