Graphic Designer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £25000 – £35000/annum Remote
Do you have a passion for design and a creative flare to inspire others? Do you have the ability to build effective relationships and deliver on expectations? If so, please keep reading as this might be the perfect role for you!
Our client, one of the UK's leading digital agencies, are on the hunt for a talented and creative Graphic Designer to join their team. Working closely with the Head of Design, you will be afforded the freedom and scope to utilise your creative skills to produce stunning visual work for their stellar portfolio of clients and internal agency brand. As Graphic Designer, you will lead the way for design standards; implement new ideas, bring specialist skills and develop the quality of all creative output. You will have demonstrable success in thriving under pressure. Each day will bring new and unique challenges. Therefore, this varied role is suited to an individual who loves all aspects of design, can balance working across multiple projects at any time, and revels in working on creative projects from concept to completion.
Although this role is currently remote, you will have the opportunity to work in a grade A studio environment located in the heart of Preston city centre in a recently refurbished three-storey print house. You'll be joining a team that consistently wins awards and delivers eye-catching work, you will be encouraged to enter your own work for further awards.
This is a Fantastic opportunity to join a leading and award winning agency that offers the scope for personal progression, long-term development and promotion opportunities along with a competitive salary and benefits package.
The Role:
As Graphic Designer, you will produce work for a varied portfolio of clients, owning design projects from brief through to final execution. You will manage creative projects, ensuring brand standards & guidelines are met. You will lead the way for design standards; implement new ideas, bring specialist skills and develop the quality of all creative output. You will have demonstrable success in thriving under pressure. Each day will bring new and unique challenges.
Key Responsibilities:
Producing work for a varied portfolio of clients, owning design projects from brief through to final execution.
Managing creative projects, ensuring brand standards & guidelines are met.
Generating fresh concepts and providing recommendations on how best to approach design projects.
Creative website design and landing pages in line with UI/UX best practises.
Designing for projects including print and digital advertising/marketing campaigns, email banners, infographics, social media posts, collateral and POS. Experience in video (GIFs, short video content and motion graphics) would be very desirable but not essential.
Brand building and development; you will help to conceptualise new brands and evolve our existing ones. This will include creating brand guidelines, new brand assets such as logos, choosing font pairings and developing colour palettes.
Liaise with designers, developers and the wider creative team to execute concepts.
Create and present mood boards and concepts.
Sourcing photography from paid and free image libraries, where required.
Essential Skills:
Experience of working with a marketing/digital agency
A strong portfolio demonstrating experience and your creativity across a variety of projects and outputs
A genuine love for your craft and a desire to deliver high-quality output
Able to work accurately and effectively, demonstrating excellent organisational skills and the ability to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines and budgets
Strong conceptual design skills and the ability to take direction well and understand requirements
Formal design training and 2+ years of proven creative design work experience
Experience delivering creative solutions for a range of businesses and industries
Exceptional UI/UX knowledge and skill to deliver high-quality solutions across all platforms
Strong communication skills to interpret and negotiate briefs with clients, and communicate with internal and external team members
Able to work independently and use creative thinking to solve problems
Software experience of: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch, Zeplin and InVision
Impeccable eye for detail and expertise in layout, typography and imagery
A broad understanding of design techniques, best practice, and limitations. Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
Software experience of: Adobe After Effects, Premiere and XD. Google Web Developer
Motion graphics and 3D illustration/ modelling
The Package:
Competitive salary
Remote / Hybrid working available (Currently fully remote)
The opportunity to develop your career with one of the UK's leading digital agencies
Work with some of the world's biggest brands and be involved with bleeding-edge learning that brings results
Develop your skillset in a challenging and rewarding environment with R&D time and personal development time
Regular wellbeing and mental health support
Untapped scope for growth – You will have the opportunity to develop new skills across the business
A friendly atmosphere where our team of experts are always ready to help
Beer Fridays (once we're back in the office)
Social events such as bowling, go-karting, and paintballing – all the good stuff
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