Senior Designer (Type Specialist)

The role

The Senior Designer (Type Specialist) will create bespoke typefaces and typographic systems for global brands. This role involves leading the end-to-end typographic design process and collaborating with international teams across APAC and Europe.

What you will do

• Design, prototype, and develop bespoke typefaces and typographic systems for global clients.
• Lead the end-to-end typographic design process from concept to font mastering.
• Develop and deliver presentations and pitches articulating creative rationale.
• Collaborate with strategists, brand designers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Maintain standards of typographic craft, precision, and consistency.
• Stay current with developments in type, typography, branding, and emerging design practices.
• Design and refine custom wordmarks and lettering.
• Collaborate with international teams to develop multilingual typefaces.

Required qualifications

• Extensive experience in type design.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating technical expertise, creative thinking, and typographic craftsmanship.
• Advanced proficiency in Glyphs.
• Strong technical knowledge of type development including hinting, kerning, interpolation, OpenType features, and font optimisation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Deep understanding of branding and typography as a tool for visual identity.
• Experience managing type design projects for global clients.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and deliver to agreed timelines.
• Excellent command of English.

Nice to have

• Experience across additional scripts and writing systems

About the company

Landor is a world-leading brand expert and part of WPP. They work with clients to define and solve business problems through the lens of brand.