Design Team Lead

We're Simply Business

We insure small businesses and enable big dreams - not just for our customers, but for our people and communities too. With over 850,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords, and more than 1,000 other trades.

We harness cutting-edge data ability, believe in experimentation, and build our own technology to deliver better experiences for our customers and employees. This means we're as much a technology company as one that sells insurance. We build, we fail, we learn, we improve. We're a B Corp too, which recognises our strong track record of having a positive impact on people, society and the environment.

Working here as we get back to normal

After working remotely for so long, we have a vision for how our people will work with each other now and in the future. Every employee should have the choice & flexibility to work in a way that's best for their job, their team, and their life.

We know that being together in person is usually the best way to get work done, which is why our offices will become 'hubs' that we expect our employees to visit every so often. That said, there's no one-size-fits all solution, so all of our people & teams will find the rhythm that suits them best.

We are looking for a Design Team Lead to join us in our London office!

An individual who is passionate about design and keen to lead a team of designers.

This will be an opportunity to work and develop in a fast-moving design team within an international company that is known for its culture and progressive values.

The Design Team Lead will be fluent in Adobe CC software, such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and After Effects, as well as presentation software such as Powerpoint or Google Slides.

Working in a team of experienced designers, you will be expected to lead on the visual direction for the Simply Business brand, while also being responsible for managing the team.

This might include managing other designers' development, or embedding QA practices.

No two days will be the same in this role with constant opportunities to learn and apply creativity.

Join our award-winning team and take the next step in your career...

Responsibilities Include:

• leading the team in producing digital assets for customer touchpoints, including campaign creative, video ads, advert banners, events, and social assets
• amplifying engagement for internal audiences using novel ideas
• setting the visual direction for key products
• finding ways to improve efficiency within the teamworking with Product & UX teams to create on-brand products
• working with other teams and senior stakeholders to deliver projects
• taking ownership of projects and deadlines
• managing the team's development and wellbeing
• leading on creative ideation for campaign projects

• passion for ideas and impactful visual communication
• ability to lead, manage, and coach
• good written and communication skills
• ability to learn new software and technical skills
• excellent attention to detail ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously
• fluency with design software, such as Adobe CC (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator), Sketch, etc
• experience in Microsoft/Google presentation software is desirable
• strong video editing, animation or 3D rendering experience is essential

What are the benefits?

At Simply Business, our benefits let you balance life and work properly:

• flexible parental leave - you can choose to take shared parental leave, plus we offer full pay for the first six months of your maternity leave and four-week fully paid paternity leave, subject to meeting the qualifying criteria
• remote working - more of us are currently working remotely than usual, but longer-term you can balance working remotely with working in the office, giving you the opportunity to connect with colleagues
• mental health and wellbeing resources - we take your wellbeing seriously, giving you access to counselling (through our Employee Assistance Programme) as well as technology to support your mental health (through the Unmind app)
• paid sabbatical - two weeks off when you've been here for five years and four weeks off when you've been here for 10 years
• a dedicated learning platform - including a management and leadership programme - the platform lets you balance both work and life goals

And we compensate you fairly:

• a competitive salary that reflects your experience, our pay policy and the market we're in from your first day
• the potential to earn an annual bonus based on business performance (those on commission-led roles will be rewarded monthly)
• we match what you put into your pension up to five per cent
• a health cash plan reimburses your everyday medical expenses (with the opportunity to increase the level of your plan in your flexible benefits)
• a generous holiday entitlement of up to 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• life assurance of four times of your basic salary
• Smart Health services including unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP
• a flexible benefits scheme with an allocated allowance each year to choose from benefits including private medical insurance, dental insurance, travel insurance, up to five days extra holiday, and gym membership