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NOT W+K | SENIOR BRANDING DESIGNER

We’re really excited that NOT Wieden + Kennedy might be your next move as a Senior Branding Designer. We hope this covers everything you need to know, but if not, we’ll be happy to answer any more questions as we move through the interview process.

WHAT EXACTLY IS NOT?

NOT Wieden + Kennedy is not part of Wieden + Kennedy.

But it’s also not not part of Wieden + Kennedy.

And that’s what makes working here great, and why we can make great work for our clients.

We can explain.

One week you could be working on a design or branding project. The next, a global campaign.

The next something we haven’t even thought of or done yet. We think this variety makes working here exciting. And It means you get to go beyond guidelines – you can actually make stuff.

And stuff that gets a lot of eyeballs on it – all over the world. So far that’s included pop-up spaces, advertising, packaging, self initiated products, social campaigns, a documentary series and even the livery for an F1 car.

And through that work, you get to understand how some of the biggest brands in the world think, what challenges they face, and how they show up in lots of different media. All of which helps us create more relevant approaches to branding and design for our clients.

And it’s not just the work you’ll learn from – you’ll sit in a building surrounded by strategists, writers, art directors, creative directors, creative technologists, social media creators, editors – and you’ll get to collaborate with all of them.

And then there’s us. The NOT team is a group of designers from a multitude of backgrounds – from the best design studios and in-house departments in the world, to designers that learnt their craft in editorial, or taught themselves design while putting on club nights in an abandoned Blockbuster video store in South Wales.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

Despite getting to work on such a varied range of projects, we don’t expect you to know it all. Everyone at NOT brings their own unique experience which shapes the team, and if you arrive with an open mind, we hope that you’ll be shaped by your experience here too. In this role, we want you to bring experience and expertise in branding. You’ll probably have more than 5 years experience in a top studio – but we’re open-minded, and we know not everyone’s career journey is the same.

So, if you’ve got a book bursting at the seams with brilliant conceptual brand ideas, crafted within an inch of their lives – we want to hear from you.

We don’t have a house style, and neither will you. You’ll think in ideas and audiences before aesthetics. You’ll care as much about how your work feels as how it looks. You’ll get out of bed everyday to set trends, not follow them. You’ll challenge convention as much as you (politely) challenge clients to make the best possible work for them. You’ll probably like making things that could be described as a little bit weird.

Most importantly of all, you won’t have an ounce of ego. We work openly and collaboratively as a team – and egos just won’t work here.

Senior designers are amongst the most experienced members of our team, so you need to be a client-facing self-starter that needs minimal direction to push projects forward. You’ll be comfortable working at pace, and you’ll be an optimist that sees every obstacle thrown your way as an opportunity to make the work better. We don’t bitch about clients (at least not very loudly, or for very long), we invest in our relationships with them so we can get to better work.

Additionally you’ll:

— Have a strong POV on the work and not be afraid to share it.

— Be open to the POV of others and open to changing your mind.

— Take direction and feedback with optimism, seeing it as a way to grow and make the work better.

— Proactively seek out design opportunities and problems to solve in our client’s businesses.

— Be able to time manage multiple projects, and prioritise your own work flow.

— Have your own presentation style to captivate clients, from deck to verbal presentation.

— Love to help more junior members of the team grow through mentoring.

— Have one eye on the design industry, but live and breathe wider culture.

— Experience in art direction would be a bonus – but if not, you’ll learn here fast.

Finally, but most importantly – we’re all about inclusive teams, and inviting people in, no matter their background – and we need you to be too. You’ll be respectful and understanding of different points of view. You’ll question your assumptions and check your biases. And you’ll be an active participant in making W+K London a place where everyone can thrive.

WHAT WE OFFER IN RETURN

A structure that’s only as hierarchical as it needs to be for things to get done – everybody here has

a voice, and you’ll be joining at a stage of our growth where you can have a real impact.

A competitive salary – our Senior Designer band begins at £57k and goes up according to experience. We’ll explain more as part of the process.

Part of being part of a small studio that is part of a forty-five year old creative giant means big agency perks – and ours are some of the best in the industry. Again, we can give you more detail on all of these as we go through the interview process:

— 25+ flexible annual leave policy (and you don’t need to use any days over the festive break)

— Hybrid working with 3+ days in the office

— 5 week sabbatical every 5 years

— £250 annual creative bursary

— Free lunch Tues, Weds, Thurs and free breakfast daily

— Enhanced maternity / paternity leave

— Free financial advice and mortgage broker

— Private healthcare

— Nursery scheme as part of a wider Enjoy Benefits Hub

— Plenty of social activities including our fabled annual Founders’ day celebration