Creative Designer / Brand Creative Partner

Architecture, Property & Premium Brand We’re looking for a creative thinker, not simply a graphic designer. Bespoke Architecture is an established New Zealand architectural practice working across high-end residential, multi-residential, commercial architecture, interiors and structural engineering. We have recently evolved our brand and are looking for an experienced **Creative Designer / Brand Creative Partner** who can help us develop it further across our marketing, advertising and client-facing collateral. This is not a role where we send you a completed layout and ask you to make it look better. We want someone who can take an initial idea, understand what we are trying to communicate, develop the creative concept further and turn it into polished, high-end design. We already have a strong brand direction, visual identity and a growing library of material. What we need is a creative partner who can help us refine, extend and consistently apply that identity so everything we produce feels premium, architectural and distinctly Bespoke. For the right person, this has the potential to become a long-term freelance relationship and an extension of our internal marketing team. --- The Role You will work closely with our Marketing Manager, receiving briefs that may range from relatively developed content through to an initial concept, rough layout or marketing idea. Your role is not simply to execute the brief. We want you to understand what we are trying to achieve, then use your own creative judgement to improve how the idea is communicated visually. That may mean: * Developing the original concept further. * Suggesting a stronger visual direction. * Rethinking the hierarchy or structure. * Proposing a more engaging way of presenting the message. * Identifying opportunities to extend one concept across several pieces of collateral. * Challenging an idea where you believe there is a better creative solution. We want someone who is comfortable saying: “I understand what you’re trying to achieve — but here’s how I think we could make it even better.” --- What We Need From You We are looking for someone who can: * Understand an established brand and work creatively within it. * Take rough ideas and turn them into strong visual concepts. * Develop a creative idea rather than simply reproduce instructions. * Refine and improve designs we have already created. * Bring alternative creative approaches when appropriate. * Create sophisticated, editorial-style layouts. * Demonstrate excellent judgement around typography, hierarchy, composition and spacing. * Select and use imagery intelligently. * Think about campaigns as connected pieces rather than isolated designs. * Adapt creative concepts across print, digital and social formats. * Maintain brand consistency across a growing library of material. * Create reusable templates where appropriate. * Prepare professional artwork for both digital and print production. Strong design execution is essential, but creative judgement and conceptual thinking are equally important. --- Types of Work The role will involve a varied range of ongoing design work. Brand & Corporate Collateral * Company profiles. * Capability documents. * Presentation documents. * Business cards and stationery. * Client-facing material. * Templates for ongoing internal use. Architectural & Project Material * Architectural project brochures. * Project case studies. * Project showcase documents. * Builder and developer collateral. * Residential and commercial marketing material. * Interior design collateral. Advertising & Campaigns * Advertising campaign concepts. * Magazine and publication advertisements. * Social-media campaign creative. * Meta advertising assets. * Digital advertising. * Campaign graphics across multiple formats. * Promotional material. Events & Physical Collateral * Event and trade-show graphics. * Home Show material. * Signage. * Pull-up banners. * Display graphics. * Print-ready promotional material. Digital * Website graphics. * Supporting visual assets. * Digital brochures and presentations. * Social campaign assets. * Editable templates where required. There may also be opportunities to contribute to creative concepts for campaigns, launches, events and new areas of the business. The initial work will primarily relate to Bespoke Architecture, with potential for additional work across Home Design Vault and other brands within our business. --- Our Creative Direction Our positioning is: Premium. Considered. Contemporary. Architectural. We are not looking for generic corporate design, templated marketing material or design that relies on decoration for impact. Think: Architecture. Editorial design. Strong typography. Space. Restraint. Beautiful imagery. Intelligent ideas. Our work should feel confident and sophisticated without becoming cold, sterile or unnecessarily minimal. We value designers who understand that sometimes the strongest design decision is knowing what to leave out. The work needs to communicate quality without needing to shout about it. --- What We’re Looking For Ideally, you will have: * A strong portfolio demonstrating high-level creative and graphic design. * Excellent typography and layout skills. * Strong editorial design capability. * Experience developing and extending an existing brand identity. * Experience working with premium or design-led brands. * Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills, particularly: * InDesign * Illustrator * Photoshop * Strong print-production knowledge. * Experience preparing professional print-ready artwork. * An understanding of digital and social advertising formats. * The ability to create editable Canva templates where required by our internal team. * Strong communication skills. * The confidence to contribute ideas rather than simply accept instructions. * The ability to work consistently within an established visual language while still bringing fresh thinking to it. Experience with any of the following wo