Senior Designer

Description

We are looking for an ambitious Senior Designer to join our Berlin Design & Production team.

You will be focusing on several of our clients across tech, sports and retail.

We are a tight knit team of illustrators & animators, photographers & videographers, coders & brand builders who create thumb-smashing content for some of the biggest brands in the world.

You will work closely with a whole host of departmental specialists, from Insights, to Community, to Strategy to deliver transformational social-first work for our clients. Our Conversational Creative relies on innovation, through a deep knowledge of the latest platform features and production techniques, combined with an acute understanding of what people are talking about and why it's important to them and their communities.

To be a part of the Design & Production team, you must be a pixel loving, idea generating, creative collaborator who likes to tell stories that move.

Role

• You will be tasked with owning and leading the creative output on up to 3 accounts, producing campaigns, overseeing retainer content and developing our team with your impressive design knowledge.
• Conceptualise, scope in and implement complex integrated campaigns
• Lead innovative ideations and foster confidence within the design team.
• Delivering campaign and brand development, overseeing retainer workflow
• Art direction of social content that uses motion graphics, photography and video
• Hands-on creation of content through motion graphics and photography
• Ownership and quality oversight of content outputted by junior members of the team
• Stay up-to-date with social platforms and industry trends
• Leading team members, collaborating with client service and community teams
• Confidently present work and build client relationships
• Managing and mentoring designers
• Contribute and shape business development pitches
• Lead presentations and encourage other team members to present
• You will also help drive creativity, process and organisation across the agency and help build the design team to fit your needs.

This job description is not intended to cover everything that will be expected of you but rather to act as a guide and you maybe required to get involved in other and reasonable ad hoc projects

Requirements

• Experienced creative with graphic design education and 5+ year’s experience from an agency background
• Strong social knowledge
• Experienced in leading teams and overseeing multiple, diverse projects simultaneously
• Branding /strategic design
• Motion Design knowledge
• Attention to detail - lead on quality control
• Management experience
• Passion
• Design thinking
• Excellent communicator
• You'll slot into our creative family with your own brand of vim, spark and joy
• Business level language skills in German and English

Benefits

• Exciting and challenging projects with some of the biggest brands in the world including Amazon, Diageo, Ancestry, Google and The North Face.
• Work closely with a great international team of insights, design and strategy specialists to deliver transformative social-first work for our clients
• One incremental extra holiday day per year for 5 years
• Extra days off between Christmas and New Year
• A healthy and collaborative 1000heads culture and a great team in Berlin
• Internal training opportunities and a budget for external events
• Flexible working hours and home office...but also a great office at Hackescher Markt, right in the heart of Berlin.