Who We Are:
At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.
Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work.
About us
We dream big - We are seeking innovators who have a knack for designing immersive, creative and engaging digital ecosystems, products, and services – and we execute small – sweating the details to create consistent, performant customer experiences.
Our Experience team delivers for brands including Lego, Yves-Saint Laurent, Ford, GE Healthcare, HSBC, Duracell, Microsoft, Diageo, Pets at Home and Specsavers.
What we need from you
As a passionate user-centered designer, you will be committed to elevating design standards and refining the craft to create meaningful and delightful experiences. The position entails pushing the visual direction, creating concepts, helping construct brand frameworks, building atomic design systems, leveraging prototype tools to animate micro-interactions, while collaborating with development teams on proof of concepts, presenting work, and skillfully handling client feedback in sessions.
You’re likely to have knowledge and expertise in these areas
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to create exceptional and creative digital experiences
- Be passionate about all things design, always going that final 5% to push an idea or design further, ensuring it is exceptionally crafted.
- Understand the Human-Centered Design process to help create deliverables grounded in insight aiming to validate hypotheses
- Use prototyping tools like Figma, to help communicate ideas and concepts
- Craft branded micro-interactions and push the experience with knowledge of After Effects or other motion software
- Able to juggle projects with a great attitude, prioritising work and resources – even when timelines, budgets and availabilities change.
- Support the pitch process with concepts, ideas and prototypes as necessary
- Work well under pressure, keeping your cool when the deadlines change, mitigate risks an adjust accordingly.
- Be interested, continually learning about people, design and technology, helping colleagues improve their design practice.
- Make the case for what you believe in, always advocating for the people who use our products and experience
Tools you’re likely to be confident in
- Figma
- Keynote & PowerPoint
- Adobe Creative Suite (incl After Effects)
- Atlassian project management tools e.g. Confluence and Jira
- Prototyping tools such as Protopie, Figma, Principle or Invision
About you
Joining VML represents a chance to create world-class experiences for some of the best brands out there. This role is all about supporting the direction and development of customer experiences that matter.
This is a role for someone continually growing their development and leadership skills. Highly collaborative, you enjoy working in closely knit teams – pushing things just a little bit further. Not afraid to make the case for what you believe in, you work well under pressure, keeping your cool when the deadlines change. Confident with clients, you speak convincingly – and know how to get people excited about the work we do.
We don’t settle for people who can just do the job, we look for people that go beyond that and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday.
What we can offer you
We want you to be comfortable and proud every day of the week and have created an open and inclusive environment. We don’t want you to just fit into our culture, we want your uniqueness and diversity of background to add to it and make this an agency where we all have a real sense of belonging and purpose.
Your career development is important to us. We will provide you with the framework and support needed to reach your career aspirations. There really is no shortage of opportunities here for the right person that is prepared to roll their sleeves up, get involved and collaborate with those around them to deliver the best work for our clients and our agency.
At VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward. Our Inclusion, Equity & Belonging initiatives, alongside the VML Foundation, reflect our dedication to giving back and making a positive impact in our communities and beyond. Our people are the heartbeat of our organization—creators, doers, innovators, makers, and thinkers—who drive not just marketing, but meaningful experiences that resonate in every action and interaction.
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