Corporate Design Leader

This is far more than just another design management role. It's an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious Senior Designer or emerging Design Manager to join one of the world's most influential U.S. law firms and shape the future of its creative brand.

As Creative Design Lead, you'll have the chance to build your leadership experience while remaining hands-on creatively, working alongside senior stakeholders and a talented in-house design team. This role offers genuine career progression, making it the perfect springboard for someone looking to establish themselves as a creative leader within a globally recognised organisation.

If you're looking for a position where your ideas will be valued, your leadership skills developed, and your career accelerated, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

Why You'll Love This Role

Joining a market-leading international law firm, you'll become part of a collaborative, high-performing marketing team responsible for delivering outstanding creative work that supports global business development, client engagement and brand awareness., As Creative Design Lead, you'll combine strategic thinking with hands-on creativity, helping to shape and evolve the firm's visual identity while leading and inspiring a talented team.

You'll:

• Lead, mentor and develop a small team of designers, fostering creativity and collaboration.
• Take ownership of creative workflows, resource planning and external creative partners.
• Design and deliver exceptional creative across digital and print, including campaigns, presentations, social media, events, websites, advertising and marketing collateral.
• Champion the firm's brand identity, ensuring consistency and excellence across every touchpoint.
• Partner with senior marketing, business development and events teams to create innovative design solutions that support business growth.
• Manage production and supplier relationships to deliver outstanding quality on time and within budget.

What You'll Bring

We're looking for someone with both creative excellence and the ambition to grow into a senior leadership role.

• Around 7-9 years' professional design experience, ideally within professional services, financial services or another corporate environment.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring or coaching designers.
• An impressive portfolio showcasing sophisticated print and digital design.
• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator), with Figma experience highly desirable.
• A strong understanding of branding, typography, digital and print production.
• Excellent organisational, project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Motion graphics or After Effects experience would be advantageous but isn't essential., If you're passionate about great design, enjoy inspiring others and are looking for a role that offers long-term career growth, we'd love to hear from you.

Alongside a starting salary of approx. £83,000, you'll receive an exceptionally generous annual bonus and outstanding benefits package, as well as the opportunity to develop your career within a firm renowned for investing in its people.

This is a rare opportunity to join one of the world's most respected law firms in a role where you'll have genuine influence, work on high-profile global projects and develop into an established creative leader.