Design Director - London, United Kingdom - Major Players

Major Players

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Design Director (Branding)

Roles and Responsibilities:

This role has a 30/70 spilt between directing the creative and managing the graphics team to elevate TYC to new heights.

This person must be able to inspire and manage the graphics

team, always working across multiple projects. You'll have a proven experience of working with blue chip companies as well as entrepreneurs and start-ups across all aspects

of the graphic design life cycle.

Creativity responsibilities:

Taking client briefs and translating into project requirements
Planning, facilitating, and running both client and team meetings / workshops
Creating strategic directions and positioning for brands
Leveraging knowledge and science of branding to create remarkable brands
Driving brand identity concept generation, creation, and execution
Defining overarching ideas for brand engagement, user experience and interaction design
Putting as much emphasis on the use of 'language' to create brands not just the visual (Defining and writing TOV)
Keeping up to date with trends and a love for all that's new and innovative
Inspiration and art direction of the branding and graphics team (including suppliers)
Review and signing off on all graphic production work e.g. copywriting, communication packs, brand guidelines, print ready artwork etc.

Qualifications Required:

2:1 or higher bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Branding or Design
International design agency and client experience is required
Specific skills required for the role:
Excellent idea and concept generation abilities
Extensive experience in creating brand strategy and identities, marketing ideas and communications materials
Outstanding skills in copywriting and creating tone of voice
Outstanding skills in creating campaign related graphic materials (experience must be in both physical and digital campaigns)
Extensive experience in designing communication packages and environmental graphics for physical environments
Extensive experience in designing uniforms, packaging and production of packaging
Experience in designing responsive website interfaces focused on improving both website usability and the user experience
Exceptionally confident and articulate when presenting concepts or ideas
Outstanding client liaison and management skills
Business management including financial understanding, reporting and board liaison
Outstanding team leadership skills whilst also able to produce all project deliverables to an exceptionally high standard
Outstanding art direction and photography direction skills
Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud
Expert Apple Mac user
Expert user of MS Office
Excellent story boarding and creation of presentations using Adobe InDesign