Senior Designer

<h2>Senior Designer (Brand Identity / Hospitality) – Freelance</h2> <p><strong>Location & Workplace Policy:</strong> London (flexible, remote-friendly with occasional check-ins)<br> <strong>Day Rate:</strong> £400–£500 (depending on experience)<br> <strong>Start Date:</strong> Autumn 2025 (TBC)<br> <strong>Contract:</strong> Freelance, project-based<br> <strong>IR35 Status:</strong> Outside IR35</p> <h3><br> Job Summary</h3> <p>We’re working with a boutique creative agency that places storytelling at the heart of everything they do. Known for delivering bespoke, detail-driven design across branding, publishing, and hospitality, they are now expanding into <strong>brand identity projects for hotels, restaurants, and lifestyle brands</strong>.</p> <p>This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing independent studio where your ideas and craft will directly shape the agency’s reputation.</p> <h3><br> Key Responsibilities</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Lead brand identity projects from concept through to delivery.</p> <li> <p>Develop logos, visual systems, and brand guidelines.</p> <li> <p>Translate storytelling and strategy into compelling visual identities.</p> <li> <p>Oversee rollouts across print, digital, and environmental assets.</p> <li> <p>Collaborate with internal teams and artworkers to deliver projects at pace.</p> <li> <p>Contribute to building the studio’s reputation for distinctive, detail-led design.</p> </ul> <h3><br> Skills & Experience</h3> <ul> <li> <p>5+ years’ experience as a Designer or Senior Designer in branding.</p> <li> <p>Strong portfolio demonstrating hospitality, lifestyle, or luxury brand identity work.</p> <li> <p>Confident leading identity projects independently, with minimal handholding.</p> <li> <p>Comfortable presenting ideas and responding to feedback.</p> <li> <p>Flexible, collaborative, and detail-oriented.</p> <li> <p>Available for freelance bookings in the £400–£500/day range.</p> </ul> <h3><br> Project Scope & Duration</h3> <p>Freelance, project-based engagement, starting Autumn 2025 (TBC).</p> <p><br> Our freelance roles move quickly, so if you’re interested in being considered for this opportunity, please submit your credentials and availability as soon as possible.</p> <p><strong>Major Players</strong> are the UK’s leading marketing and creative talent agency, and over the last three decades we’ve consistently championed our people and communities. As a proud B Corp™, we are committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion within the industries we service, creating impactful and sustainable change for our partners, candidates and employees.</p> <p>We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age, and other protected status as required by applicable law. For further information about our DE&I commitments, please visit: www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/</p>