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About the Role

As a Design Director at Black Sun, you will transform insights and complex information into clear, compelling communications for leading businesses. This hands-on role requires a blend of excellent craft, strong creative judgment, and the ability to guide other designers while collaborating with creative directors and account teams. You will be comfortable operating between Senior Designer and Design Director levels, focusing on making and leading.

Responsibilities

Get beneath the brief before starting to design.
Understand the client, audience, content and communication challenge and identify what needs to come through most clearly.
Work with Creative Directors and account teams to turn strategy and narrative into creative opportunities.
Ask good questions, challenge constructively and help bring clarity when the answer is not immediately obvious.
Contribute actively to concepts and creative routes rather than waiting for a fully formed design direction.
Develop strong organising ideas that can work across reports, digital communications, campaigns and other channels.
Help designers understand the thinking behind the work so that the idea remains strong as it develops.
Turn detailed corporate, financial, strategic and sustainability information into communication that people can understand and engage with.
Create strong hierarchy, structure and visual storytelling.
Bring particular confidence to typography, editorial design, information design and data visualisation.
Know what to simplify, what to emphasise and what can get out of the way.
Create and develop high quality design from early concepts through to finished execution.
Establish visual direction and design systems that are distinctive, coherent and practical.
Make confident decisions about typography, imagery, colour, composition, information and interaction.
Work across print and digital, with an interest in how motion, AI and emerging creative tools can strengthen ideas and improve how we work.
Maintain a high standard of craft throughout delivery, working closely with publishing and production teams to protect the integrity of the original idea.
Take ownership of the quality of the work you lead.
Present and explain creative thinking clearly to colleagues and clients.
Give other designers useful direction and feedback, helping them find stronger solutions rather than simply telling them what to change.
Bring energy, curiosity and a point of view to creative reviews, pitches and the wider studio.
Look for opportunities to make the work better, not simply to get it finished.

Requirements

An experienced designer with a strong portfolio of thoughtful, beautifully crafted work and the confidence to take greater creative ownership.
May be an established Senior Designer looking for the next step, or already operating at an Associate Design Director or Design Director level while remaining very hands-on.
Excellent graphic design and typographic craft.
Strong conceptual and visual thinking.
Confidence working with complex content and information.
Excellent editorial design, hierarchy and data visualisation skills.
Advanced knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
Experience across print and digital design.
The ability to develop an idea into a coherent creative system.
Good communication and presentation skills.
Confidence giving direction and constructive feedback to other designers.
The ability to manage your own workload and take ownership of significant projects.
Curiosity about new creative tools, technology and ways of working.
A collaborative attitude and willingness to contribute to the wider team.

Skills

Graphic design
Typographic craft
Conceptual thinking
Visual thinking
Working with complex content
Working with complex information
Editorial design
Hierarchy
Data visualisation
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Print design
Digital design
Creative system development
Communication skills
Presentation skills
Giving direction
Constructive feedback
Workload management
Project ownership
Creative tools
Technology
Ways of working
Collaboration

Location

Fulham Palace

Work Type

Maternity cover
In person interview

Experience Level

Senior Designer
Associate Design Director
Design Director

About the Company

Black Sun Global is a stakeholder advisory and engagement agency that’s been driving transformation and positive change for ambitious brands for more than 20 years.
With deep expertise in disclosure and reporting, ESG, sustainability, and digital engagement, we reshape how organisations connect with customers, investors, employees, and the wider world.
We are trusted partners to some of the most influential global organisations, sparking innovation and sustainable performance through our strategic insights, partnerships, and proprietary technologies.
As founders of the Positive Change Group, we are on a mission to create a new kind of stakeholder relations partner.
Our world-class specialists work closely with executive leadership teams to protect reputations, inspire trust, and promote responsible business practices - building resilience and long-term value in a rapidly changing world.
Business is changing fast - shaped by AI, transparency and rising social expectations – and trust now decides who wins.
Positive Change Group brings together specialist agencies in reporting, culture and communications to help organisations build stronger, more connected stakeholder relationships - aligning what you say with what you do to drive performance, resilience and trust.
Clients get deep specialist expertise with seamless access to wider Group capabilities as priorities evolve.
We’re trusted partners to some of the world’s leading organisations, delivering award-winning work that turns complex challenges into meaningful progress.
By combining human insight with data and technology, we create intelligent stakeholder engagement that brings clarity, builds commitment and delivers measurable impact.
One partner across your stakeholders - practical, joined-up and built for what’s next.
Change starts with people.
Our global teams bring together different disciplines, nationalities and perspectives, driven by a shared belief that business can be a force for good.
Guided by our Group Values - to learn and grow, go together, show respect, be courageous and deliver excellence - we bring these principles to life every day through our work and each other.
We call it The Changemaker Way: a culture built on trust, inclusion and doing what’s right.
It’s how we learn, lead and grow - and make a difference that lasts.

Equal Opportunity

We pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination.
We foster a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best work and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.