Senior Graphic Designer

We believe diversity of thought and experience creates the most brilliant communities to serve our organisation, and that is why Hauser & Wirth is an equal opportunities employer.

Hauser & Wirth is one of the world’s leading commercial galleries for modern and contemporary art, with locations across the UK, USA, Europe, and Asia. Based in London, we are looking for an experienced Senior Designer to join the Design Team to help build our brand in the gallery’s expansion, helping design and develop digital and print campaigns to promote our artists and their exhibitions.

The ideal candidate should be an all-round Graphic Designer, with advanced and demonstrable experience in both digital and print design solutions with a deep understanding of visual design principles and strong experience in creating assets for a wide range of platforms and channels. This includes digital and printed ad campaigns, OOH advertising, email marketing, social media, responsive & mobile-first websites and long form content.

Working closely with the Marketing, Communications and Digital Product teams, you will help define requirements, set the design direction, iterate on design solutions and contribute your expertise to campaigns and digital products. You will be able to design routes to promote our artists and exhibitions in our own galleries and for art fairs we participate in. You should be well versed in creating digital and printed assets for campaigns.

Reports to: Global Creative Director, Partner

The role will include, but not be limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Act as a key stakeholder in the continued development of Hauser & Wirth’s brand identity. Be a guardian of upholding these brand standards

• Coherently adapt the existing corporate design across different media for our exhibitions

• Providing design concepts that allow us to create and execute creative, high-quality designs from concept to delivery for bespoke campaigns

• Working with the Design Team to deliver excellent digital and print design for the gallery to help promote our artists and exhibitions

• Collaborate with Digital Product and Marketing Teams to ensure that all designs align with the brand, while meeting usability and digital standards

• Design and prepare digital assets (static, video, and HTML) for a range of platforms including social, OOH/display advertising, eCommerce, email marketing, downloadable PDFs, mobile and desktop website experiences

• Design and prepare updates and improvements to the website

• Design and prepare print assets for advertisements in newspapers and publications, brochures, booklets, long form content, wayfinding and information design in general

• Aid in the creation of simple motion graphics assets across web, mobile, and social-specific campaigns

• Create long form content that is optimised for mobile and desktop viewing as well as physical prints. Design and artwork dinner invitations, menus, event flyers, booklets, posters and packaging, adhering to the gallery’s corporate identity guidelines

Required knowledge, skills and qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Digital Design or similar

• At least 5+ years of experience in a design role

• Some management experience could be advantageous, although not an immediate requirement

• UX/UI Design experience would be highly beneficial

• Passionate about the power of design to transform experiences

• Proven track record of effective digital campaigns and content

• Ability to work independently to solve problems, mitigate risk, make decisions, and communicate effectively under tight deadlines and challenging situations

• A people person, capable of thriving in a multi-disciplinary environment

• A creative thinker who can assert their perspective in both design output and design-related problem solving

• Excellent written and communication skills, as well as organisational and interpersonal skills

• Expertise with standard design and presentation tools including Adobe Suite (including InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects and Illustrator), PowerPoint and similar

• Experience in motion graphics creation and video editing is a plus

• Knowledge of French, Spanish and or German would be advantageous

• A passion for art is important and prior roles within art institutions, other cultural sectors or designing for an art gallery is an advantage

Hauser & Wirth is an equal opportunities employer. We believe that employing passionate people is essential no matter their background. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We particularly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations during the interview process, please let us know.

Please submit your resume by email to: londonjobs@hauserwirth.com