Design Project Manager/ Studio Coordinator (Fractional | Fixed-Term Contract)

September 2026

Design Project Manager — Job Specification

BrandSensory

About BrandSensory

BrandSensory is a brand strategy and design agency specialising in sensory and emotion-led design for premium brands. We work across hospitality, food & beverage, leisure and retail, helping ambitious UK brands build identities and holistic client experiences that engage every sense.

We're looking for an organised, process-driven design project manager to own the running of a client's new design ticketing system, working closely with our design resource and the client's marketing team.

Role Snapshot

Job title	Design Project Manager / Ticketing Coordinator
Contract	Fixed-term maternity cover contract — initially 6 months, with the possibility to extend to 12 months
Hours	0.5–1 day per week, dedicated to one client account
Rate	TBC
Location	Remote
Reporting to	The directors, working closely with the client's Head of Marketing
Start date	As soon as possible

The Role

You'll manage the design ticketing process for our client, a UK luxury hotel group, ensuring every request is handled quickly, clearly and to brand standard. Responsibilities include:

• Assessing and filtering incoming design requests, assigning to the right resource
• Writing briefs for marketing-led initiatives
• Liaison with requesters on clarity and approvals
• QA against brand and technical guidelines before sign-off
• Final approval with the Head of Marketing
• Reporting and system management

About You

• Experience in a design project management, traffic or studio coordination role, ideally within an agency or in-house creative team
• Comfortable working across Adobe Creative Suite and Canva, with enough design fluency to assess quality and brand compliance
• Highly organised and process-driven, confident managing a ticketing/workflow system independently
• Strong written communication — able to write clear creative briefs and liaise confidently with clients and stakeholders
• Collaborative, friendly and client-facing, calm under pressure and comfortable juggling multiple live requests
• Experience with premium or luxury brands desirable, ideally hospitality, food & beverage, leisure or retail
• Fluent English written and oral skills, able to articulate design concepts clearly and communicate effectively