Creative Designer
Location: Hybrid (2 days per week in Canary Wharf Office)
Line Manager: Creative Director
About WePlay
WePlay is an award-winning sports marketing agency specialising in fan engagement, direct-to-consumer marketing, and monetisation. Combining creative innovation with performance-driven strategies, WePlay partners with top sports organisations worldwide to drive digital growth and commercial success. With clients across the US, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, WePlay has delivered results for sports organisations like UFC, UEFA, FIFA, Paris Saint-Germain, LaLiga, AC Milan, and SailGP.
WePlay is a proud member of the rEvolution family and as an official marketing partner of Google, Meta, and Microsoft, continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the sports marketing industry. Its mission is to service a new breed of brand, to engage a new breed of fan.
About the Role
As an agency we are looking to grow the creative team and bring on new, talented, and highly motivated creatives. This role will be responsible for delivering compelling, impactful, and highly crafted creative.
It’s key that you understand the different social platforms and their content requirements, whilst also knowing social design trends and platform functionality.
You will be responsible for taking the project briefs and working with the Creative Director to take ownership from initial creative thinking through to final execution. The ability to communicate your ideas and give insightful opinions is a key part to this role. We are also looking for an individual who is always striving to push themselves creatively and not afraid to try something new.
A key part of this role will also include creative thinking and concepting with the ability to understand a brief and deliver creative solutions in line with the project objectives.
About you
* An ambitious and highly motivated individual
* A conceptual thinker who is capable of crafting creative ideas and solutions
* Great attitude to understand the essence of a brief and deliver highly crafted designs across a range of mediums
* A team player who produces consistent, high-level layouts, great typography, and visually engaging designs
* A good person that likes working in a team of lovely people
Skills
* Adobe Creative Cloud
* Essential skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign
* Experienced in a range of design disciplines from social graphics, layout design, OOH etc
* Nice to have: After Effects, UI (either Sketch, Figma or Adobe XD), 3D
* Production of impactful creative design with a focus on, dynamic typography and additional creative treatments
* Strong creative ideas and concepting are a key skill
* Detail orientated
* Strong typography skills
* 1-2 years of agency experience
* Experience in creating a range of content for online, social and digital
About the Benefits
* Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
* Flexible working environment.
* 30 days of holiday per year.
* Access to WePlay Academy Training and external knowledge shares.
* Monthly socials and opportunities to attend industry events.
* Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
* Access to the Calm App for mental wellness.
Equal Opportunities
WePlay is deeply committed to building a workplace where inclusion is valued, and diversity is embraced. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for this role without regard to age, disability, gender identity, ethnic background, marital status, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.
We encourage all candidates, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement listed. We are focused on selecting the best fit for the role and the team.