Senior Graphic Designer / Art Director – Experiential & Live Events
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Rate: £250 – £350 / day LTD only (Inside IR35)
Contract: 3-month initial contract (strong intention to extend)
Location: Fully remote (UK based)
Equipment: Mac-based
Start Date: ASAP
The Gig
Ready to see your design work brought to life on the global stage?
A newly unified 60-strong live events and experiential production powerhouse is scaling fast. Built to design, produce, and execute world-class brand activations and live experiences for tier-one global brands—spanning high-end beauty, luxury, and multinational corporate leaders—this team needs an autonomous, craft-focused Senior Graphic Designer / Art Director to hit the ground running across high-profile pitches and live projects.
This isn’t about just taking tickets and pushing pixels. We’re looking for a proactive creative who asks what the idea is before opening the file, brings bold visual solutions to the table, and knows how to make work pop across both physical spaces and digital screens.
What You’ll Do
Design Across Every Touchpoint: Craft visually arresting key visuals, event identities, stage graphics, OOH, large-format screens, and bespoke environmental touchpoints for live physical spaces.
Elevate the Pitch: Own the visual narrative in high-stakes presentations. You’ll design sharp, modern, compelling pitch decks in PowerPoint that win over prospective clients.
Work with True Autonomy: Take a brief and run with it. While you’ll collaborate with a talented international creative and production crew, you should feel comfortable shaping ideas and driving visual output independently without needing hand-holding.
Translate Across Mediums: Fluidly adapt brand aesthetics from sleek corporate elegance to raw cultural edge, ensuring consistent, high-impact craft throughout the attendee journey.
What You Bring
5+ Years of Proven Craft: Solid agency or brand experience spanning live events, brand activations, or experiential design. You understand scale, spatial awareness, and how 2D graphic assets live in 3D environments.
Dual Mastery of Adobe CS & PowerPoint: Adobe Creative Suite is second nature to you, and you treat PowerPoint like a genuine design canvas, not an afterthought.
Eclectic, High-Taste Portfolio: A showcase demonstrating strong foundational ideas, contemporary visual style, and a broad range of aesthetics across varied sectors.
Proactive Mindset: Natural curiosity, a point of view, and the confidence to pitch ideas and improvements unprompted.
Setup: Mac-based workflow with fluent English (you’ll be working across diverse, international teams).
Bonus Points
Conversational or fluent French or Spanish (a plus when collaborating across UK, European, and US teams).
Experience integrating generative AI tools into your visual exploration and workflow.
Ready to design experiences that leave a lasting mark? Share your CV and portfolio to get started.
This role is open for a limited time. Next steps will be shared with shortlisted candidates by November 2nd. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually. Thank you for taking the time to apply.