MID WEIGHT DESIGNER - Shopper & GTR experience

Hello, we’re Impero.

We’re an independent, award-winning creative agency.

We work with high-profile, global brands such as George at ASDA, Chivas, Jameson, The Glenlivet, Aspall, Sue Ryder, Nike and a bunch of others.

We’re pretty good at what we do. We’ve been nominated for two Agency of The Year(s) including The Drum DADI Agency of the Year in 2022. We were also shortlisted as Campaign Independent Agency of the Year and have been named Campaign Best Places to Work. We were awarded a Silver Arrow at the British Arrows Awards and are Campaign’s 2022 Global Integrated Agency of the Year.

This year we have our sights set on a D&AD and/or Cannes Lion.

There are about 40 of us, but that number grows all the time because we’re still young, ambitious and do great work.

We’re also 70% female with a 50/50 gender split on the senior team. We proudly have 100% pay parity, and it kind of annoys us that we even have to mention that as something unique within this industry.

We don’t like the ‘Old Guard’ of advertising. This is an agency that uses passion, ingenuity, and an anything-is-possible attitude to deliver work across all kinds of platforms. It’s one of the reasons why working here is a hell of a lot of fun. Everything’s to play for.

We gladly do things differently. We‘re super ambitious, honest and always deliver.

Not surprisingly, this is a growing agency, so we’re looking for a Mid-Weight Designer who wants to be part of and help drive that growth.

The role:

Your primary goal is to ensure Impero’s design work continues to be the award-winning work we are infinitely proud of. The majority of the workload will consist of work for our Shopper & Global Travel retail clients such as Jameson, The Glenlivet, Chivas and many others. Therefore experience in this sector will be beneficial.

Midweight Designers should have sound technical skills, a clear understanding of design trends and an ability to apply different styles across brands. You should have a good understanding of Visual Design and be able to contribute to concept sessions as well as sell ideas clearly.

Most importantly, you must have the same drive as the rest of our team to push Impero to continue making award winning work. You must be talented, ambitious & driven.

Midweights will work under senior team members. They will also need to work closely with our Creatives and Project Managers. Their role is to execute all requests made of them with enthusiasm, speed and reliability, demonstrating great attention to detail, total trustworthiness and initiative. This is a process of learning by doing, but also observing and assimilating the very best practices of their seniors.

The type of people we want to meet:

If you live and breathe design, we want to meet you. But above all, you must embody our core values and fit within our culture. We want to meet you if you…

• Have 3 + years of agency experience - preferably Shopper & Global Travel Retail experience.
• Have good knowledge of After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Keynote.
• Can easily understand a brief and take the initiative to ask questions when needed.
• Have great design skills and a thousand unique styles and ideas tucked away.
• Have a strong understanding of design trends and how to harness them.
• Can problem solve and bring solutions to the table with a can-do attitude.
• Are proactive and committed to developing your knowledge and skills.
• Organised and self-disciplined, with an ability to multi-task and consistently hit deadlines.
• Are driven, motivated and have meticulous attention to detail.
• Having experience using Cinema 4D and Redshift would be a nice bonus.

The perks of working at The Mighty Impero include:

• Opportunity to Opt into our Health Insurance.
• Employee Assitance Programme including online GP appointments, and Mental Health/Wellbeing support.
• Life Assurance and Income Protection.
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity policy.
• New Business and New Staff Referral scheme.
• Hybrid working (2 days).
• The ability to ‘Work From Anywhere’.
• Seasonal company parties.
• Summer hours in June, July and August.
• Annual personal development plan and training budget.
• A ‘yes work’s important, but let’s not get too serious’ vibe.
• A distinct lack of bureaucracy or politics.
• Ownership over your own projects whilst enjoying an inclusive environment.
• Being part of something special — this is an exciting growing agency with no board of directors, or shareholders to report to.