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Senior Digital Designer

Stockton-on-Tees, UK
Full-Time, Office-Based

Overview

A role for design lovers who are looking for the chance to be progressive and explore beyond limitations, saying goodbye to comfort zones and lifeless briefs. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Digital Designer to lead our digital brand experience projects. The ideal candidate will have superior expertise in web and digital design, with a deep understanding of the latest digital branding trends and the ability to create exceptional online experiences. You will work on digital brand experience-based projects, using your creativity and strategic thinking to elevate brands online.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Digital Brand Experience: Lead the design of digital brand experiences, creating engaging and innovative visuals that bring brands to life online.
  • Collaboration with Teams: Reporting into Head of Digital Design, Strategic Leadership and Creative Director and working closely with development, product, and content teams to ensure designs are aligned with business objectives and technical requirements.
  • Web & Digital Design: Create visually impactful and user-centric designs for websites, mobile apps, and digital platforms, ensuring a seamless and immersive online experience.
  • Digital Branding Trends: Stay ahead of digital branding and design trends, and apply this knowledge to create cutting-edge and future-proof designs that resonate with users.
  • UX/UI Excellence: Design intuitive and aesthetically pleasing user interfaces with a deep understanding of user experience principles to enhance digital interactions.
  • Design for Responsive Platforms: Ensure all designs are optimised for various devices, including desktop, tablet, and mobile, ensuring a consistent experience across all platforms.
  • Brand Consistency: Work within brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all digital platforms while finding opportunities to push creative boundaries.
  • Interactive & Motion Design: Incorporate interactive and motion elements to enhance digital storytelling and engagement.
  • Understanding: Taking on briefs and being resourceful, working independently whilst having a strong and passionate team around you to collaborate with and provide guidance.
  • Communication and Management: Keeping in close contact with project and account managers to deliver on time and on brief, being able to highlight concerns and risks and keep dependencies highly visible in order to work efficiently.

Tools and Skills:

  • Adobe Creative Cloud: Expertise in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign for superior design execution.
  • Figma: Proficiency in Figma for web design, wireframing, and prototyping.
  • UX/UI Design Tools: Experience with wireframing and prototyping tools to translate concepts into interactive digital experiences.
  • Interactive & Motion Design Tools: Experience with tools like After Effects or similar for motion graphics and interactive elements.
  • Presentations: Presenting work to class-leading standards comes naturally.
  • Google Suite: Familiarity with Docs, Slides, and Sheets for cross-team collaboration.

Requirements

Qualifications and experience:

  • BA(Hons) or similar in relevant subject.
  • 6 years experience working in a similar role, ideally agency side.
  • Proven experience as a Senior Digital Designer with a strong portfolio showcasing web and digital design projects.
  • Superior expertise in web and digital design with a solid understanding of the latest digital branding trends.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to work with constructive and progressive criticism.
  • As much a finisher as you are a creative and strategic thinker.
  • Strong time management and multitasking abilities, with a proven track record of meeting deadlines.
  • Experience creating motion and interactive based design.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to lead on multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Salary &
Benefits:

  • Competitive salary based on experience.
  • Continuous professional development opportunities.
  • Access to the latest design tools in a dynamic and innovative environment.
  • Flexible working arrangements (primarily office-based with occasional flexibility).
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Pension scheme.
  • Company laptop.
  • Modern, relaxed studio environment.
  • Free on-site parking and convenient public transport links.
  • A fully stocked fridge with a range of refreshing cold drinks.
  • A variety of free snacks, from savoury to sweet, healthy to, did we say sweet already?
  • A hot drink selection - goes without saying.
  • We like to order in for regular team lunches, on us.

To apply for this role, please send your portfolio, CV,
and an introductory message to careers@ryzeagency.co.uk.

About Ryze

Colliding digital and brand, Ryze creates purpose-built experiences that ignite commercial progress.

Our team is made up of user experience designers, digital creatives, strategists, copywriters and developers working daily to create the most engaging and visually rich content experiences with world-class filmmakers, photographers and motion graphics designers.

We love the challenge of creating fiercely progressive solutions, especially when we can work with those who share that same passion about their business or brand. We don’t look to simply upgrade digital estates, our work disrupts convention ensuring generational leaps that position our clients for a new era of growth and success.

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