Lead Designer
This is a Permanent, vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Exciting opportunity for a Lead Designer to work in a collaborative and supportive environment within Davies marketing and communications. Reporting into the Group Head of Creative, you will lead the development and execution of design concepts for the brand across multiple channels, as well as from an employer brand standpoint.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the team regarding brand creative, including guideline development and adherence.
- Provide daily direction to the design team, advising the team on creative that aligns with our visual identity and branding.
- Lead team members on branding guidelines and provides support and oversight to help them apply the brand in their projects.
- Lead campaign concepting and design prioritization with our design team.
- Manage projects using project management software.
- Work with a wide range of media, including photography, illustration, animation and video footage to deliver bid creative that is fresh, innovative, on-brand and focused on brand
- Collaborate with fellow designers in the development of creative required
- Lead and mentor a team of creatives in the UK, US & India, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. Provide constructive feedback to enhance both their skills and performance and that of their respective teams.
- Ensure consistency and cohesiveness of the brand across all communication channels.
- Keep up to date with design best practice and industry trends to prompt new ideas and the development of new creative tactics to enhance our and stay ahead of the market
Key skills and experience required
- Extensive industry experience as a graphic designer in-house or agency
- A graphic design qualification or similar
- Thorough working knowledge and strong technical skills in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
- Excellent layout and typography skills
- Insurance and/or professional services experience preferred
- Possess a portfolio that demonstrates creative flair and an attention to detail
- Ability to interpret design briefs independently to produce relevant creative using own initiative
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, running multiple projects concurrently and often operating to tight deadlines
- A positive, high-energy team player motivated to constantly innovate, improve and push creative boundaries
- Video editing and animation skills
The Company
Davies Group are a multi-award-winning specialist professional services and technology business. We deliver operations across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, customer experience, human capital, transformation, change management and digital innovation.
Over recent years we have consistently delivered double digit organic growth. Our programme of digital transformation has seen us successfully launch a range of technology-led solutions in the insurance and highly regulated markets, including the use of video, drones, robotics and our ‘Disruptive Thinking’ innovation lab that places the power of new ideas in the hands of our people. With our investments in technology, we have grown our solutions with existing clients and added new partnerships to our business. Currently we have a global team of around 6,000 professionals working with over 1,000 of our clients across the world.
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Our Values
We are
Dynamic
We are
Innovative
We are
Connected
We
Succeed
Together
Our Stories
Davies is a community of outstanding people. We welcome different perspectives, support each other’s ambitions and grow together. In a fast-changing business environment, we adapt and look ahead. We succeed because we are multi-talented: in the skills of our teams, specialisms and sector expertise. Working together, we are greater than the sum of our parts.
Charity Work
The Davies Foundation - Our people, clients and the communities we serve are at the heart of our business. The Davies Foundation has been created to give our employees the autonomy to choose how we support, giveback and do good for the local communities we live and work within.
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