We’re looking for a Designer who is highly creative with a leaning towards illustration…who can sketch scamps with a pencil and paper but also use the latest digital technologies at our full service agency.

With a frankly amazing UK-wide client base across well-known brands in arts, culture, education, heritage and leisure, this is an opportunity to flex your creative muscles on high profile projects in a fast growing agency with big ambitions.

Working closely with the Creative Director and Senior Designer, the Designer will bring creative ideas to life, normally with nothing more than an idea and a blank sheet of paper. Whatever the concept, you should be confident, fast and precise in your ability to draw, illustrate and design to a first class, contemporary standard.

If you have the following, you know you’re right for the job:

- 2 to 3 years commercial experience ideally at another agency - we’re in the business of selling ideas…you should come with bags of them experience in designing for brand, integrated marketing campaigns, print and digital (websites, apps and social media) - natural illustrative talent, drawing in pencil, pen and digital/tablet - excellent PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesigns skills - flexibility & commitment – sometimes it’s not going to be 9 till 6 - huge amounts of initiative - supportive team player, approachable and positive - outstanding communication skills - strong project management skills with the ability to juggle! - excellent organiser, who can work under pressure with a sense of calm - superb attention to detail – a ‘hawk’ eye when quality checking work - love & knowledge of our sectors is advantageous: arts, culture, education, leisure, heritage, visitor attractions

Salary: £20-25k with 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

Role: Full-time and permanent

Location: We’re currently based in Wilmslow, but you might be interested to hear that we will be moving to Manchester city centre in early 2013.

Company info: http://www.wonderassociates.com

How to apply: Send the following information to Suzie (suzie.gardiner@wonderassociates.com) by Wednesday 28 November:

1) Tell us why you would like the job at Wonder? Keep it short and simple.

2) CV clearly stating your skills, current/previous roles, education and explaining any gaps.

3) Samples of your work – at least 5 of your best pieces via a PDF (no bigger than 5Mb), link or website.

Interviews will be held w/c 3 December – you must be available to interview in this week as we will be making a decision by Friday 7 December.

No recruitment agencies please…no matter how nice you are to us on the phone.

Seeking an Account Manager…the unsung hero

We’re looking for an Account Manager who can simultaneously develop/manage/juggle up to 10 existing clients at our full service agency. With a frankly amazing UK-wide client base across well-known brands in arts, culture, education, heritage and leisure, this is an opportunity to work on high profile projects in a fast growing agency with big ambitions.

Our perfect candidate can be described in just 10 points:

1. Curious and interested, seeing the possibilities and opportunities that others miss 2. Driven every single day, with an insatiable appetite and work ethic to see a brief come to fruition 3. Charismatic and invested in building strong relationships with our directors, designers, developers and clients 4. Good enough to take our best ideas and convince our clients to run with them 5. Confident enough to make daily decisions and take calculated risks 6. Finely tuned gut instinct – inherently knowing what a client really wants and how 7. Sense of diplomacy when negotiating ideas, accommodating demands, talking budget 8. Not afraid to roll up the sleeves and get stuck in, no matter how big or small or sweet or messy 9. Strong project management and organisational skills, whipping anything into shape and with a ‘hawk’ eye for the detail 10. Proven experience at a fast paced, full service agency working on consumer-facing brand, campaign, print and digital projects

Salary: £25-30k with 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

Role: Full-time and permanent. The role offers excellent opportunities for development and progression.

Location: We’re currently based in Wilmslow, but you might be interested to hear that we will be moving to Manchester city centre in early 2013.

Company info: http://www.wonderassociates.com

How to apply: Send the following information to Suzie (suzie.gardiner@wonderassociates.com) by Wednesday 28 November:

1) Tell us why you would like the job at Wonder? Keep it short and simple.

2) CV clearly stating your skills, current/previous roles, education and explaining any gaps.

3) Testimonials from your clients…share with us the nicest things they say about you.

Interviews will be held w/c 3 December – you must be available to interview in this week as we will be making a decision by Friday 7 December.

No recruitment agencies please…no matter how nice you are to us on the phone.

Henry Moore Institute. National Football Museum. Lyric Hammersmith. National Trust: we’re an established full service agency with tantalizing clients and inspiring briefs for a Mid-Weight designer to join our rapidly growing agency.

Working in a fast-paced environment you’ll have day-to-day responsibility for managing a range of clients and design projects from initial big ideas and concepts, to final executions. Our style is strong, bold and compelling – if this is you, apply today!

Essential criteria for this role:

• 3 to 5 years experience in a full service agency • high working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop (CS5) & Illustrator • able to generate big ideas from a blank page • experience in delivering visual identities, marketing & communications, across print, large format graphics, and digital media including websites, apps and social media • supportive team player, working with other designers, developers & account managers • strong project management skills & able to juggle a number of projects • excellent organiser, who can work under pressure, always with a sense of calm • superb attention to detail – a ‘hawk’ eye when proofing and quality checking • confident communicator with clients and team members • huge amounts of initiative • flexibility – sorry Ms Parton, sometimes it’s not going to be 9 till 5 • love & knowledge of our sectors (desirable): arts, culture, education, leisure, heritage, visitor attractions

Got a special design talent up your sleeve? We’d especially love to meet you if you’ve talents in any of the following: big ideas, digital, 3D & motion.

Position is full-time and permanent, working from our studio in Wilmslow, Cheshire (15 miles from Manchester City Centre). Salary up to £26K, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

How to apply:

We love seeing other designers work, it’s a real pleasure to see so much talent. But for this role, we really are looking for someone special so it is really important that you demonstrate exactly how you meet the above essential criteria in your CV and covering letter.

By request, we are extending the deadline to Thursday 14th June 2012. To apply send all of the below to Suzie Gardiner (suzie.gardiner@wonderassociates.com). Interviews will be held w/c 18 June – you must be available to interview in this week.

1. The very best of your portfolio –showing how you’ve worked across a range of media, highlighting your favourite piece(s) of work and a piece(s) that really got results for your client. Your portfolio must be under 5MB or hosted online. 2. Your CV, outlining all your work experience, clients you worked with, your role, the types of budgets you were responsible were for, explaining any gaps in the dates. 3. A covering letter answering the three following questions: - How would you describe your own personal design style? - What part of the design process do you most enjoy? - Why do you think you would be perfect for Wonder?

We know there is lots of talent out there but unless you meet our essential criteria we will not be able to proceed with your application.