Job description
We’re on the hunt for a Design Director to join our family as the figurehead for what great looks like.
We’re looking for someone to take ownership of our design standards and drive the design output of our agency forward - bringing brave, original design thinking to life for our clients, executing big ideas brilliantly, and leading and supporting our team to be the best executors they can be.
You'll personally deliver best in class design execution across the portfolio of borne’s clients – from driving distinctive art direction on high profile campaigns, pushing the design language and identities for our branding projects, and raising the standard of the day-to-day projects we deliver.
You'll also lead and inspire the internal design & artwork team at borne as a mentor, guide and champion for their work – helping to build confidence, expand skills, direct work and push the calibre of everything we make.
We're looking for somebody with a wealth of experience in brand and brand communication to bear, collaborating with our freelance network of creatives to ensure shared vision around the concepts and campaign ideas we deliver – and building strong working relationships between creative freelancers and our own design team.
We’re looking for someone to take ownership of our design standards and drive the design output of our agency forward - bringing brave, original design thinking to life for our clients, executing big ideas brilliantly, and leading and supporting our team to be the best executors they can be.
You'll personally deliver best in class design execution across the portfolio of borne’s clients – from driving distinctive art direction on high profile campaigns, pushing the design language and identities for our branding projects, and raising the standard of the day-to-day projects we deliver.
You'll also lead and inspire the internal design & artwork team at borne as a mentor, guide and champion for their work – helping to build confidence, expand skills, direct work and push the calibre of everything we make.
We're looking for somebody with a wealth of experience in brand and brand communication to bear, collaborating with our freelance network of creatives to ensure shared vision around the concepts and campaign ideas we deliver – and building strong working relationships between creative freelancers and our own design team.
The Package
As well as working with a lovely bunch of people and getting to work on interesting creative opportunities, here are some of the benefits we offer right now:
Private healthcare
Personal training and development budget
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Hybrid working
Discounted gym membership at Nuffield Health and Hussle gym
Bonus scheme
New business incentive
Cycle scheme
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
City centre parking
Private healthcare
Personal training and development budget
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Hybrid working
Discounted gym membership at Nuffield Health and Hussle gym
Bonus scheme
New business incentive
Cycle scheme
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
City centre parking
The Agency
borne is an independent creative agency from the East of England.
We work with ambitious companies, leveraging global brand experience to help make great decisions about how they grow through creativity.
Founded in 2016 to be a home for people who want to do good work and live good lives, our team are drawn from some of the UK’s top agencies and client teams, with experience in multiple sectors, markets and channels.
We describe ourselves as a creative partner for the real world - we want real insights, real relationships, ideas that real people notice, and that work in the real world. What we make sits at the intersection of advertising and branding - strategically-led, creatively-focussed and developed in collaboration with our clients.
We work with ambitious companies, leveraging global brand experience to help make great decisions about how they grow through creativity.
Founded in 2016 to be a home for people who want to do good work and live good lives, our team are drawn from some of the UK’s top agencies and client teams, with experience in multiple sectors, markets and channels.
We describe ourselves as a creative partner for the real world - we want real insights, real relationships, ideas that real people notice, and that work in the real world. What we make sits at the intersection of advertising and branding - strategically-led, creatively-focussed and developed in collaboration with our clients.