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About the Role
We are looking for a Design Director to help shape the creative vision for design across Born Social, working closely with our Head of Design to set the bar for ambitious, industry-leading work.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the creative vision for design across the agency, driving roadmap goals and delivering best-in-class, industry-leading work with attention to detail and technical craft.
- Lead by example in graphic design, motion, and editing to ensure platform-tailored excellence across social, web, OOH, and broadcast.
- Partner with senior clients and agency leadership to drive innovation and growth.
- Assist in leading department operations, including scoping, brief triage, and team casting.
- Shape the department's use of AI-powered design and generation tools.
- Nurture a high-performance culture that supports development and enables talent to thrive.
- Act as a key leader within accounts and the wider department.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in design leadership (agency or in-house).
- Proven experience leading teams and creative output at a senior level.
- Exceptional craft across static and motion design, with a portfolio showcasing award-winning or externally recognized work.
- Expertise in platform-tailored design across social, web, OOH, and broadcast.
- Experience building high-performing, inclusive teams and coaching talent.
- Mastery of Adobe Suite (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator).
- Fluency in AI design and generation tools.
- Commercial sharpness, comfortable with scoping, resourcing, and margins.
- Ability to present a vision and defend craft with senior clients.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple accounts and deadlines.
- 3D capability (Cinema 4D, Blender or equivalent) or experience directing 3D work (Nice to have).
- Deep branding and identity experience, including building brand and design systems (Nice to have).
- Working experience with high volume performance creative outputs (Nice to have).
Skills
- Graphic design
- Motion design
- Editing
- Platform-tailored design
- AI design tools
- Adobe Suite
- After Effects
- Premiere Pro
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Scoping
- Resourcing
- Client presentation
- 3D capability
- Branding
- Identity design
- Design systems
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Hybrid Working
- Fix + Flex model
- 3 days in the office per week
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- £64,800 to £76,680
About the Company
- Born Social is a social-first creative agency that brings brand building into the social era.
- We have a track record of delivering transformation for iconic brands like Guinness, Ford, and Barclays.
- We are backed by a brilliant business that's proudly B-Corp certified.
- We are consistently recognised as one of the best places to work.
- Born Social is proud to be part of Croud, a global, full service media, creative and data agency.
- We operate as a unique scaled network of Intelligent, Creative Specialists.
Equal Opportunity
- We celebrate different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds.
- As an equal opportunities employer, we believe in the power of an inclusive and representative team.
- We welcome applications regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, family, or parental status.
- We go further than complying with the Equality Act and take pride in building a stronger and more creative work environment, committed to inclusion, diversity, and representation.