Senior Lead Creative

**Lead with creativity and innovation.** **Welcome to Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group.** Whether you join us in engineering, architecture or creative design, you'll belong to one of the most respected consultancies in the world. Our success is down to our people's extraordinary talent and diversity. So, you won't just lead colleagues passionate about the work but also committed to creating an inclusive working environment where we all can thrive. We're building a better future for the planet and its people. And that includes our employees, so we're here to support you. Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. Talk to us about what's ideal for you—from reduced weeks to buying more leave over school holidays. If you're returning from a career break, ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us. We'd also love to tell you about our recent pledges for Women's Equality, being 'Disability Confident' and an inclusive employer. Read more about our equality, diversity and inclusion. Lead with passion, ideas and critical thinking, supporting the team to deliver fresh work on exciting, cross-disciplinary projects. You'll be surrounded by creatives as talented as you, all with a real hunger for design and technology. The environment is fast-paced, open and progressive, offering exposure to global projects from print and events to web, virtual reality and motion. As a natural initiative taker, your role will be to bring out the best in the team. They'll look to your strong creative vision and talent for communicating clearly and persuasively to clients. We welcome your experience leading and bringing ingenious outcomes across the creative disciplines—and your stand-out portfolio of great conceptual work displaying an authentic passion for design. Read more about Creative Design. **Your purpose**: - Creatively lead project teams' approach and direction. - Support the management of design resources across technical projects to promote best design practices. - Communicate with new and existing clients to maintain an agency level of design and technical support. - Review scoping documents to ensure clients receive great value and high-quality design and creative work. - Select and challenge project teams, ensuring projects are design-led. - Be hands-on with mixed discipline projects and able to jump in to give creative guidance and support when needed. - Regularly communicate with Company Directors and Technical Leads to inform business decisions. - Helping develop future work pipelines through client engagement, spotting opportunities and maximizing potential. **What you can bring?** - A passion for design and digital technology with an outstanding eye for detail and a commitment to high-quality work. - Previous experience working in large-scale mixed discipline projects. - Excellent and confident organizational and communication skills. - Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign, Illustrator and PhotoShop. - Strong layout and typography skills. - The ability to work well under pressure. - Agile development. - UX/UI Design - desirable. - Team player, able to build excellent client relationships through thought leadership, outstanding creativity and proactive and reactive problem solving. Being different makes a difference - creative thought, qualitative reasoning, atypical problem-solving, pattern spotting, big-picture thinking, and the ability to multi-task or single-task focus. **Meeting your needs**: When you start with us, you'll enjoy **_"Total Reward"_**, a package that can be tailored to your lifestyle, career and personal needs. From flexible holidays to life assurance, health & wellbeing benefits, and career planning for the senior stage of your career. Making sure you're supported is important to us. So, if you identify as having a disability, tell us ahead of your interview. And let's talk about any adjustments you might need. **More about us**: Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is a leading global consultancy with over 80 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world. Atkins, ranked as one of LinkedIn’s Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once they join. Check out some of our recent, most exciting projects. **Additional Information**: