Mid-weight Graphic Designer

Job Opening: Mid-weight Graphic Designer at Pentagram London

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Pentagram is seeking a creative mid-weight Graphic Designer to join Luke Powell and Jody Hudson-Powell’s team at our London office.

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About Pentagram Team

Our team works across a variety of sectors with companies at all stages of growth, primarily on brand design. Our clients include tech, AI, gaming, finance, entertainment, culture, and fashion industries. This position plays a key role in the success of our work. Our current core team comprises two creative directors, two project managers, one team assistant, four designers, one digital designer, and two 3D / motion designers.

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Job Description

We are an ideas-led, design team with an interest in using craft and technology to enhance the brands we work with. This involves bringing a client’s offerings to life across traditional mediums such as print, packaging, and physical spaces, as well as through immersive experiences and creative technologies. We also bring our design expertise to websites, creating well-crafted UX / UI that enable brands to engage with new audiences.

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Responsibilities and Skills

Candidates should be self-motivated, resourceful, and capable of working autonomously while maintaining open communication with the team. Our team uses various software to bring ideas to fruition, including Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, Figma, HTML, CSS, and JS. Strong digital and technical skills and the ability to problem-solve and think strategically are essential.

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Contract Details:

• Permanent contract with a six months’ probation from start date
• Competitive salary

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Responsibilities will include:

• Leading projects from initial creative concept through to final implementation, including oversight of digital and print production where required
• Thinking holistically about the creative solutions, with strong communicative skills in demonstrating thought processes to the team and clients
• Identifying opportunities to collaborate with external partners / freelancers where required
• Engaging, building, and maintaining strong client relationships, ensuring their vision and feedback are integrated into the design process

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Required Skills:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, and Figma
• Strong design and typographic sensibility
• Ability to independently initiate, plan, and execute projects
• Strong interpersonal skills with good presentation abilities and the capacity to identify growth opportunities with clients
• Ability to think about how concepts and designs can work in motion from the outset, skill in prototyping in After Effects is a bonus
• Strong sense of crafting and attention to detail, with the ability to prioritise and determine when working iteratively

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Preferred Skills:

Knowledge of Cinema 4D, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

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Benefits:

• Medicash: private healthcare plan
• Pension
• Lunch: light healthy lunch Monday – Thursday when in the Studio
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Weekly Pilates sessions
• Life Assurance
• 20 days holidays a year pro rata, rising with service (plus 8 bank holiday) and Christmas closure

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How to Apply:

To apply, please send your CV and portfolio to jl-admin@pentagram.com with the email subject line “Mid-weight Graphic Designer”.

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We are actively seeking applications from groups who are under-represented in the workplace, whether in relation to religion, ethnicity, age, gender identity, gender, sexual orientation or disability.