Senior Designer

About Intermission Film

Intermission Film is an award-winning, full-service creative agency in London, New York, Amsterdam and Melbourne. We partner with leading distributors, streamers and broadcasters to create trailers, promos, key art, creative content and socials for films and series that audiences love. Recent work includes Ready or Not 2, Wasteman, Rental Family, Urchin, Black Mirror and The Gentlemen S2.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Designer to lead complex and high-value campaigns within our Print team.

You’ll be trusted to manage creative delivery with minimal oversight, guiding junior team members while maintaining strong client relationships. This role blends strategic thinking with hands-on execution, requiring strong creative judgement, commercial awareness and leadership capability.

What You’ll Do

• Lead creative execution across large-scale or high-profile campaigns.

• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with clients and senior stakeholders.

• Manage multiple concurrent projects and support resource forecasting.

• Translate briefs into actionable creative direction for designers.

• Lead creative problem-solving across teams.

• Art direct photoshoots with confidence.

• Mentor and develop Designers, Junior Designers and Studio Assistants.

• Champion workflow improvements and uphold best practice standards.

What You’ll Bring

• Demonstrable design experience in a creative agency environment.

• Proven track record leading mid-to-high level projects from concept to delivery.

• Strong commercial judgement and understanding of project profitability.

• Confident client-facing presence.

• Ability to motivate, guide and elevate creative teams.

• Consistent professionalism and creative integrity.

What we offer...

Time off - Up to 25 days (starting at 20 and increasing based on length of service), plus bank holidays, birthday day off after probation, and Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve on us.

❤️‍ Health & wellbeing - Access to a SimplyHealth cash plan, YuLife wellbeing App (post-probation), and private healthcare with BUPA after 3 years.

Culture & connection- Regular team socials, monthly entertainment allowance, and seasonal parties that bring everyone together.

Making your money go further- Salary sacrifice options for your pension, tech purchases, and cycle-to-work scheme.

And more as you grow- From enhanced parental leave to career break options.

How To Apply

To apply, send us a brief but individual cover letter explaining why you’re excited about the role and what you would bring to it, along with your CV and portfolio (if applicable). 

Application process  

Our process can change depending on the role; however, it will roughly follow the stages below-

Stage 1: Short introductory video call (20-30 minutes)

Stage 2: Creative task and video interview with the hiring team

Stage 3: In-person meet and intro to leadership

Stage 4: Offer!

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. Individuals are encouraged to apply regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage, or civil partnerships. We strongly encourage applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds or other underrepresented backgrounds to apply. If you require any reasonable adjustments to accommodate your application, please let us know.

This job description is not exhaustive and is liable to review following discussion with the successful applicant. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake any other reasonable duties as required and commensurate with the job.