Mid-Weight Graphic Designer (Branding)

We’re on the hunt for a Mid-Weight Graphic Designer with a passion for building brands that matter.

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The details

• Location: Shoreditch, London.
• Salary: Up to £45k depending on experience.
• Type: Full Time (4-day week/hybrid).
• Applications close: 12pm, 24 Oct 2022
• Apply: careers@huglondon.com

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Who we are:

We’re not about big names, we have a passion for startups and getting great ideas off the ground. As a Mid-weight Designer at (hug), you’ll be joining us on that mission. We are brand strategists, designers, copywriters, and marketers who transform good brands into great ones. We work with people who want to challenge a sector and translate our clients’ goals into strategic design concepts that connect with their audiences and drive their brands forward.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.

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What you’ll be doing:

As a mid-weight designer you’ll be responsible for bringing brand visions to life through stand-out visuals.

Working with a wide range of sectors, you’ll need to think and style strategically to deliver practical yet beautiful solutions to our clients’ problems. That means design that cuts through the competition and captivates customers—all backed by business growth you can measure.

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This is the role for you if:

• Your core discipline and passion is branding
• You’ve got a proven track record of creating brand identities—and delivering tangible business results for clients
• You’re a strategy first designer, able to translate brand frameworks into solid visual identities, from logo design through to fully fledged design systems
• But you’re also just as comfortable creating a kick-ass 100 page brochure, getting large format graphics to print, or expertly crafting the perfect letterhead
• You’re social media savvy and have the ability to create engaging social graphics
• You’re at home in a fast-paced environment, and the even faster professional growth it comes with
• You’re keen to help launch and grow startups and SMEs
• You're ambitious and don’t shy away from working closely with founders across a wide range of sectors

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What you’ll need:

• At least 5+ years commercial experience, ideally both agency and freelance
• A bachelor’s degree or above in Graphic Design or similar
• Fluency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Strong Powerpoint/Google Slides skills
• A brilliant eye for typography, beyond choosing a beautiful typeface. If you like to read and understand what you’re typesetting, and you do it with purpose and conversion in mind, you’re our kind of designer
• An adaptive design eye and skill, with exceptional attention to detail and a sixth sense for visual principles
• An ability to work independently, self-motivate, and manage your time to meet deadlines
• An ability to work well within a team, inspire people, and get everyone on the same page
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken english
• Experience building compelling decks that articulate your ideas and showcase your creative justification, as well as the confidence to present them to clients with style
• An ability to take feedback constructively, and welcome direction from senior team members
• An ability to juggle multiple projects with competing budgets and timelines
• A portfolio of your work. Show us your best visual brand identities, website projects, and social graphics—we love to see process as well as polished results, and the impact your work made

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Nice to have:

• Animation and video editing skills to create attention-grabbing social posts, dynamic logos, and brand showreels
• A basic understanding of HTML and CSS
• Experience working with Squarespace

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(hug)perks:

• 4-day week (Mon—Thur)
• 1 day remote working + office in Shoreditch
• Support and freedom to make this role your own
• Support with learning and self-development.
• Your birthday off. 🎁
• Recharge — Xmas office close.
• A relaxed yet driven bunch of people to work closely with.
• Interested?