Folk is an insight and idea driven strategic design consultancy based in Annandale, Sydney. We specialise in brand identity and product and service design, including expression and experience across physical and digital assets. We work with mission-driven organisations, across public, private and social sectors, to create surprisingly simple solutions to complex problems.

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Senior Brand/Digital Designer for a 6-12 month contract to cover parental leave in studio. This role will help conceive and create striking and meaningful brand expression and digital experiences. In this role you’ll enjoy working with a positive, supportive team, in a great space, on a broad range of clients and projects. From discovery to concept exploration and execution.

What you’ll do at Folk:

Make key contributions within supportive project teams:

• Explore, develop and deliver creative expression and application on brand and digital projects to ensure best in class outputs and ideas that have (the desired) impact.
• Fuel strategically creative conversations with colleagues, clients and stakeholders to deliver end-to-end brand identity projects. From brand principles and messages: visual identity concepts and touchpoint application, creation of brand guidelines and design implementation across digital and physical assets
• Create visual concept exploration and implementation phases within large scale digital projects. Including website redesigns and future state experiences while understanding the limitations of tech and existing design systems

What you’ll bring to Folk:

• 7+ years creative agency experience in brand identity, creation and implementation, on and offline
• a proven track record in considered and courageous creative expression (for ambitious organisations large and small)
• a demonstrated understanding of effective and creative UI design, design systems and user experience (and the best practices around it)
• an ability to create, share and realise ideas
• a curious mind, positive voice and collaborative spirit
• excellent communication and presentation skills
• a solid understanding and respect for research, strategy and the power of the written word
• a solid understanding and appreciation of the end-to-end product design process including knowledge of the parameters and a desire to push these
• an innate and active interest in creativity, design, identity, and emerging tech and trends
• a commitment to creative excellence, insights and ideas
• keen attention to detail, and the big picture
• a demonstrated understanding how design systems are created, applied, maintained and grow across different mediums – fit for the now and the future
• experience of ensuring creative design solutions align with business goals and technical constraints.
• an awareness and ability to think multi-dimensionally – to consider interactions, transitions and motion
• energy, enthusiasm and ability to work within integrated teams
• a constructive, creative mindset when contributing as part of a broader team
• experience of working with project teams to prioritise tasks to remain within the allocated time
• comprehensive knowledge of relevant design tools and resources (eg, Adobe CS, Figma, Miro)
• a nice-to-have would be knowledge and experience in motion

Some of the benefits of working with us at Folk:

• We care about the wellbeing of our team members. Here are some of the benefits our team enjoys.
• We work on projects with social purpose and impact, specifically across Health and Wellbeing, Sustainable Futures and Empowering People.
• We work on big, complex challenges that impact real people.
• We have a hybrid flexible working model – work from home and come to the studio to connect and collaborate.
• We value the other important parts of your life as well – we offer flexibility for pick-ups and drop offs or sick children as well as anything else life throws at you.
• Our workplace culture encourages everyone’s input and it’s taken onboard to be explored and built upon.
• You are actively empowered to help shape the business, if you think something can be done better – tell someone.
• We want you to grow – we have a generous development budget that we encourage you to use to invest in building your skills and following your career ambitions.
• We love working with people who bring their personality, their experience, and their uniqueness to the team.
• We have a working environment that is friendly, warm, open, and inspired by our values and purpose.
• We put the wellbeing of our staff before projects and profit – through regular check-ins and transparent communication we ensure the everyone feels safe and supported.

We believe diversity of thought is essential to creating the best products, services and experiences. We’re an equal opportunity employer: committed to diversity and inclusion, and members of the Diversity Council of Australia. We do not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, citizenship, national origin of employees, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, marital status or disability. But we do on attitude, aptitude and typos.

Sound like you?

Please send us a link to your CV, LinkedIn profile or anything that demonstrates your design experience and expertise – and a brief note that tells us what attracted you to the role and what excites you about the work we do to jobs@folk.com.au

Only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

You must be legally able to work in Australia. No agencies please.