Design Lead

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences. 

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results. 

Role: Design Lead

Location: Mumbai, india 

About the role:

Working in true collaboration with our client, we have one goal in mind: ‘to be the leading agency partner for the development of stunning and effective needs based content and digital media campaigns’.

We want to create industry-leading, world class work that’s truly beautiful, smart, and effective. To help us achieve our goal, we are looking for a strong, highly motivated and conceptual designer who understands the aesthetics of scientifically inclined skincare brands, preferably having worked with such brands in the recent past. 

These brands are at the forefront of contemporary thinking, utilising in depth insight for digital strategy and content advertising. They are also dedicated to sustainability and foregrounding a brand purpose, which means the work we do with them requires working creative thinking into every brief, regardless of scale.

As Design Lead you will be an experienced digitally focused designer, comfortable leading design projects from brief through to completion, providing new ideas and creativity whilst working closely with the client’s brand guidelines. You will be producing design to the client’s brief and exacting standards whilst positively influencing clients with your creative input in addition to undertaking and pitching new creative concepts. You will be expected to work on a range of creatives from e-commerce to social media, bringing simplicity in design to the most complex briefs.

What you will be doing:

• Producing beautiful and innovative designs for our client’s websites, e-commerce (A+ and Shopalyst) pages and social media channels.
• To be responsible for the full design lifecycle from concept to execution.
• To develop a deep understanding of target audiences and the client’s marketing strategy to deliver high quality results that have an instant, positive impact on the consumer, promoting products and brands.
• To pitch creative solutions in response to marketing strategies.
• To oversee and manage the preparation of all finished files that will comply with the correct output specifications.

What you need to be great in this role:

• Looking for someone with 6 to 8 years of experience.
• Excellent Adobe CS skills.
• Understanding of design principles and an awareness of UX, UI and Responsive Design trends - it is ideal but not essential.
• Expertise in beauty and skincare brands
• Working knowledge of After Effects animation is a bonus.
• Effectively organising and prioritising workloads to manage client delivery whilst simultaneously influencing clients with your own ideas and conceptual creativity.
• A passion for design and conception.
• You'll have a deep affinity with layout, typography and idea-generation.
• Ability to take ownership of projects from concept through to completion.
• Consistent record of taking on, interpreting and delivering design projects within agreed deadlines.
• Attention to detail with the ability to work under own initiative.
• Excellent experience working closely with clients during kick-off.
• Confident in bringing your own innovative ideas and creativity to projects whilst working within a broad range of design guidelines across a variety of design collateral.
• Strong client liaison, with a proven track record of developing strong client relationships.
• On- and Offline design experience with an emphasis on Digital.
• Retouching experience and skills to mid-level.
• Confident and comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing client environment.
• A passionate and inspiring creative.
• The aptitude to learn new software and programmes efficiently and effectively.
• Self-motivated, working with little supervision.
• Collaborative team player, open minded – non-political.
• Discrete about all confidential and personal information.
• Driven, proactive, helpful, and enthusiastic team player.
• Passion for and inquisitive about AI and new technologies
• Understanding and knowledge of AI tools is beneficial, but ability to learn and digest benefits and features of AI tools is critical

Req ID: 12571

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Our values shape everything we do: 

Be Ambitious to succeed   

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible   

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work   

Be always learning and listening to understand   

Be Results-focused  to exceed expectations   

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations   

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.    

 OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.