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Position Overview & Specifications
We are currently seeking a Senior Designer to join our talented team based in either London or Birmingham. You will play a key role in a team that translates brand needs into distinctive visual outcomes - designing, crafting and implementing the brand experience across all touch points, through intelligently applied insight, compelling concepts, confident creativity and consistent activation.
You will know how to autonomously challenge a brief and produce exceptional work, maintaining the brand experience across concepts and channels, and guide others against the brief, leading Middleweight and Junior team members; ensuring our creative thinking goes deeper, our execution become more powerfully consistent, and presenting with clear rationale to clients.
This role represents an outstanding opportunity to join a talented team in an agency that is growing, and enjoy a first class culture where you will have the opportunity to work with globally recognised clients, whilst also having the opportunity to develop your career within a global, market leading agency.
What you'll do
- Act as a deputy for the Design Directors, guiding others to strengthen their work, deepen their creativity, challenge the brief more thoroughly, approving in their absence
- Consult with Client Service to understand the client need, adding insight and richness to the design brief. Advise on resource and timings when needed
- Be a team player
- Actively help others stay on track, being a support for their creativity, managing expectations and risk when things change
- Produce creative that challenges and moves beyond the brief, is embedded in the insight and is activated with powerful consistency
- Present with confidence and clarity and objectivity, enabling debate, taking on board the views of others and positively giving feedback to drive improvement
- Champion and following our file set up, file naming and server filing procedures.
What you'll have
- 4-8 years experience within a Shopper/Integrated Design agency in Design roles
- Emerging client presentation skills, discussing, defending design
- Stakeholder management and influencing
- A degree in Graphic Design, Product Design, Illustration or related field
- Understanding of strategic, creative and commercial aspect of brands and the world they inhabit
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- Deep understanding of print production, materials and finishes
- Adobe CC, Office but also understand the power of a sketch
What we offer
You will enjoy an excellent base salary, along with the other benefits of working for Marks including:
- 25 days annual leave
- Pension
- Healthcare scheme
- Life Assurance
This role can be based in Birmingham or LondonFunctionDesignStatusFull TimeTypePermanent
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Advertising & Public Relations
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for designer roles across SGS & Co's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Advertising & Public Relations.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £61,154 - £38,126 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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