Digital Designer

Description

We are seeking a talented and motivated Digital Designer with expertise in Webflow and a strong technical background. The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating visually stunning and user-friendly digital experiences. You will collaborate closely with our marketing, development, and product teams to bring our brand to life online, ensuring a seamless and engaging user experience.

What you'll be doing

You will be reporting directly to the Head of Digital Design, and working alongside our Creative Director, and Director of Digital Design.

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Key responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and implement responsive websites and digital assets using Webflow.
• Develop and maintain reusable design systems and style guides.
• Ensure designs are aligned with brand guidelines and meet accessibility standards.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product management, and development, to deliver cohesive digital solutions.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute creative ideas for various digital campaigns and projects.
• Utilise HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to customize and enhance Webflow templates and projects.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to Webflow projects.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, tools, and technologies.
• Project Management:
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality work.
  • Communicate project status and updates to stakeholders regularly.
  • Understanding your clients’ objectives and markets and working with them to deliver creative but commercial solutions.

Requirements

Essential

• 3+ years’ experience in a marketing agency, or similar, environment.
• A love of bringing concepts to life through animation and interactivity using HTML5, and Webflow.
• Solid understanding of responsive design, web standards, and best practices.
• Experience designing or building websites with Webflow.
• Strong knowledge of HTML/CSS and front-end development principles.
• Experience working with pattern and Atomic design libraries.
• Conceptual creativity, excellent typographic flair, visualising skills and a good understanding of design that grabs attention, elicits a response and sells.
• Experience conducting user research, usability testing, and applying data-driven insights to design decisions.
• A commercial understanding of the importance of working to budgets.
• Excellent organisational skills:
  • Able to prioritise a high volume of projects and processes.
  • A hands-on approach to problem solving.
  • Able to deliver projects in a timely fashion.
  •  Great attention to detail.
  • Quality assurance skills.
• The ability to work productively with your team and other specialists – such as developers, copywriters, strategic thinkers, account managers and digital project managers – contributing and sharing best practices, knowledge and ideas.
• Understanding of SEO principles and how design impacts search engine rankings.
• Respect for client and company confidentiality.
• Confidence combined with an ability to learn quickly.
• A level head, with the ability to take on projects and produce great work independently of guidance or direction.

Technical skills

• Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, HTML5, HTML/CSS, Webflow, Framer.
• Be able to build prototypes and demos of your design work.
• Ability to use Mac OS-X operating system.

Desirable

•  Ideally, you’ll have some further advanced coding knowledge, including JS.
• Previous work with WordPress or a good knowledge of its capabilities.
• Experience working with technology and financial services clients.
• Capability in moving image.

What we offer

• Hybrid working
• 4 Day working week
• Family friendly benefits
• Private medical insurance
• Profit share scheme
• Company pension scheme
• 26 days holiday, increasing to 28 – plus bank holidays
• Training and development opportunities – technical, professional and other exciting skills
• Salary Sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme with secure cycle parking (and showers and a drying room at the office!).
• Retail and gym discounts
• Business development and recruitment finder’s fees
• Regular foodie pop-ups in our café
• Team socials such as board game nights and other fun nights/days out

What's next

So, if you like the sound of us, and you have what it takes to deliver the world-class service our clients demand, please send your CV and a brief covering letter to [email protected].  Don’t forget to list your name, followed by the position you are applying for in the subject line.

We are an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all, and we will always seek to consider flexible working options if appropriate.  In recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting employees, we treat everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, and place an obligation upon all employees to respect and act in accordance with this policy.

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