Your next big move

About the role:

Start Date: ASAP

Full time 37 hours per week, 8.30am – 5pm (4:30pm Fridays) 

Contract: Fixed term contract 

Location: Cardiff office – 5 days in the studio 

Who we are:

Be part of a creative studio that loves to push the boundaries both visually and strategically. We’ve assembled an amazing and diverse skilled team over the 17 years and have gained incredible global clients who we continue to help accelerate in growth. At CR studio, you’re not just an employee, you’re an important part of an independent creative powerhouse. We value creative integrity, humour, openness, and collaboration, and we’d love for you to bring your design expertise to the table.

The role:

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Graphic Designer to join our creative team. You’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality design across a range of projects for global brands, leading by example and helping maintain creative standards from concept through to final execution.

This role suits an experienced designer who is confident managing projects, collaborating with wider teams, and translating strategic ideas into strong, effective visual work.

Key responsibilities:

● Lead and deliver creative design work across digital and print channels

● Take briefs from concept through to final delivery, ensuring quality and consistency

● Work closely with account managers, strategists, and other designers

● Present and articulate design ideas clearly, internally and externally

● Manage multiple projects and deadlines with confidence

Skills & experience:

● Strong experience in graphic design, ideally within an agency or fast-paced environment

● Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)

● Strong conceptual thinking, typography, and layout skills

● Ability to balance creativity with commercial objectives

● Organised, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of projects

Nice to have (but not essential):

● Experience with motion design or video editing (e.g. After Effects, Premiere Pro)

● Experience working across campaigns and brand systems

What we offer:

● Competitive salary (£30k–£35k depending on experience) opportunity to grow within the company

● A collaborative, supportive creative environment

● Opportunity to work on varied, high-quality projects and brands

● Working alongside the creative director and art director with a range of creatives from CGI, motion, graphic, web design and so on

● Room to grow, push ideas, and genuinely influence the work

About the role:

Start Date: ASAP

Full time 37 hours per week, 8.30am – 5pm (4:30pm Fridays) 

Contract: Fixed term contract 

Location: Cardiff office – 5 days in the studio

Who we are:

Be part of a creative studio that loves to push the boundaries both visually and strategically. We’ve assembled an amazing and diverse skilled team over the 17 years and have gained incredible global clients who we continue to help accelerate in growth. At CR studio, you’re not just an employee, you’re an important part of an independent creative powerhouse. We value creative integrity, humour, openness, and collaboration, and we’d love for you to bring your marketing/account management expertise to the table.

The role:

CR Studio is looking for an experienced Senior Account Manager to join our growing, ambitious agency team.

This senior, client-facing role blends account leadership, project management and strategic marketing, with clear commercial accountability. You will play a pivotal role in driving work through the agency, from initial opportunity and strategic thinking through to delivery, performance review and finally accurate invoicing.

The role is measured against monthly revenue targets, so you’ll need to be confident owning both client relationships and commercial performance, while working collaboratively with Directors and specialist teams to deliver outstanding work.

You’ll bring a strong understanding of the full-marketing mix, including digital (note: this is not an operational media-buying role). Execution of digital is delivered by specialist internal teams and trusted consultants, your role is to set direction, manage delivery, challenge performance and ensure results.

You must have prior experience working within a busy design, marketing or digital agency environment.

Key responsibilities:

Client leadership and relationship management

● Be one of the senior day-to-day contacts for a portfolio of client accounts

● Build and maintain trusted, long-term client relationships

● Lead client meetings, workshops and status calls with accuracy and confidence

● Provide strategic guidance across brand, campaigns, digital and integrated marketing

● Manage client expectations around scope, timings and deliverables

● Develop and oversee content messaging and campaign narratives

● Lead high-level storyboarding for video, animation and social content to brief designers and creatives

● Maintain exceptional attention to detail across strategy, advertising, copywriting and proofing

● Drive projects through the studio to meet agreed objectives, timelines and targets

Project & delivery management

● Own end-to-end management of projects across multiple accounts

● Translate client briefs into clear and accurate scopes, timelines and internal briefs

● Coordinate internal and external teams including designers, digital specialists, copywriters and directors

● Ensure work is delivered on time, on budget and to brief

● Proactively identify and resolve risks relating to scope, budget or resource

● Maintain high standards of organisation, documentation and follow-through

Strategic and marketing oversight

● Contribute to the development and creation of brand, campaign and digital strategies

● Evaluate briefs and recommend appropriate channel mixes across both digital and traditional platforms

● Develop activation approaches covering; audience definition, user journeys and funnel thinking with engagement and conversion expectations

● Create integrated, multi-channel marketing strategies

● Translate strategic thinking into clear, actionable plans for delivery teams

● Identify opportunities to upsell additional services to existing and new clients

Digital and performance understanding (strategic level)

● Maintain a strong working knowledge of; Paid media (search, social, display), SEO principles, CRO and user experience, Email and CRM-led marketing and Analytics and performance reporting

● Act as the strategic bridge between clients and digital consultants

● Review and contribute to campaign reports, providing clear insight and recommendations

● Hold a strategic understanding of CMS-driven websites, lead generation mechanics and analytics

Commercial accountability and revenue targets

● Take ownership of a monthly revenue target (dependent on experience)

● Drive billable work through existing client relationships via; Strategic planning, Campaign and project development, Retainer growth and Identification and conversion of new opportunities

● Ensure all work is appropriately scoped, costed, approved and invoiced in a timely manner

● Work closely with Directors to forecast pipeline, manage workload and align resources

● Maintain visibility of account performance, budgets and profitability

● Take responsibility for the overall commercial health of assigned accounts

This is not a hard sales role, but it does require strong commercial confidence and accountability.

Agency contribution

● Contribute to pitches, proposals and new business activity

● Prepare and deliver presentations to clients and internal teams

● Stay up-to-date with industry trends, platforms and best practices

● Be a positive, senior presence within the agency, supporting clarity, structure and momentum

What we offer:

● Competitive salary (£30k–£40k depending on experience) 

● 22 days holiday plus bank holidays (this increases by 1 day increments to max of 25, after 2yrs F/T employment)

● Company pension scheme

● Laptop provided

● New business bonus opportunities

● Opportunity to be part of a well established and growing agency with long-term stability