Freelance Creative Designer

Freelance Creative Designer

Hogarth is the Global Content Production Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world's top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez, and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalization, all mean that brands need different solutions. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production, and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today's content experience.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London, and Singapore.

The Company:

Hogarth Worldwide is a leading creative production company, producing advertising and marketing content for many of the world's most famous brands, across all media around the world. Hogarth was founded 10 years ago and has grown from a start-up to over 4,000 people, across 28 cities worldwide and is now part of the WPP family. Our rapid growth continues to drive us forward making Hogarth an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.

The Role:

The Creative Designer works closely with the Creative Director, to help design and execute marketing materials specifically to [Insert Country] according to the brief and guidance from the CD and Producers.

As a Creative Designer, you will be primarily responsible for ensuring the flawless development, adaptation, and execution of world-class communications. In collaboration with the Creative Director, Producers & the Writing team, you will be jointly responsible for ensuring the brand's standards are upheld and that the tone of voice is consistent with the global standard.

To be successful in this role, the candidate must have a real passion for creativity, be a strong creative thinker, a highly capable designer, and must be a team player.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the Art Director to design, adapt, and validate the localized marketing materials covering digital, print, and video work based on WW guidance for [Insert Country]
• Learn and uphold the client's quality standards in order to ensure global brand consistency
• Hands-on design work for deliverables specifically originated for the [Insert Country] markets
• Follow through to the production of the deliverables, with a deep understanding of the processes involved in producing the work in order to ensure high quality results
• Have a strong knowledge of the creative development process and highly skilled in understanding and implementing feedback and direction on the work
• Strong communicator who is able to work effectively with other creative staff members, vendors, and freelancers, driving to common goals and embracing collaboration
• Be able to work to defined, and often tight, deadlines on assigned projects by finding quick and effective resolution to design challenges

Requirements:

• Ideally a diploma or degree in the design field and/or a minimum of 5 years in a Designer role, ideally within advertising, design agencies, or in-house creative team
• Strong knowledge of, and skill in using, design tools – Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
• Team work - easy to get along with - be able to work with Artworkers and Graphic Production Artists
• Experience with large, international brands
• Demonstrable experience working with both print and digital is strongly preferred
• Must be very hands-on with great attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure and within short time frames
• Must be able to travel internationally 20-30% of the time
• Strong communicator with excellent English and [insert native language] language skills

Hogarth Values:

Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.

Hands on: We don't wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don't have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.

Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.

Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don't lose perspective or our sense of humor.

Our Hogarth Values:

Hands on No egos here. Just a shared drive to roll up our sleeves and make great things happen. Every project--big or small, gets our full energy because we believe in doing things right. Every single time. It's how we deliver real results without cutting corners.

Honesty We are real and authentic – with each other and in our work. Honest, direct communication builds the trust we need to collaborate, grow, and make meaningful things together. It's not always easy but it's always worth it.

Heart & Soul We bring heart to everything we make. Passion, pride, and relentless drive push us beyond "good enough" – because we care deeply about our craft, and we're always chasing better. We love what we do, and it shows.

Happy Family Creating a space where everyone feels valued--even when opinions differ, makes this a supportive and inclusive environment for our people. We embrace our differences, celebrate our wins together, and never lose our sense of humor.

Hungry Curiosity keeps us hungry. We question, experiment, and always seek out what's next. We never settle, and we never stop learning.

Inclusion and Impact

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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