Middleweight Designer

SGK and SGS & Co have built an impressive roster in creative, strategy, digital commerce, experiential marketing, engineering, and creative content production—bringing together the incredible talent of 2,300 agency professionals. This collective expertise will come together under Marks, a Next-Gen Creative Platform built to thrive in today's global and local cultural conversations. Equator will continue to play an important role as an agency within Marks.We are currently seeking a Middleweight Designer, ideally with experience gained within the packaging sphere, to join our talented team based in Amsterdam (however, please be advised that we operate a hybrid working model). In this role, you will translate brand needs into distinctive visual outcomes - designing, crafting and implementing the brand experience across all touch points, through intelligently applied insight, compelling concepts, confident creativity and consistent activation.As a valuable player in the design team, you will have opportunity to build your expertise across brand design, typography, illustration, photography, finishes and print processes.This is an outstanding opportunity for a Designer with around 2 years minimum experience in a similar role within branding, design, comms or media. The successful candidate with have opportunity to work alongside a talented team in an expanding agency with a great working culture. You will also have opportunity to develop your portfolio with household name global brands.What you'll do:Working with Design Directorate and Senior Designers to understand the brief, brand guidelines, technical constraints for the project and aiding them guide junior team members.Challenging the brief, delivering the expected and the unexpected in your responseEffectively managing your time, collaborating with Resource ManagersBeing a team player. Keeping the channels of communication open between Design, Client Service, Strategy and Operations teams, seeking guidance when things changeAdding value to internal design reviews, offering fresh perspective, giving feedback to executional consistency, art direction of photography.Championing and following our file set up, file naming and server filing procedures.Pro-actively assisting the team, contributing to studio inspiration and design events.What you'll have:2-5 years experience within a branding, packaging, and corporate identity roleUnderstanding of strategic, creative and commercial aspect of brands and the world they inhabitEmerging coaching and mentoring skillsA degree in Graphic Design, Product Design, Illustration or related fieldAbility to confidently and clearly articulate your thinkingKnow when a sketch is more persuasive than a mac visualAbility to multi-tasking and excellent time management skillsExcellence in Adobe CC, (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), KeynoteIf you have knowledge of designing for e-commerce, and/or animation in After effects, that would be highly advantageous.We will offer:You will enjoy an excellent base salary, along with the other benefits of working for Marks including:8% Holiday pay25 Days of holiday per annum (plus 'Me' day)Buy more holiday Scheme- Buy up to 10 days additional per year Work-travel costs reimbursed Company laptopLife insurance Employer Pension contributorFlexible working, we are a creative bunch of people, so you have the freedom to manage your own time