Graphic Designer
Salary: £34,000 per annum, plus company benefits
Location: Leeds, LS10 1AB
Contract: Full Time, 12 month Fixed Term contract
Shifts: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 7am until 4pm with 1 hours unpaid lunch break
Work model: Hybrid
Williams Lea seeks a Graphic Designer to join our team!
Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled, technology-enabled, business-critical support services, with long-term trusted relationships with blue-chip clients across investment banks, law firms and professional services firms. Williams Lea employees, nearly 7000 people worldwide, who provide efficient business services at client sites in often complex and highly regulated environments, from centralised Williams Lea onshore facilities, and through best cost company offshore locations.
Purpose of role
The Graphic Designer role develops creative and effective design solutions for customer materials through both print and digital media.
Key responsibilities
1. Conceptualise and produce online and offline collateral for marketing and sales, including original campaigns, direct mail, brochures, print and banner ads, product sheets, PowerPoint presentations and more.
2. Work closely with clients and/or project management teams to understand the client’s business needs.
3. Formulate forward-thinking concepts and render designs for multimedia campaigns while always elevating our client’s brand
4. Responsible for the design and production of a diverse range of graphic, print, and digital media collateral to support client needs.
5. Develop comprehensive multimedia campaigns.
6. Identify fresh and innovative design solutions that push the boundaries of the client brand and explore more effective formats and/or media channels.
7. Understand the restrictions and limitations of the designs deliverable process and manage client expectations (where appropriate).
8. through providing education in relation to design limitation and/or restrictions
9. Responsible for ensuring brand consistency while offering a fresh approach to design, artwork, digital and print output.
10. Provide effective visual solutions by executing client creative requests and creative projects.
11. Ensure that all work is visually appealing and created to specification
12. Ensure that all work produced is to a suitably high standard and within brand guidelines and specifications.
13. Performs Quality Assurance on own and work of others.
14. Interact with clients in person, over the phone or electronically.
15. Adhere to Williams Lea policies in addition to client site policies.
16. Use equipment and supplies in a cost-efficient manner.
Personal attributes
17. Bachelor’s degree in Digital Arts/Graphic Design (or other related field) or equivalent years of experience.
18. 2-4 years of relevant work experience in the graphic design industry.
19. Excellent design knowledge and application.
20. Exceptional visual trouble shooting skills.
21. Ability to storyboard, comp visual ideas within the creative process.
22. Conceptual creative and production skills with a good understanding of layout principles, aesthetic design concepts and typography.
23. Experience creating campaigns and extending the look and feel through various marketing materials.
24. Able to complete tasks within tight schedules and under strict layout controls.
25. Strong verbal communication skills; dependable, detail-oriented, and well organized.
26. Strong presentation skills.
27. Proven skills in the latest Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and Microsoft Office, including Power Point
28. Web design experience is a plus.
29. Experience working in both in an agency and/or corporate environment preferred.
30. Motivated, organized, and flexible.
31. Must be able to meet deadlines and complete all projects in a timely manner.
32. Ability to handle sensitive and/or confidential documents and information.
33. Able to make independent decisions that conform to business needs and policy.
34. Good problem-solving skills, with the ability and understanding of when to escalate a problem to a supervisory level.
35. Must work well in a team environment.
36. Must be able to interact effectively with multi-functional and diverse backgrounds.
37. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Rewards and Benefits
We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
38. 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays(pro-rata for part time roles)
39. Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
40. Life Assurance
41. Private Medical Insurance
42. Dental Insurance
43. Health Assessments
44. Cycle-to-work scheme
45. Discounted gym memberships
46. Referral Scheme
You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!
Equality and Diversity
The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.
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