Senior Brand Designer

Overview

As Senior Brand Designer, you will own visual storytelling for Carwow’s brands, guiding concepts from idea to final execution across channels. You’ll shape how we communicate visually, ensuring consistency and bold creativity at scale. You’ll collaborate across marketing, content, product and editorial teams, while mentoring freelancers and strengthening our Creative Community. This is a fast-moving, collaborative studio role with a strong culture of experimentation and impact.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• 28 days’ holiday + bank holidays
• Share options
• Pension via Royal London
• Vitality private healthcare
• Life assurance (4x salary)

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality design across brand, campaign, social, print, CRM, paid media and editorial channels
• Partner with the Head of Creative, Creative Strategist and Copywriters to develop clear, insight-led creative ideas and campaign directions
• Interpret brand guidelines pragmatically, knowing when to follow, when to adapt and when to propose improvements
• Produce assets that scale: layouts, toolkits, templates and visual systems that support efficiency across the group
• Concept and create social-first paid video content that reflects platform behaviours and audience expectations, particularly across YouTube and Meta
• Work with Product Designers to ensure brand and campaign creative translates effectively into digital journeys
• Present your work with clarity, explaining rationale, constraints, and the impact of design decisions
• Provide constructive, objective feedback to freelancers and ensure their work aligns with brand expectations
• Bring structure and consistency to design delivery through thoughtful file organisation, templating and process improvements
• Contribute actively to Carwow’s Creative Community, sharing inspiration, collaborating across teams and helping strengthen our creative culture
• Proactively explore AI solutions in the creative workflow without compromising on execution

Key requirements

• A strong portfolio showcasing concept development and crafted design across digital and print, preferably including a 360 campaign from ATL to tactical performance assets
• Proficiency in Figma, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop, with consistent attention to detail
• Ability to create coherent campaign executions, from early concepts to multi-channel rollouts
• Experience adapting design to fit channel needs, especially across social and performance environments
• Comfortable collaborating creatively with copywriters and stakeholders, and able to offer clear, thoughtful feedback
• Self-sufficient, organised and proactive, confident managing multiple projects without heavy oversight
• Strong understanding of visual trends, social formats and the role of motion in brand expression
• A natural collaborator who enjoys working across disciplines and connecting with other creatives

• collaboration
• proactivity
• clear communication
• Figma
• Illustrator
• InDesign

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