Graphic Designer

Contact:

Stuart Lee
Head of Design
[email protected]

Salary:

£22,000 - £30,000 (DOE)
 

Overview

We are looking for a Graphic Design all-rounder who is enthusiastic, self-motivated, hard-working and is able to hit the ground running within a fast-paced environment. Applicants should be good team players as well as being able to work independently. We’re looking to find someone with strong core artwork and organisation skills that will be used across a diverse range of projects, products and in-house brands both online and offline. You’ll have a real keen eye for detail and be able to work up successful ideas quickly, on time and in line with a varied range of briefs, as well as managing a vast library of assets and product details.

The successful candidate will be able to confidently present their portfolio that displays a breadth of projects showing their best layout, creative ideas and commercially viable outputs.

Job Brief

Working within the company’s Design & Marketing department, the role will consist of working on a range of design and artwork briefs for the company’s multiple brands – always delivering finished artwork to specification, on time and to a highly finished standard.

You’ll be taking direction from our Head of Design and follow your ideas through from concepting to completion with flawless execution. Day-to-day tasks will primarily consist of producing high quality vector artwork, preparation of print and digital publications, photograph re-touching, product mock-ups, graphics for social media posts and website maintenance using a CMS.

Essential Skills and Experience

• A degree or Higher Education Certificate in Graphic Design or similar
• Minimum of 2-3 years experience as an Artworker or Graphic Designer within an Design Consultancy or in-house
• Evidence of producing well-considered, creative and error free work
• Excellent eye for layout, composition and typography with attention to detail
• Evidence of fast turnaround rates and the ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines
• Fluent in Adobe CC –  Illustrator, InDesign & Photoshop absolutely essential
• Able to manage artwork collateral and high degree of retouching skills

Beneficial, but not essential...

• Experience of print and production processes
• Knowledge of basic photography and camera use
• Ability and previous experience of using a website CMS

The Company

Based in both the UK and Europe, this is a fantastic opportunity for a talented Graphic Designer to join a growing yet established company. The right candidate will be working as part of young and vibrant team reporting to the Head of Design. On a day-to-day basis you will work as a team shaping the future of the company and its design, product and marketing strategies.