Design Lead

Summary

We are looking for a highly creative and versatile Lead Designer to join the team and work across a variety of exciting projects.

You will head up our new Design Team and lead in the creation of  high-quality work, building out ideas through a range of mediums across the design spectrum. You will be leading the design thinking on projects, working both hands-on and alongside production teams, freelancers and studios to shape projects as they transition from concept through to production. 

An integral part of the Design Team, you’ll apply your skills and expertise to everything from establishing visual languages and identities to art direction and mentoring and inspiring the team.

Main Responsibilities

• Conceptualising and developing the visual language of a project from design to production
• Lead and manage the design team, mentoring and setting design standards across the studio
• Leading in the creation of unique graphic styles across multiple projects in a range of disciplines; from UI design to creating motion graphic guidelines
• Collaborating with the Creative Director and Project Team to create a design language that answers the brief
• Briefing and overseeing freelancers and studios during projects
• Creating mockups and storyboards to express and build out ideas and concepts
• Bringing strong general knowledge of different design disciplines and applying this to projects 
  
  

About you 

• Able to think conceptually and translate ideas into production
• Adaptable and interested in different styles and techniques of design
• Strong knowledge of different design techniques and comfortable working across different disciplines
• Able to showcase a wide range of skills from hands-on design to conceptual thinking
• A strong understanding of design, illustration and knowledge of motion graphics (2d + 3d)
• A natural leader who can mentor, inspire and guide more junior members of the team
• Collaborative and able to work with a variety of teams across a range of disciplines
• Able to take creative ownership and accept responsibility of a project
• Able to interpret briefs and build a visual identity in keeping with message of the project
• A skilled communicator both visually and verbally 

Skills & Experience 

• 5+ years experience within a creative studio environment
• Experience across a multitude of platforms spanning digital to print
• Experience leading a team and collaborating with
• Art direction across both 2D & 3D
• UX/UI  experience
• Experience within motion design (treatments, storyboarding, animatics)
• An understanding of motion principles 

 

Hours

This is a full-time position. 

Our working hours are 9:30am – 6:00pm  [Monday through Friday, with one hour for lunch]

We currently have a hybrid approach to working with a mixture of in-house and remote days.

Benefits 

• Unlimited holiday
• Medicash health scheme 
• Company pension scheme 
• Weekly masterclasses 
• Cyclescheme 
• Medical insurance 
• Secondments between our London and New York studios 
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Access to FSA, HSA, and pre-tax commuter benefits
• Training and development opportunities 

This is just a snapshot of some of the perks you can expect at Squint. 

About Squint/Opera 

Squint/Opera is a leading creative studio which bridges the worlds of architecture, design, media, and technology to create compelling, narrative-driven experiences. As experts in blending digital media with physical reality, we help our clients craft digital content to immerse their audiences and communicate big ideas.

Squint was founded in London in 2001, by four young friends who wanted to help visionary thinkers and institutions make the radical a reality. For more than 20 years, we have delivered projects in every corner of the globe and for a wide range of clients across architecture, government, real estate, museums, and attractions.

Squint/Opera is now part of Journey, a leading innovation and design agency who specialise in crafting compelling experiences across the physical and digital realms. Together, Squint/Opera and Journey create the first agency with proven expertise blending the physical and virtual worlds at a global scale.

Our Values 

We seek employees who inherently represent our values:

• Embrace change 
• Seek invention 
• Increase our knowledge 
• Say it simply 
• Ego-free

Apply Now

We want to create a positive impact on a global scale. And to do that, we know that the people at Squint/Opera have to reflect all global lives and identities. No matter your background, identity, or even if your experience doesn’t exactly match but you think you could still be successful in this role — we’d love to hear from you!

We work flexible hours, we support remote working, and if that doesn’t quite work, we will definitely listen to what will. We’re striving to create a place where all feel valued and welcome — and would love to hear how we could do that for you. 

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