MidSenior Designer 6M FTC

Established in 2004 OLIVER is the worlds 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 were 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: Designer

Location: London United Kingdom

We are recruiting for x2 mid-to-senior level integrated designers (37 years experience) to join our clients team working directly within their Group Brand studio team. The client is in the Financial Services sector and is one of the most recognisable UK brands in the UK. The studio delivers high-quality brand-aligned creative across sponsorship and partnership programmes brand initiatives and always-on output working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners across multiple concurrent workstreams.

These are two roles available on a six-month fixed-term contract basis one focused on Sponsorship and Partnership design the other on Group Brand work. Both sit within an established in-house team and operate at the intersection of strong design craft and operational discipline. Youll balance rapid turnarounds with considered creative development and manage the full cycle from concept through to production-ready artwork.

Based in London both roles are hybrid with three fixed anchor days in the clients offices each week (currently Monday Tuesday and Thursday). These days may change within the contract period and attendance at other locations or on additional days may occasionally be required.

We support flexible working and are open to different arrangements. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Sponsorship and Partnerships Designer:
Youll create and adapt design solutions across clients sponsorship and partnership portfolio delivering assets that support sponsorship storytelling maximise partnership rights utilisation and meet the requirements of a wide range of channels formats and third-party partners.

Group Brand Designer:
Youll support core brand expression work and asset creation aligned to ongoing campaigns and platform needs primarily always-on brand activity and priority initiatives. This is centrally-driven brand output rather than campaign-specific creative ownership.

Both roles are primarily execution-focused with approximately 7080% of time spent adapting versioning and producing existing assets for different partners channels or market requirements and 2030% developing new creative concepts and visual solutions. Output is predominantly digital-first with some print and occasional environmental and experiential work depending on project needs. There is no line management responsibility in either role.

In both roles youll operate with clear autonomy on day-to-day design decisions within established brand and sponsorship frameworks delivering to a varied and concurrent project load that spans rapid same-day turnarounds through to multi-week creative development. Youll manage feedback cycles professionally uphold the clients Visual Identity across every output and contribute actively to the teams ways of working.

Success looks like consistently high-quality brand-compliant creative delivered at pace strong working relationships across a complex stakeholder network and a measurable contribution to the teams efficiency and standards.

• Design & creative execution:
• Creating high-quality design solutions across digital social environmental graphics OOH presentationsprintand experiential sponsorship materials
• Developing visual concepts that support sponsorship storytelling and brand-building objectives
• Ensuring all creative adheres to the brand Visual Identity and accessibility standards
• Proactively suggesting alternative approaches to enhance creative impact
• Artworking& production:
• Delivering production-ready artwork across various formats ensuringaccuratespecifications for printdigitaland physical installations
• Adapting and versioning assets for partnerschannelsor market requirements
• Maintaining structured file management versioncontroland asset governance
• Working with precision across multiple concurrent projects with varying turnaround times (hoursdays for amends; daysweeks for new development)
• Stakeholder partnership & project delivery:
• Working closely with your colleagues in the Sponsorship Partnerships and Group Brand teams to develop creative solutions that maximise rights utilisation
• Managing feedback cycles timelines and approvals with clarity and professionalism
• Developing strong working relationships with third-party suppliers and agencies to create efficiencies
• Building trusted relationships with Brand Management Corporate Communications and PPCR colleagues
• Cross-functional collaboration:
• Driving the collaborative culture of the Group Creative Services team to deliver integrated outputs
• Liaising with external agencies rightsholdersand production vendors to ensure consistent brand execution
• Supporting the development and continuous improvement of sponsorship design workflowstemplatesand guidelines
• Contributing proactively to team improvements and efficiency gains
• Decision-making & autonomy:
• Operating with autonomy on day-to-day design decisions within established brand and sponsorship frameworks
• Escalating risks complex stakeholderissuesor creative conflicts appropriately
• Taking accountability for qualityaccuracyand brand compliance of all creative outputs

• 37 years experienceas a brand or marketing designer in an agency or in-house setting
• Strong brand design experience across multi-channel creativefinancial services experience isnot essential provided you can quickly adapt to brand guidelines and governance standards
• AdvancedproficiencyinAdobe Creative Cloud(Illustrator InDesign Photoshop Premiere Pro)
• Solid design fundamentals: typography colour theory layout visualhierarchyand composition
• Experience preparing final artwork and delivering to precise technical specifications
• Strong craft in managingmultiple concurrent projectswith excellent organisational discipline
• Excellent communication and confident day-to-day stakeholder engagement
• Experience working collaboratively within established brand guidelines and responding to shifting priorities
• Ability to work with pace and precision under tight deadlines
• ProficiencyinFigmaand familiarity withDigital Asset Management (DAM) systems
• CMS experienceor familiarity with how brand assets are distributed digitally
• Experience designing sponsorship assets or working with sports/entertainment partnerships
• Motion graphics or animation capability
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools
• Experience working alongside film/photography teams or experiential environments
• Proactive mindset: although the roles ae primarily brief-led rather than concept-led we still value proactivity especially when it comes toidentifyingimprovements and efficiencies
• Collaborative approach: works positively within a fast-paced delivery-focused team culture across Brand PublicPolicyand Corporate Responsibility
• Strong communicationskills:youllneed to have clear effective day-to-day collaboration with a variety of stakeholders and team members
• Great attention to detail: meticulous approach to file management versioncontroland brand compliance
• Flexible: able to move seamlessly between execution-focused brief work and strategic creative inputand alsoable to pivot to accommodate changing priorities
• Organised:manages priorities effectivelymaintainsstrong project discipline and meets varying deadlines with consistency

Req ID: 17656
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