Head of Brand Design

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and continually develop the Employment Hero design team, helping them to develop branded content for all marketing touch points, big and small.
• Effectively and efficiently give creative direction and feedback to internal and external teams to ensure the brand is maintained.
• Work with our brand and content marketers to develop and maintain our visual identity
• Enable non-designers within the business to create on-brand, clear and beautiful designs through template creation and internal design education streams
• Work with our Campaign Managers, Growth and Loyalty teams to create compelling content across multiple media formats, including our website, digital advertising, social media, downloadables, videos, animations, events and beyond.
• Operate like an internal agency, efficiently prioritising workload for stakeholders and leaning on external technical and design resources as required.
• Work with our media partners to understand best practice design across each of our channels.
• Create distinctive and compelling visuals, ensuring that we avoid fatigue with our audience and are continually developing and evolving the brand.
• Understand large-scale, cross-organisational workflows and projects and collaborate with all areas of the business.
• Ability to collaborate with external agencies, understanding creative processes, whether it be design, brand, web or motion.
• Conceptualise ideas from copy briefs and be willing to push the brand into new and exciting territory.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in a studio/in-house environment.
• At least 2-3 years of experience managing other designers in a high-volume environment.
• Strategic problem solver with excellent communication skills.
• Expertise across the Adobe Suite, Figma and Canva.
• Willingness to take ownership and drive results.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about all things brand.