About Playtech 
Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7,000 employees across 20 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence driven gambling software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo, and poker. It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling technology through its integrated platform technology, Playtech ONE. Playtech ONE delivers data driven marketing expertise, single wallet functionality, CRM and responsible gambling solutions across one single platform across product verticals and across retail and online.

Playtech partners with and invests in the leading brands in regulated and newly regulated markets to deliver its data driven gambling technology across the retail and online value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis to the industry's leading retail and online operators, land-based casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries. Playtech directly owns and operates Snaitech, the leading sports betting and gaming company in online and retail in Italy.www.playtech.com

Due to continued growth, we're looking for a Lead designer to join our team. You will be part of the team responsible for the day to day running of our design team across multiple brands. Working alongside the Campaigns Manager you will ensure all design work is produced to the highest standards and aligned with the company's brand. The Lead Designer should be a highly creative, ‘hands on’ individual capable of 360-degree thinking, who can effectively collaborate with others and provide leadership and support to the team, and maximise the potential of the design team by mentoring and developing them. 

Working with the Campaign Manager and marketing agencies you will also help with the rollout new brands as well as rebrands, while shaping the look and keeping up to standard the already established brands within the business. 

This will be a perfect junior management role, the next stop for a senior designer.  

Your Role: 

• Lead and manage a small team of graphic designers, providing guidance, feedback, and support to ensure the team's success. 
• Be a brand guardian of all design assets - ensure the team are designing within the guidelines of the brands on a day-to-day basis. 
• Introduce and deliver brand consistency across all design touch points. 
• Assist in rollout of the new brands and help shaping the existing brands. 
• Implement best practices, tools and processes to ensure optimal workflows are in place. 
• Lead by example -  the design you create will always be above the standard required. 
• Capability of looking at the bigger picture and diving into detail. 
• Solve difficult design problems and create frameworks from these design solutions. 
• Manage priorities and workloads to enable the team to deliver for each department with the set delivery times. 
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to make the best work happen. 
• Provide constructive critiques and feedback to the team, fostering a collaborative and creative working environment. 
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while prioritising tasks and resources efficiently. 
• Stay informed about the gaming industry and competitors' design strategies, incorporating relevant insights and trends into design work. 
• Ensure compliance with copyright and licensing restrictions for all design assets.  

• Previous experience in working in a design team within gaming industry. 
• Excellent understanding of design principles, typography, colour theory, and visual composition and a keen eye for details. 
• Solid knowledge of digital design, print design and animation - ability to design a wide variety of marketing assets, including website banners, emails, social media ads, event signage, landing pages, pitch decks etc. depending on the needs of the business. 
• Expert-level experience in graphic design software such as, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign. 
• Good knowledge and understanding of animation software such as After Effects or other. 
• Good understanding of UI/UX design principles and techniques. 
• Good hardware skills to ensure the team can be supported.  
• Experience and ability in creating and implementing custom templates to improve workflow and efficiency. 
• Proven track of graphic designing experience and a portfolio to demonstrate all the above. 
• Experience in workplace mentoring - being a good leader and supporter. 
• Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines. 

Job perks:

• Private comprehensive worldwide health and dental insurance,
• 20 vacation days + 12/13 bank holidays
• Complimentary breakfast, lunch, fruit, snacks, unlimited hot and cold drinks and more at our in-house canteen
• Many opportunities to socialise with your colleagues throughout the year, with many Company parties, events, team building activities, CSR initiatives and more!
• Free parking at Alcaidesa Car Park in La Linea de la Concepcion (for employees who reside in Spain outside of the La Linea area)
• A chance to level-up, with many learning and development opportunities available to all team members
• An investment in your mental and physical health, with a fully subsidised gym membership, as well as a free subscription to Headspace; the mindfulness meditation app.

We also offer a competitive salary, bonus scheme, pension program as well as a fantastic team culture. In addition, you'll get the opportunity to work in the gaming industry with one of the top teams in the sector. You'll get the chance to grow as a professional as well as the opportunity to invest in your educational growth. Playtech is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all interested candidates. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected]. Unless otherwise instructed, we will retain your details on file for 6 months in accordance with GDPR requirements.​​​​​​