• Drive our web presence: Shape our digital footprint by designing beautiful, intuitive, and effective new landing pages and experiences for our website.
• Design across channels: Act as the go-to designer for a wide range of assets, including high-impact whitepapers, social media graphics, and digital ads.
• Champion brand consistency: Evolve and maintain our brand guidelines and design systems to ensure our brand is strong and cohesive everywhere you see it.
• Build a scalable brand system: Evolve our brand guidelines by creating smart, scalable templates, leveraging AI tools where possible, to empower the wider team to create on-brand materials efficiently.
• Own projects end-to-end: Manage your creative projects with confidence, from the initial brief to final delivery, collaborating with stakeholders along the way.
• Spearhead video campaigns: Take the lead on creating engaging video content, from concept and storyboarding (with support from our content marketer) to animation and final production for our marketing campaigns.

We believe that the following are essential for becoming successful in this role, and it’s the basis upon which we assess candidates. However, we acknowledge that talent takes many forms, and we would still like to hear from you, even if you don't match all the points below.

Who you are:

• A true design all-rounder: You have at least 5 years of experience and a powerful portfolio showcasing your expertise across video/motion design AND web/digital design.
• A web design whiz: You have strong experience designing for the web and are proficient in modern design tools like Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD.
• A solo powerhouse: You are a motivated self-starter who thrives on owning projects and seeing your creative vision through from concept to completion.
• A video & motion pro: You have expert-level skills in motion graphics and video editing (Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro).
• A skilled communicator: You can clearly articulate your design decisions and collaborate effectively with non-designers to get the best results.

• Flexible work environment
• Learning & development opportunities
• Centrally located office, with company lunch & gym facilities
• Pension scheme & private health insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 30 days of vacation per year
• IT equipment of your choice
• Company events and team activities
• Employee referral program

It’s important to us to be as transparent as possible and to allow you to level expectations for the role. Therefore, we share our impact description in advance.

During the 1st month, you will:  

• Dive into the brand. Get to know the Penneo brand, including its visual identity, brand guidelines, target audience and the long-term vision for Penneo.
• Meet the team. Get introduced to the marketing team and other key stakeholders and gain more practical day-to-day understanding for new ideas and ongoing projects. 

Within 3 months, you will: 

• Begin to identify strategic creative opportunities. You'll analyze recent marketing campaigns and audience feedback to pinpoint initial areas for improvement in visual consistency and storytelling.
• Take ownership of the brand. You'll have begun to shape and update the brand guidelines, and you'll be actively championing consistent brand expression across the organization.

Within 6 months, you will:  

• Elevate the brand's visual identity. You will have developed and implemented a new visual system for a key marketing initiative, such as a major campaign or product launch.
• Become the go-to creative expert. You'll be independently managing the creative process for multiple projects, from initial concept to final delivery, and will have built strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across the team.
• Drive results through design. You will have created or refreshed our core video assets, and these new assets will be actively used in our marketing channels.

Within 12 months, you will:  

• Be a strategic creative partner. You will be proactively identifying and proposing new creative initiatives that align with business goals, and you will be a key player in shaping the brand's long-term visual strategy.
• Establish a scalable design system. You will have built a comprehensive set of templates and design assets that empower the wider team to produce high-quality, on-brand materials efficiently.
• Demonstrate clear impact. Your work will have demonstrably influenced key marketing and brand metrics, such as website engagement, conversion rates, or social media performance.

How to apply
If the position sounds like a match, we can't wait to hear from you! 
We don't require a cover letter; instead, please answer the below questions to help us get to know you a little better:

• This job is for a one-person powerhouse who can handle projects from start to finish. Can you tell us about a time you took a project all the way from the initial idea to the final product? What was the biggest lesson you learned from that?
• We're looking for someone who's great at both video/motion and web/digital design. Got an example in your portfolio that shows off both skills? How did they work together to make the brand look and feel consistent?
• Part of this role is helping our team—who aren't designers—make great-looking, on-brand stuff. What's your secret to making that easy for them, and what tools or tricks would you use?