Digital Designer

ABOUT US

Brandpie is an exciting and dynamic consultancy with a diverse and highly experienced team located across the UK and North America. We are world leaders in purpose-led transformation and work with some of the world's largest B2B organisations to help them better understand and define their purpose. Our work with companies impacts the way they appear, communicate, operate and, ultimately, engage with their employees and the wider world. We do this through a unique blend of services across brand, culture and experience.
The digital team is an integral part of the wider business, creating digital experiences that activate purpose, embody brand identity, create value, engagement and positive impact for our client’s customers, stakeholders and employees. We achieve this through a combination of strategic thinking, user-centered design approaches, world-class knowledge in branding, and technological expertise. Ultimately working to develop effective solutions that propel businesses and their brand to the next level.
We pride ourselves in working in a smart, friendly, and co-operative way that respects everyone’s time and is understanding of that fact that work, however important, is just one part of your life. Our culture aspires to be creative and nurturing, with open, transparent communication. We’re a diverse and strategic bunch, with a mix of doers and thi

THE ROLE

Working as part of a cross-functional team, you will develop digital design approaches and solutions to solve client challenges and define the behaviour and rules of a new brand identity. Primarily this will be web design, but can and will extend to the design of intranet systems, comms (email, chat, social), interactive experiences, mobile applications and other digital mediums.

What you’ll do:

• Develop creative design solutions led by creative briefs and evolving new or existing brand identities for digital experiences and communication.
• Create responsive website design solutions alongside our UX and UI designers
• Design a range of other digital design solutions including, but not limited to, designs for: intranet systems, comms (email, chat, social), interactive experiences, mobile applications and other digital forms.
• Development of digital design assets, for example photography selection, graphic designs etc.
• Input into design ideation and creative development workshops.
• Work closely with brand designers and strategists to help evolve the foundational aspects of a brand identity system from a digital perspective.
• Present design solutions to clients with an ability to solicit input and constructive feedback.
• Provide intelligent and valued insights into design best practices, modern design approaches and design inspiration to help drive the quality and opportunity in our design work.
• Support in the development of materials for pitches.

Skills you’ll need:

• Able to think creatively, conceptually and strategically.
• Be able to create a range of digital design solutions.
• Experience in working on all phases of a project; from supporting pitch work, to understanding a creative brief, to delivering a design system and responsive design solutions.
• Experience in delivering a wide range of project types; from small, rapid projects through to large-scale programmes.
• Strong presentation skills, visual and written. Confident explaining designs and solutions to the wider team and clients.
• Demonstratable experience working on projects across a range of mediums, for example: mobile applications, responsive web, product and service design.
• Expertise using industry standard design and prototyping tools – Figma is our core tool. Having a strong practical working understanding of this tool is essential. Familiarity with the wider Adobe suits is also beneficial.
• Good working knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design best practices.
• Be a self-starting, confident person. With the ability and willingness to pick-up briefs, identify requirements and challenges, and pro-actively work to solve these.
• Be comfortable working within a small but growing team.

Nice to have skills:

• Previous experience working on B2B projects and brand identities.
• Degree or equivalent work experience in a related field, such as Graphic Design, Digital Design, Interaction Design, etc.
• A broad understanding of and interest in brand strategy would be invaluable.
• Experience in digital motion design would be beneficial.

YOUR MINDSET

• Clear communicator: You have strong communication skills and are comfortable communicating and challenging ideas with clients and colleagues

• Team player: You love to generate fresh thinking and work with others, whether you are 1-1 or rolling your sleeves up with the broader team, you do your part to contribute to the creation of brilliant ideas and experiences
• Passionate: You are excited and passionate about design and the benefits great design can offer our clients. Keeping up with the latest trends, new approaches and techniques to enhance our capabilities as a business
• Detail-oriented: You are able to manage multiple projects at once while maintaining attention to detail with each project.
• A self-starter: You’re comfortable working in a small team and taking the initiative to help drive projects forward. Even if this sometimes means you need to do something that’s not always expected from your role

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to apply to this role opening, you must be able to clearly demonstrate the following:

• That you have 5+ years of delivering digital designs within cross-functional teams within an agency environment – be it consultancy, marketing or advertising agency.
• That you have worked on web design projects for large multi-national corporations delivering responsive, complex design solutions.
• That you have strong experience in delivering digital design solutions for a wide range of clients and types of brands.
• That you have developed creative approaches across a wide range of digital solutions (web, mobile, interactive, VR, AR, etc) and experience in working to help form digital brand systems.
• That you are able to work in a cross-functional team with strategists, UX designs, UI designers, copywriters, developers and project managers
• That you are not exclusively a product or UI designer. Variety is vital.

As part of the interview process you will be required to:

• Submit a portfolio of at least 3 relevant commercial projects you’ve been involved in as a Digital Designer– the portfolio can be in whatever format you prefer (document, website, etc)
• Complete a simple digital design skills assessment
• Present 3+ relevant work examples from your portfolio. Demonstrating your creative approach to the project, your role within the team you worked in, and the design process you following through to achieve the final solution
• If successful at your first interview; be willing to meet a member of the team in-person in central London (exceptions will be considered) for the second interview
• Provide 2 professional references that can confirm your abilities in the relevant skill areas

PERKS AND BENEFITS
At Brandpie we believe supporting and helping everyone to grow as a team and an individual. We help do this through our comprehensive and competitive benefits package we offer:

• Generous reward package: We provide industry competitive salaries that reflect experience and ability. We also offer additional benefits including medical and life insurance, gym membership contributions and a company pension scheme.
• A competitive holiday package: You will start with 23 days annual leave, which increases by 1 day per year to a maximum of 28 days. Our business usually closes between Christmas and New Year, providing an additional 3 days leave.
• Wellbeing support: We believe it’s vital people have time to focus on their wellbeing (both physical and mental). From day one you will be provided with a comprehensive core and mental health cover (currently with Vitality Health), subsidized gym membership, partner rewards and discounts.
• Flexi-time and place: We now operate a fully flexible model. We do not insist that our people are office based and respect everyone’s individual preference. We encourage flexible work patterns and want our people to find a fair work/life balance they are comfortable with.
• Solid technology kit: On joining you will receive new IT equipment including a laptop (Mac only), peripherals, and an external monitor for your home set-up.
• Personal development: We want you to learn and grow with us. To make sure our people are up to date with our latest work, we do regular Knowledge Share sessions, and we will work with you to create a personal career development plan. We make a commitment that every member of staff has at least 1 day a month dedicated to PD.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
Brandpie is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, reward and promote regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Contact

Apply now

eva.morgan@brandpie.com