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We work directly with some of the biggest and most well-established brands, as well as ambitious start-ups and scale-ups who are on the ascent.\nWhilst our core focus is retail, FMCG, hospitality and charity, we also work across other sectors on projects where we feel we can create real impact.\nA small but sustainable team, we bring together in-house strategy, 2D and 3D graphic design, motion, tone of voice and copywriting to create the best, holistic result for our clients.\nWe build trusting, long-lasting relationships directly with our clients as we don’t employ account managers.\nWho we’re looking for\nYou'll already working at a senior level, be willing to take on responsibility and have the ability to take on a challenge. You’ll think strategically, live and breathe design, and creating scalable design systems will be second nature to you.\nYou’ll be confident yet collaborative, lead yet also listen to others’ perspectives and opinions. And you'll be enthusiastic, proud of the work you do and keep calm when it’s needed.\nAbove all, you’ll bring a positive attitude and an open, curious approach to life. You’ll understand the value that great design can create. And you’ll bring fresh thinking, whether through your personality, background, experience, culture, or creativity.\nCore requirements\n8+ years’ experience, gained across 2 or more agencies.\nProficiency across CC.\nA strong portfolio of brand-focused work.\nAble to show strategic brand leadership.\nComfortable working across print, digital and physical environments.\nConfident presenting work and comfortable working directly with clients.\n‘Nice-to-haves' (We don’t expect you to have all of these but one or more would help set you apart) experience in:\n3D tools such as Blender, Cinema 4D or similar.\nAI software / apps.\nNon-core skill/s that you can bring to the studio, such as illustration or photography.\nPackaging design.\nDesign for digital marketing formats (Instagram, LinkedIn etc.)\nEnvironmental design (retail stores or in-person events).\nFigma.\nUI and/or web development.\nWhat the role involves\nWorking closely with our CD, you’ll be heavily involved from concept to delivery. We actively manage the team’s work, so everyone has a healthy spread across our ongoing large and small client briefs, reactive briefs and more strategic, longer-term briefs, to offer variety.\nYou’ll naturally act as a mentor to more junior staff, so someone who enjoys passing on their knowledge and experience and helping others learn would be an advantage.\nEssential details\n100% studio-based in our central Brighton studio.\nPermanent position.\nFull time, 5 days a week.\n8.30am - 5.30pm (5pm finish on a Friday).\nFreelancers and remote workers need not apply.\nWhat we offer\nCompetitive salary.\n28 days’ holiday (including Bank Holidays).\nEnhanced annual leave (min. length of service).\nMonthly pension contribution.\nMonthly fitness / wellness contribution (min. length of service).\nChristmas shutdown period.\nFree bottomless locally sourced great quality coffee.\nHow to applyIf you would like to apply, and feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for, please send your cv, covering letter and portfolio to  \nIf you are looking for a remote role or freelance work please do not apply, this is a full time, studio based role.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3425,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Design & Creative","Creative Agencies","Branding"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-14T03:40:20Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["seen:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-14T05:58:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sherlock-studio-senior-designer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sherlock-studio-senior-designer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-14T12:44:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":12518,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2623641},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2623641"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsherlock-studio-senior-designer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsherlock-studio-senior-designer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsherlock-studio-senior-designer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sherlock-studio-senior-designer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsherlock-studio-senior-designer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4301667}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sherlockstudio.co.uk","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4301667},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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