Marks is a global brand design and experience agency, uniquely constructed to enable brands to win in an age of constant change. We enable our household name clients to get there first and best - empowering acceleration on a global scale. From vision-building to detailed execution, we enable brands to move faster and shift impact.


We are currently seeking a Middleweight Designer to join our talented team based in either London or Birmingham. In this role, you will translate brand needs into distinctive visual outcomes - designing, crafting and implementing the brand experience across all touch points, through intelligently applied insight, compelling concepts, confident creativity and consistent activation.

As a valuable player in the design team, you will have opportunity to build your expertise across brand design, typography, illustration, photography, finishes and print processes.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a Designer with around 2 years minimum experience in a similar role within packaging, branding, design, comms or media. The successful candidate with have opportunity to work alongside a talented team in an expanding agency with a great working culture. You will also have opportunity to develop your portfolio with household name global brands.


What you'll do:

• Working with Design Directorate and Senior Designers to understand the brief, brand guidelines, technical constraints for the project and aiding them guide junior team members.
• Challenging the brief, delivering the expected and the unexpected in your response
• Effectively managing your time, collaborating with Resource Managers
• Being a team player. Keeping the channels of communication open between Design, Client Service, Strategy and Operations teams, seeking guidance when things change
• Adding value to internal design reviews, offering fresh perspective, giving feedback to executional consistency, art direction of photography.
• Championing and following our file set up, file naming and server filing procedures.
• Pro-actively assisting the team, contributing to studio inspiration and design events.


What you'll have:

• 2-5 years experience within a branding, packaging, and corporate identity role
• Understanding of strategic, creative and commercial aspect of brands and the world they inhabit
• Emerging coaching and mentoring skills
• A degree in Graphic Design, Product Design, Illustration or related field
• Ability to confidently and clearly articulate your thinking
• Know when a sketch is more persuasive than a mac visual
• Ability to multi-tasking and excellent time management skills
• Excellence in Adobe CC, (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Keynote
• If you have knowledge of designing for e-commerce, and/or animation in After effects, that would be highly advantageous.


What we offer:

You will enjoy an excellent base salary, along with the other benefits of working for Marks including:

• 25 days annual leave
• Pension
• Healthcare scheme
• Life Assurance