Conceptual Designer

Weber Shandwick

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 29 days ago
Who is ?We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team build brands by finding connection points in the real world. We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreograph stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world's leading brands and businesses e.g. HSBC, Iceland, Amazon Prime, Unilever, eBay, Tinder and Pinterest to name a few.We earn affection, attention, affinity, and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle, and energy. We are known for:
  • Developing data driven insights and strategy to drive measurable impact
  • Creating impactful creative that taps into culture
  • Creating channel and platform agnostic campaigns that grow organically
  • Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned-first but deliver for paid and owned
A snapshot of the role:Based in London and working as part of our in-house, integrated design team, you are a passionate, Conceptual Designer who comes from an integrated agency background. You are a team player who prides themselves on developing creative concepts into world-class Earned Campaigns.Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Create first-class designs across a number of touch points, including OOH, press, social, global tool kits, pitch concepts and brand guidelines.
  • Partner with our creative leads to oversee the complete design process from the concept phase through to delivery
  • Have the ability to work on a number of projects and tasks simultaneously, ensuring deadlines and creative standards are always maintained.
  • Provide input to project managers and producers, allowing them to budget correctly on upcoming briefs.
  • Be an effective communicator, who can confidently present their design work to senior stakeholders within the business
  • You are passionate about design as a discipline and will proactively champion innovation and craft.
  • Provide mentorship and direction to the junior members of the team and always maintain the highest of professional standards.
Behaviours
  • Always professional in conduct with internal team members
  • Displays a can do, will do attitude with teams and wider agency
  • Be a proactive team player
  • Celebrates team effort
  • Invested in the development of junior team members and displays leadership through constructive and fair critique
Ideal experience required:
  • Previous experience working in a creative studio as a conceptual designer.
  • Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite is essential as well as a working knowledge of PowerPoint.
  • A portfolio that demonstrates a number of brilliantly designed and crafted campaigns that you have led.
  • Great communication skills, showcasing the ability to collaborate with colleagues across the design team and the wider agency to bring ideas to life in brilliantly designed presentations
  • Strong presentation skills whilst being able to clearly understand and process internal feedback in a collaborative fashion
  • Ability to work under pressure and proactively manage time, meeting deadlines and plan and prioritise workload to ensure all tasks are completed in line with agreed deadlines
  • Impeccable attention to detail and an eye for the latest trend or direction in presentation design
Who are we:Weber Shandwick are a leading global communications network that delivers next-generation solutions to brands, businesses, and organisations in major markets around the world. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, we have won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry.The firm has earned more than 135 Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Weber Shandwick was named to Ad Age's Agency A-List in 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019. Weber Shandwick was also honoured as PRovoke's Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and PRWeek's Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.Data-led, with earned ideas at the core, the agency deploys leading and emerging technologies to inform strategy, develop critical insights and heighten impact across sectors and specialty areas, including brand and B2B marketing, healthcare marketing, change management, employee engagement, corporate reputation, crisis management, data and analytics, technology, public affairs, social impact, and financial communications.Weber Shandwick is part of the wider . Check out more about the team, the work, and what it's like to work at Weber Shandwick .At Weber Shandwick we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.Our Values and Behaviours:Curiosity, inclusion, courage, impact. Our work and our culture are shaped by our values: * CURIOSITY: We cultivate curiosity and challenge convention. Because solving any problem begins with asking the right questions
  • INCLUSION: We foster teams and environments built on belonging and openness to possibility. Because the best ideas have no bias
  • COURAGE: We stand up for what we believe in. Because being comfortable with the uncomfortable is how progress is made
  • IMPACT: We strive to make a meaningful difference in everything we do. Because we owe it to our people, our clients, and the world
What's in it for you:
  • JUICE - Our flexible working model
  • 25 days annual leave + Birthday and Festive period off
  • Personal pension plan
  • Early finish Fridays
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Private dental insurance
  • Gym discounts
  • Heath cash plan
  • Group life assurance
  • Group income protection
  • Flexible life insurance
  • Critical illness insurance
  • Buy and Sell Holiday
  • Travel Insurance
  • Private medical
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