Are you a strategic creative leader ready to make a real impact? Buro Happold is seeking a Senior Visual Communications Designer to join our in-house Visual Communication for Projects team. This is a unique opportunity to lead high-impact design initiatives across multidisciplinary projects, elevate our creative standards, and mentor a talented team of designers.
The role will be based from out London office with hybrid working.
We are the creative intelligence behind Buro Happold’s visual communications across projects. We fuse design strategy with engineering insight to craft visuals that are not only clear — but compelling, beautiful, and bold. We don’t just support delivery — we shape it. We are visual storytellers, systems thinkers, and creative catalysts. Our work inspires understanding, drives decisions, and elevates the experience of every project.
What You’ll Do
- Support the design and delivery of compelling visual communications—presentations, reports, infographics, illustrations, and digital media.
- Translate complex ideas into clear, engaging visual narratives that align with Buro Happold’s brand and values.
- Operate as a creative strategist with a delivery mindset—developing design standards and processes while engaging directly in project-level creative operations.
- Mentor and manage team members, fostering a culture of creativity and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with project teams and stakeholders to deliver world-class design solutions.
- Explore and implement innovative tools and technologies, including AI, to enhance creative output.
What You’ll Bring
- Proven experience in graphic design, visual communication, and creative leadership.
- A strong portfolio showcasing conceptual thinking, storytelling, and execution across print, digital, and animation.
- Expertise in branding, design systems, and data visualisation.
- Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft PowerPoint; 3D experience is a plus.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive, strategic mindset with a passion for mentoring and innovation.
What we offer you
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities. A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional. #LI-TG1 #LI-Hybrid
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.