Senior Designer - Maternity Cover

Landor is looking for a Maternity Cover Senior Designer to join our London studio. Could this be you?  

We are Landor, part of WPP
World-leading brand experts, 
underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category.
We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable.
We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand. We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes. 
Landor companies also include amp (sonic branding), bdg (workplace & architectural experts), Deep Local (creative technologists) and ManvsMachine (3D motion design).

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

What you’ll do 

A Senior Designer at Landor will work on medium to large sized projects, using knowledge of their client’s business and challenges, along with

their expertise, to develop a design strategy to deliver the best possible creative solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Consistently delivers strong thinking, craft and accomplishments within the field of practice

• Leads on conceptual exploration, including ideation, sketching, and research

• Partners with internal teams and clients to establish direction and innovative design solutions, ensuring implementation from

concept through production

• Developing design ideas across integrated solutions that demonstrate a deep understanding of the target audience, and can be

applied accordingly across various channels to deliver high quality, innovative ideas that support

the brand strategy

• Confidently expresses a POV, providing suggestions on their own work as well as the work of others.

• Supports and guides more junior team members to elevate creative solutions that support the client brief and project goals.

• Assists in evaluating and contributing to the development of writing competitive and innovative design strategies and plans

• Confidently works across multiple projects, working in conjunction with the design, client and production teams to ensure client

needs are met to the highest standard

• Collaborates with peers, design counterparts and partner groups to ensure project design continuity across all areas of focus,

working together to overcome complex strategic and design challenges

• Interacts with colleagues and clients in a positive, professional, and motivating manner.

• Makes the most of AI to maximize knowledge, inspiration and efficiencies

What you’ll need 

Experience in a similar role within a brand/design agency as a designer as part of a project team

• Understands bold thinking and how it translates into design

• Demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of design with strong creative excellence, conceptual thinking, consistently

developing innovative design ideas

• Can confidently integrate a brand’s message, colour, imagery, type, composition and other assets and behaviours into

deliverables

• Can tell a compelling story and communicate a design strategy

• Knowledge of current and upcoming creative and design trends

• Awareness of trends in other industries, evolving cultural landscapes, as well as economic, political and environmental trends,

that shape how people interact with brands and design.

• Passion for design, brand and creative excellence

• Strong technical skills with a range of creative software, including Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro, AI tools, and similar - as well

as the ability to represent design thinking using traditional design tools and hand sketching

• Proficiency in motion graphics and digital design, experienced in leading the creation of impactful, cross-platform visual content

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

We build brands. We build futures. Landor, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics, committed to a culture of respect where everyone belongs and can progress in their careers.

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