Senior Designer (Freelance / 6-Month Contract)

Senior Designer (Freelance / 6-Month Contract)

Head Office - Dublin, Hybrid

Full-time

Fixed-term

About &Open

We're the global gifting platform for companies that care.

Our platform sends gifts globally at scale, while our team guides the process with taste, thought and attention to detail.

Our customers include OpenAI, Hubspot, Revolut and Intercom.

Come and grow with us.

About the team

At &Open, our Creative team is a close-knit group of designers and creatives who dream up and deliver thoughtful gifting experiences for our customers. We work across creative concepts, merchandise collections, product development, production artwork, catalogue content, and Shopify experiences.

We obsess over the details - materials, finishes, decoration methods, packaging, colour, and storytelling - because we believe every element contributes to a gift's emotional impact.

As we continue to scale, we are evolving toward a more product-led and catalogue-first approach while continuing to raise the bar on creativity, taste, and execution.

About the role

We're looking for a highly creative Senior Designer to join the team on a freelance or fixed-term contract basis for approximately 6 months.

This role will focus on leading and supporting creative client briefs - developing strong gifting concepts, curated merchandise collections, and thoughtful creative responses that align with our clients' brands and gifting needs.

We're looking for someone who combines strong creative thinking with a deep understanding of product development and merch. You should be confident not only in building visually strong collections and presentations, but also in understanding what products work commercially, emotionally, and operationally.

You'll act as both a designer and creative partner to clients - translating brand direction, campaign themes, and gifting objectives into compelling, scalable gifting experiences.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoys working across concepting, curation, product development, and presentation.

What you'll do? Creative Briefs and Concept Development

• Lead and support creative responses to client gifting briefs
• Develop thoughtful, brand-aligned gifting concepts and collections
• Build clear creative narratives and collection stories
• Translate campaign themes, brand values, and client needs into gifting ideas
• Present creative thinking confidently internally and externally when needed

Merch and Product Development

• Curate merch collections with a strong understanding of product quality, decoration, materials, and finish
• Develop new product ideas and custom solutions where appropriate
• Collaborate closely with B&M and production teams to ensure concepts are feasible and scalable
• Bring strong awareness of trends, product innovation, and premium merchandise standards

Creative Quality

• Apply a high level of creative judgement across all outputs
• Ensure collections, products, and presentations align with &Open's creative and quality standards
• Push for thoughtful, well-resolved design solutions and product choices
• Collaborate closely with the wider creative team to raise the quality bar across work

What you'll need

• Strong experience in creative design, merch, branding, or campaign-focused design work
• Excellent creative and conceptual thinking skills
• Strong understanding of product development, materials, and decoration techniques
• Ability to curate thoughtful, premium product collections
• Strong presentation and storytelling skills
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Ability to manage multiple briefs and deadlines simultaneously
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• A sharp eye for detail, aesthetics, and visual consistency
• Experience working in branding, merchandise, gifting, retail, or creative agency environments is highly desirable

What success looks like

• Strong, thoughtful creative responses delivered across client briefs
• High-quality, brand-aligned collections that balance creativity with scalability
• Improved quality and consistency of creative output across the team
• New product and collection ideas that strengthen our offering
• Positive collaboration across Creative, B&M, Production, and Content teams
• Efficient delivery of work in a fast-paced environment

Please email your CV, portfolio and a cover letter with why you believe you're a good fit for the role.

Location

Dublin Head Office, Harold's Cross/Hybrid

All Welcome Here Statement

We believe diverse teammates, opinions and backgrounds generate a larger global impact and more considerate acts of care. &Open is an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.