Our company: 

Meeting Place is an integrated communications agency that specialises in the built environment. We provide consultancy and communications services – including public relations, political engagement, consultation, social value and campaign support for new and exciting developments across the country. Our clients range from house builders to renewable energy, retail, commercial and infrastructure. We exist to ensure the built environment is used as a catalyst for positive change.  

Everything we do is underpinned with a commitment to three core values: 

• Insight – We add value with our insights, they’re born from our expertise and empathy. 
• Inclusivity – We go out of our way to ensure everyone’s voice is heard. 
• Courage – We’re brave enough to move forward using both our head and our heart. 

The role: 

We are looking for a Senior Designer to join our creative team. As an experienced, versatile designer you’ll be a key member of a busy team creating print and digital comms, newsletters, displays, and presentations for the wider business and our clients. You’ll make an important contribution to evolving the Meeting Place creative offer as well as play an ongoing brand guardianship role.

We need someone with the capabilities, enthusiasm and passion to help deliver the work and drive us forward – striving for high standards of thinking and delivery across all our output – in what is a fast-paced environment.

This role would suit experienced agency folk who fancy something different or current in-house designers looking for something new.  

Who we’re looking for:  

Excellent design communication skills – You’ll be able to receive content, clarify briefs with your internal client, and deliver the appropriate design to communicate the key messages effectively. Strong layout and typographic skills are essential.

Strategic thinker – We expect you to think strategically about what you are designing and why, to deliver the most effective work.

Rock solid attention-to-detail – You need to be meticulous and accurate – you will often be the last pair of eyes on your work before it goes to print or published online.

Design experience – You’ll have at least 3 years of commercial experience in a design agency or in-house creative team, designing for print and digital comms.

Excellent communications and project management skills – This role requires liaising with lots of people internally, you’ll need to be able to build solid and trusting relationships with your internal clients and teammates, and your need enough project management skills to see your projects through.

Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud – Goes without saying that you’ll live and die in InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop – but you’ve probably got practical skills in Office and other more modern design tools too.

We’d love it if you had experience or interest in:

Digital – We produce an ever-increasing amount of digital-only content, including lots of websites.

Photography, video production, editing and motion graphics – This is an emerging need for us – a passion or working interest would be advantageous to us and interesting for you.

Not sure if you fit perfectly?

Are you intrigued by this opportunity but worried that your background may not match the job description exactly? Don’t let that hold you back. Studies indicate that certain groups, who are historically underrepresented in some fields, tend to be more hesitant to apply for positions unless they satisfy all the stated criteria.

However, if you have a genuine interest in this position, we encourage you to apply regardless of your qualifications. We strive to foster a welcoming workplace that values diversity and supports all our staff, clients, customers, and stakeholders.

Our benefits:  

Working with us means you’ll be able to take advantage of these benefits: 

• Flexible working and hybrid working arrangements.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Additional days for your birthday and length of service, subject to conditions.
• Royal London pension scheme – 4% employer contribution
• Monthly expenses allowance for travel and subsistence
• Contribution to your home working set up.
• Access to comprehensive health cover and our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance (Death in Service) benefit
• Volunteering scheme
• Internal Mentoring scheme
• A commitment to your learning, development, and training needs

We respect our employees and understand that the way to get the very best from you is to provide a welcoming, relaxed, and friendly company culture. Employee wellbeing is at the heart of this.  

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 

Our mission is to create a culture where people are valued, treated fairly, can be their authentic self, and our team feel like they belong at Meeting Place. If you value diversity and this statement resonates with your thinking, we are particularly interested in you and encourage you to apply.