About The ParkThe Park is an award-winning experiential agency, founded in London in 2018 by three friends with eclectic backgrounds in client-side marketing, events, advertising, psychology, TV, PR, and sponsorship. The Sydney office launched in 2021.At its core, The Park is an experiential agency, but we have a broad view of what experiential marketing is. Simply, its doing something not just saying something. Were on a mission to redefine the cultural and commercial power of experiential marketing.We work with brands that stand for something (the likes of DreamWorks, Pinterest, and H&M) and help them prove it to their customers and internal stakeholders, by creating Brand ProofTM.Our work spans physical experiences, digital experiences, social media, content, design, employee experience, and much more. And we like our people to be as varied as the work we create.Working at The ParkOur culture is everything to us and its underpinned by three founding values:Diversity Makes The World Better- We think the most creative, fun and interesting environments are the ones that have the most varied types of people from the broadest array of backgrounds with the most eclectic views.Simplicity Is Clarity- we are committed to using no buzzwords and never hiding behind complexity. If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it.Theres Always A Way- its the attitude we take to everything, theres a way to make anything happen.Job Description: Senior Creative DesignerOverviewA Senior Creative Designer at The Park will have a mindset that pushes the boundaries of creative possibilities, a passion for all things experiential, and a personality that aligns with our core values.We are looking for a graphic designer with 5+ years relevant agency experience. The ideal candidate would have exceptional design skills, a passion for current trends and evolving culture, experience in creating quick, original creative concepts, and knowledge of how to communicate these visually. Experience in live events, physical activations and motion/film content is essential.Key ResponsibilitiesGeneralDay-to-day the Senior Creative Designer will be working with the CD managing all things creative + design related, and will contribute to our range of creative output across: Concepting, managing 2D/3D design, motion/content, physical and digital experience.The WorkManage junior members of the team & external creative resourceCreative Lead on standalone projectsIdeate and craft creative responses to briefsCraft mock ups as quick responses to briefsDesign branding and visual identity solutionsCreate client presentations with excellent visual appearanceManage delivery of design assetsResearch on new briefsClientsOur portfolio ranges from sports-lifestyle through to fin-tech, so an adaptable mindset towards design is essential to ensure the agency maintains consistent creative outcomes.Contribute to client relationships and communication by regularly presenting creative work.New Business and MarketingThe design team at The Park play a crucial role in winning new business by concepting for pitches, designing and presenting presentations and defining new ways to bring client-wining ideas to life.The design team are also responsible for any visual marketing material the agency produces for marketing purposes; from social material through to announcements and EDMPeople & CultureA Senior Creative Designer at The Park would play an important part in contributing to the agency culture, by:Contributing ideas to group ideation workshopsContributing to cultural activities such as annual away days, internal presentations and team cultural outingsBringing their individuality to the agencyManage and mentor the junior designerEssential Skills:Fluent in Adobe suite, primarily: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesignworking knowledge of 3D programmesProven experience in creating mock-ups and visualsConfident presenter, experience in communicating ideas outside of the agencyAbility to brief and manage junior members of the teamExperienced in managing external creative partnersPersonal ProfileHungry to learn and get involvedAn ambition to break boundaries within the creative industryCurious and inquisitiveAn interest in the latest trends in popular cultureA passion for brandsPositive, proactive can-do attitudeHappy to get stuck into any taskAbility to problem solve and come up with solutionsAbility to work under within a fast paced agencyReviewsWe carry out career reviews in January and July every year. At these sessions you will set objectives for progress in your role and general career development through on the job learning, training and mentoring.LocationOur office is located in Shoreditch, close to Old Street Station. We work in a hybrid way, driven by our Purposeful Work approach; the full team come into the office on Mondays (planning, team meeting and resource focus), Wednesdays (collaboration and creativity focus), and Fridays (culture focus), with everyone free to work from where they want on Tuesdays and Thursdays (deep work focus). There will, however, be times where live projects or events require extra days in the office or on-site.Holiday AllowanceEveryone at The Park has twenty-five days a year to go on holiday and you are encouraged to take all of them. If you dont, you can carry up to five days over to the following year. If we shut the Agency over the Christmas and New Year period you can have those days off without using any of your twenty-five days allocation.You are, of course, also entitled to days off in lieu for any days you have to work over a weekend if youre working on an event.Referral BonusAt The Park we actively encourage entrepreneurship so any new business that you bring in will see you receive a 10% bonus of any fee generated from that new business lead.The Parklife GrantWe want to support and encourage all our team to connect to culture and to get out and about. As such there's 50 available each month to buy a ticket to something. This could be a gig, an exhibition, a play, a trip to the cinema, anything really.VolunteeringWere very lucky to work in a creative industry, on exciting projects, with good people. There are lots of people in this world whose situations are not as lucky as ours. So, we think it is very important to give back to society and the local community. We want to encourage people to volunteer for good causes in various forms. To help do that we have one day a year where the company gives up its time to help a cause and we will also provide two additional paid days leave for anyone at The Park to take part in volunteering.Employee BenefitsWe have a range of policies that we feel are important:Life assurance just in case anything happens to you, all our employees are insured. In the event of the worst happening, their loved ones and nominated beneficiaries would receive an immediate tax-free cash benefit of 4x salary.Critical illness the unfortunate incidence of very serious illnesses like cancer are prevalent in modern society. Should any member of our team suffer from something this serious we would not want them to have to also be worried about their immediate financial position. We are all insured for a sum of 50,000 paid on diagnosis, tax free, in order to relieve this financial stress that such an event could create.Pension - One day we will all retire! In order to make this a happy event we all need to save. We have teamed up with Royal London to create a bespoke arrangement. Both you and the company save towards your retirement, and you can access your personal information and see how you are doing via the Royal London App and website.Employee Assistance Programme- to support the culture of The Park we provide a free health and wellbeing service as part of your employment with us. It's called Help@Hand and is delivered by Unum. You and your family (partner and children) can access a range of confidential services via the Help@hand app:- Remote GPs: Video consultations that last up to 20 minutes. Aiming to get you seen by UK-based doctors anytime, day or night.- Mental health support: Access to assigned therapists when its needed most, typically delivered via video consultation.- Physiotherapy: A network of physiotherapists with treatment plans usually delivered via video consultation.- Medical second opinions: Access to UK-based private consultants following a final diagnosis.- Life, money and wellbeing support: Advice on a range of life and work issues, including financial, legal and family concerns, plus a confidential 24/7 helpline.https://thepark.london/
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Senior Creative Designer