Senior Visual Designer

Senior Visual Designer

As part of Barbarian's Creative team, you'll shape consumer behavior through ideas, craft, and

interactive experiences-partnering with world-class brands to raise the bar for digital

communications, marketing, and advertising.

As a Senior Designer, you lead with hands-on craft and clear thinking: help define a brand's

look and feel, contribute to art direction and interaction patterns, and consistently deliver

industry-leading work. You take ownership of projects with guidance from design leadership,

collaborate closely with UX on journeys, wireframes, and prototypes, and produce high-quality

interfaces across devices. You can go deep on a single flagship client or support multiple growth

accounts-setting a strong craft bar and helping more junior designers succeed.

Grounded in Barbarian's values-Innovation, Service, Craft, Thought-you thrive on new

challenges, continuously improve how we work, and help strengthen client relationships through

outstanding design.

Core responsibilities and success metrics
• Deliver award-winning, high-quality digital design-from concept to launch-setting a strong craft benchmark for your projects.
• Drive projects forward with a clear, evolving creative point of view; actively contribute to brainstorming and communicate ideas clearly.
• Take ownership of day-to-day design delivery with limited supervision, ensuring on-time handoffs and a high level of detail and accuracy.
• Contribute to art direction, visual style, and interaction patterns; produce best-in-class interface designs across desktop, tablet, and mobile.
• Apply user-centered design principles (typography, layout, interaction) and collaborate closely with UX partners on journeys, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Produce implementation-ready assets and participate in visual QA, partnering with Client Services, Technology, and Delivery throughout execution.
• Help organize and prioritize your own workload across brands/initiatives, escalating risks and resourcing needs to design leadership when needed.
• Support and mentor junior designers through feedback, shared tools, and collaboration-contributing to a strong craft culture.
• Build and maintain positive client relationships in collaboration with design leadership; contribute to clear communication and strong client satisfaction.
• Continuously learn emerging tools/tech and fold them into your process to improve quality and efficiency.
• Contribute to new-business efforts and pitches as needed, partnering with senior creative leadership.

Qualifications
• Solid senior-level creative background as a Senior Designer or Senior Art Director in an agency or similar environment.
• Expert digital design craft across devices (web, mobile, tablet) and formats (websites, microsites, online campaigns, HTML/rich-media emails).
• Proven success working within cross-functional, collaborative teams from concept through delivery.
• Experience planning and estimating your own work; able to manage timelines with minimal overruns and flag issues early.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and stakeholders while maintaining quality.
• Demonstrated ability to present work and participate in client discussions with confidence and clarity.
• Strong presentation skills (visual and written).
• Hands-on proficiency with current design tools (Adobe Suite, Sketch, Figma) and relevant hardware; awareness of emerging platforms and tools.

Preferred:
• Work that has earned industry recognition or awards.
• Experience across online and offline channels (e.g., integrated campaigns).
• Experience working with European and/or global markets.
• Participation in new-business efforts (pitches, RFP responses, account growth).
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Technical capabilities

At a minimum, the Senior Designer must have a deep understanding of, and high proficiency creating work in, the following design software:
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Sketch
• Figma