Senior Graphic Designer

This is a lead role within the OLIO Brand & Marketing team, particularly as we’re on the cusp of a major brand refresh. You’ll play a key part in shaping our creative direction and rolling out the new visual identity of OLIO across all brand creative: from big splash OOH ads to the look and feel of our social posts and the physical assets we give our community of volunteers to spread the word about OLIO. As well as managing an in-house part-time designer, you will also co-ordinate the production of creative assets with specialist external freelance talent across photography, video, motion graphics and illustration, as and when it’s required. The role reports directly into the Chief Brand Officer.

In this role you will be responsible for:

● Owning the creative direction and driving the creative output of the OLIO brand across every visual touchpoint beyond our app (responsibility for the app itself sits within our Product Design team)

● Ensuring the successful roll-out of our new visual identity from July onwards across our entire brand ecosystem

● Being the guardian of our brand guidelines and ensuring it’s a living document across the business

● Collaborating closely with our Product Design team to ensure a coherent and consistent identity for OLIO across our app and every other brand touchpoint

● Leading (and eventually growing) a team of in-house designers and external freelancers to deliver world-class creative work across digital and physical mediums

● Pushing an exceptional level of craft with the highest design standards and attention to detail

● Supporting and coaching the wider business to ensure everything we put out into the world looks and feels ‘on brand’, and is delivered to a high standard

● Role-modeling and applying design-thinking to the wider business and marketing challenges

● Playing a leadership role in building OLIO into an iconic sustainability brand, bringing strong conceptual and strategic foundations to every piece of brand expression, large or small

Our ideal candidate will first and foremost be as passionate about our mission as we are! In addition to this, you will have the following attributes:

● A talented graphic designer with multiple years of experience at a prestigious agency or design-led consumer brand

● A portfolio of world-class creative work and a passion for iconic brand design

● High level of skill in design programs (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma) and an understanding of peripheral design processes (i.e. art direction and film/stills production, print production)

● Experience in 3D, animation, video editing and interaction design a bonus

● Adept at managing different types of creatives to deliver work of exceptional quality

● Team player who is highly proactive, with a bias towards action, moving quickly and getting things done

● Strong people and communication skills: adept at influencing and inspiring a variety of people, from creatives to data-driven marketers

● Excellent project management skills: comfortable managing multiple stakeholders and coordinating multiple creative production processes at once