Senior 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 Senior Designer to join our talented team based in Amsterdam - however please be advised that we employ a hybrid working model. You will play a key role in a team that translates 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.You will know how to autonomously challenge a brief and produce exceptional work, maintaining the brand experience across concepts and channels, and guide others against the brief, leading Middleweight and Junior team members; ensuring our creative thinking goes deeper, our execution become more powerfully consistent, and presenting with clear rationale to clients.This role represents an outstanding opportunity to join a talented team in an agency that is growing, and enjoy a first class culture where you will have the opportunity to work with globally recognised clients, whilst also having the opportunity to develop your career within a global, market leading agency.What you'll doAct as a deputy for the Design Directors, guiding others to strengthen their work, deepen their creativity, challenge the brief more thoroughly, approving in their absenceConsult with Client Service to understand the client need, adding insight and richness to the design brief. Advise on resource and timings when neededBe a team playerActively help others stay on track, being a support for their creativity, managing expectations and risk when things changeProduce creative that challenges and moves beyond the brief, is embedded in the insight and is activated with powerful consistencyPresent with confidence and clarity and objectivity, enabling debate, taking on board the views of others and positively giving feedback to drive improvementWhat you'll have4-8 years experience within a Brand/Packaging Design agency in Design rolesEmerging client presentation skills, discussing, defending designStakeholder management and influencingA degree in Graphic Design, Product Design, Illustration or related fieldUnderstanding of strategic, creative and commercial aspect of brands and the world they inhabitCoaching and mentoring skillsDeep understanding of print production, materials and finishesAdobe CC, Office but also understand the power of a sketchWe 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