Digital Designer

It’s an exciting time at Wish, as the client list / service offering, and team evolves and grows.

We create outstanding online and offline projects, including award-winning social media campaigns, outstanding websites, stand-out brands and effective print marketing. We know visual design has a profound impact on perceptions, customer behaviour and brand loyalty.

Our approach to design allows our design team to combine their creative skills with theirs / the teams technical knowledge, bringing web applications, brands, creative graphics, user interfaces, animations and other visual effects to life.

At Wish, our creative services cover brand, print, digital, motion and interaction design work for global clients in a wide variety of business sectors. Graphic designers must of course bring creativity and an ability to think outside the box, be adaptable to deliver solutions for different audiences, and be able to work well to often tight deadlines.

Applicants for this role will be judged predominantly on portfolio and personality over written CV and specific qualifications. If you care about designing great experiences, want your work to win awards, and you enjoy being part of an ambitious team, then Wish is the place for you. You must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience either agency or an in-house design role.

Job description

Our client base is large and diverse, spanning various sectors and different continents. These businesses target hugely different audiences, so it’s important you’re able to adapt your design style, whilst also working within the boundaries of clients’ existing brand guidelines and visual identities.

Key skills & responsibilities:

• Participate in design discussions and give feedback during planning and strategy meetings.
• Understand a client’s brand values, tone of voice and approach to visual communication.
• Strong understanding of leading creative tools and applications.
• Ability to swiftly turn ideas into sketches and wireframes.
• Create visual, interactive elements of a website or product interface and how they in turn, positively impact on the digital experience.
• Create visual prototypes or mockups, turning initial concepts into full creative marketing material that can be presented online or in person to clients.
• Prepare development ready digital design files and support development with creative assets.
• Present designs to internal and client stakeholders, clearly explaining the recommended approaches and decisions made.
• Work with our specialist web team to assist bringing projects to life, from designers to developers and account management.
• Support the established design team in offline marketing design from branding to print media.
• Work with our digital marketing team to deliver social media campaigns and supporting artwork.

Candidate

A successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and work well within a team of creative people. Due to our high level of output, it’s essential you’re able to work under pressure and manage workloads effectively, as well as being highly self-motivated and well organised. It’s important you have an exceptional eye for detail and good time management skills.

The ideal candidate is someone who wants to work hard, become a core part of the team and grow with the company by taking on additional responsibilities over time.

In return we offer:

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Performance based salary reviews & progression opportunities
• 20 days holiday rising to 25 per annum plus additional holiday options
• Your birthday off work (in addition to holiday entitlement)
• Office / partial remote working options shaping your work around your life
• Fantastic opportunity to join a fun, expert, growing agency with a wealth of interesting clients located in the UK, mainland Europe and the US.
• Apple MacBook for work and home use
• Desk budget to create your ideal working environment
• Superb working environment with free parking when in the head office
• Rural head office location, easy commute when in the office, ideal for lunchtime runs and cycles (yes there is a shower too)
• Satellite office in central Leeds, for those days where city life is preferred
• Great social events
• Bonus schemes to share in our success

Who Are Wish?

Wish are an independent full-service agency providing creative offline and online solutions to business challenges & objectives. We specialise in changing behaviours and marketing success, developing conversion optimised, technically excellent creative campaigns.

We deliver everything for a range of clients in various sectors, from full re-brands to direct mail, SEO and digital marketing campaigns and stunning, technically excellent web projects. Our team also recently won the Drum’s European award for best Paid Social campaign.

Through strong client relationships we have created an agency that delivers outstanding results, success and creates fantastic careers for our talented team of digital & marketing experts.

• Our core products and services include: Marketing & digital strategy, website design and development, digital marketing – SEO, PPC, Social, Email marketing, brand development, internal comms, Integrated Campaigns, mobile apps.
• We’re a growing team based in a lovely old Granary building near Wetherby and with a co-working office space in central Leeds
• We have a strong background within the UK Digital community, working with some the UK’s leading brands and developing innovative software solutions for our clients.

Need more convincing?…

You will get to work on exciting projects for some leading brands in a relaxed working environment! As well as established client relationships that we must support, we have a very active new business team creating attractive opportunities. Sounding good?

We Pay You.

The correct salary – We don’t always detail an exact salary as this is a sensitive topic, salary is completely negotiable, dependent on the individual and the experience and qualities they may bring to the role – but feel free to email us with your CV or portfolio and we’re happy to talk money before you commit time to an interview if preferred.

A Talented & Friendly Bunch.

You’ll join a fantastic team of people who are driven to produce the best brand marketing campaigns, and digital experiences on the web, we make sure it’s an enjoyable and a creative place to work.

Personal Development.

Reap the rewards of an exciting career path that lets you evolve your skill set. We’re growing and changing all the time and we love it – so we want our staff to grow and change too. You will learn and learn fast whilst bringing your own talents to an already talented team.

If this sounds right up your street, then get in touch today.

Send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]