MY EXPERIENCE

Lead Design Meetings with internal stakeholders for assigned projects
Work with Bids Team to define and improve ‘Bid Design Team’ processes, ensuring efficiency and integration
Work with third-party production partners, creative and freelance resources to achieve results
Manage a team of six designers to produce exceptional pieces of work
Provide leadership and creative direction to the design team to ensure consistently high standards and completion of all projects to deadlines
Effective and fair delegation of workload amongst the design team
Develop creatively appealing, solid and reflective brand guidelines for all areas of visual communication for both internal and external use, ensuring procedures are clear, logical, comprehensive and easy to understand for any potential user
Define the look and feel for a variety of design projects

Work independently or within a team to deliver everything from one-off pieces of artwork to a full pitch collateral
Work simultaneously across a range of different projects with several different clients
High conceptual thinking to research and explore projects to extract stories and themes
Excellent presentation skills, able to articulate ideas to the design team and clients, building a rapport
Bring ideas to life through a range of different visual techniques, from sketching to more finished visuals
Work with project managers and senior team members to identify key deliverables and work within pre-agreed timelines and budgets
Provide mentorship to junior designers within the team

Lead the ideation of story-driven creative campaigns with the rest of the team
Develop creative briefs to ensure the marketing strategy and creative direction are aligned
Assess the feasibility of concepts and developing pitch decks to present finalised campaigns to clients
Participate in client meetings to understand clients’ business objectives and marketing goals
Art direction for visual executions and challenge briefs and feedbacks where appropriate in a constructive way
Define project scope, costs, and expectations
Oversee the creative process from concept to completion, leading the design and user experience process, ensuring the campaign matches the client’s brand and story

Work with the Bid Manager to prioritise and execute bids and presentations, agreeing on deadlines and expectations
Deliver written, numerical and existing content into a compelling graphical representation that is easy to interpret
Ensure timely dispatch and achieve all deadlines
Supporting all members of the Bid team as and when required

Listen to feedback, amend designs, propose and share ideas, work in close collaboration with peers and marketing teams
Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a design project, working with team processes
Ensure designs, images and files are saved centrally and organised appropriately for all teams to access and leverage
Accurately create and amend presentations/documents on time and to corporate standard
Ensure all work is quality checked to the highest standards – proofing own and others’ work

JAYVIN SUDRA