We are on the hunt for a talented, lead illustrator and designer to join our client a growing, award-winning storytelling agency based in the South Yorkshire area. They work mainly remotely with one day in the office. Their clientele spans the Educational, Government, and Public sectors.

About the Role
We now have an incredible opportunity for a Lead Illustrator with live scribing, illustration and graphic design skills and a flair for building collaborative relationships, communicating complexity clearly through visuals and the ability to bring stories to life for their clients. The purpose of this role will be to lead the design team, create illustrations (both live at events and in the studio), infographics, reports, project brands and animation assets that tell the story of cutting-edge research through pictures. You’ll also be hands on throughout the process, co-designing outputs with clients and research participants to change the world.

Responsibilities

• Leading illustration and design projects, working collaboratively with the team, clients and freelance illustrators and designers to tell stories for social good, and build the brand.
• Line management, coaching and development of the design team to bring the best out of them to serve our clients with incredible work.
• Part of the Leadership team to drive the direction and future of our business along with your peers.
• Developing and maintaining design pipelines, tools, and workflows to optimise efficiency and quality.
• Staying up to date with the latest industry trends, techniques, and software to continuously enhance the quality and creativity of our work.
• Participating in client meetings and presentations, effectively communicating and pitching concepts and ideas.
• You’ll get your hands all over designing infographics, illustrations, illustrated reports, social media images, branding, websites and animation assets for client projects and marketing material for the agency.
• You’ll be co-designing visual outputs with clients and research participants from diverse backgrounds, considering their feedback and ideas at each stage of the design process.
• You’ll be live scribing (illustrations that happen live) at events across the UK and internationally.

Qualifications

• A Graphic Design/Illustration graduate or graduate in an associated subject, with a minimum of 5 years' relevant experience.
• Have a portfolio that demonstrates the ability to communicate complicated ideas simply and beautifully.

Required Skills

• A self-starter who shows initiative and has incredible inter-personal and communication skills - to understand our clients and work in our team you’ll need to connect deeply with them!
• A quick thinker, able to work in a fast-paced and agile environment and communicate complicated ideas quickly and visually.
• A curious mindset and a creative problem solver who cuts through complexity with sharp visual thinking skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects, people and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Live scribing experience preferred but not essential.
• A hand drawn style aesthetic and skill for live scribing, sketch notes and infographics.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and a wizard with an Apple Pencil, iPad and Procreate.
• Web design experience and animation experience also a plus.
• A hand drawn style aesthetic and skill for live scribing, sketch notes and infographics.
• Web design experience and animation experience also a plus.

Please send CV and portfolio stating your salary expectations.