Creative Designer (Zero-hours contract)
Hourly rate: £28 -£30 an hour plus additional holiday pay
Location: London
Contract: Zero hours
Shifts: Various
Work model: Onsite
Williams Lea seeks a Graphic Designer to join our Relief 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:
Our relief team offers a flexible solution to Williams Lea, often working on critical projects on client sites. As a Creative Designer within our relief team, you will be working various shifts covering holidays and sickness to ensure our services are fully staffed across multiple office locations in London, sometimes at short notice.
Your role will be varied depending on the needs of the individual client projects and every task which is undertaken must be delivered with an exceptional customer service approach.
You will demonstrate excellent client and team focus, be an all-round team player with the ability to support in various areas and show experience of providing creative and innovative proposals, with our core focus being to deliver high quality corporate information for our clients.
The Designer will work on a variety of print and digital projects. Using InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, this role requires you to work at pace with keen attention to detail. As the Designer you will use your eye for detail and software knowledge to produce and deliver projects including business brochures, advertising, press inserts, web graphics, infographics and a variety of other print-based design work from brief through to print.
We are looking for someone with a ‘can-do’ attitude, willing to put forward ideas and have a keen eye for detail. Ensuring that all work sent out is to the highest standard and within brand guidelines. The candidate should be an extremely organised and dedicated individual with strong communications skills.
Key responsibilities:
1. Production of high-quality print and digital materials, including multimedia or complex PowerPoint
2. Work on multiple projects simultaneously, adhering to project timelines and deadlines.
3. Ensure compliance with brand guidelines, legal requirements, and industry standards.
4. Regular interaction with clients, as well as close collaboration with your creative colleagues, bringing a breadth of creativity and innovation to the team.
5. Working in a highly compliant environment, you will provide a seamless service that surpasses client briefs, whilst ensuring the delivery of on-brand creative material
6. Building strong client relationships with key stakeholders and relevant support teams, as is your ability to win client work and grow your service
7. Advising clients on print, layout, branding and deadlines.
8. Quality checking high-quality design, artwork within Client brand guidelines and to approved briefs and timescales
Key competencies:
9. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in graphic design
10. In depth understanding of print and design processes
11. Excellent typography and layout skills
12. Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud – InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
13. Advanced knowledge of PowerPoint
14. Experience creating and editing iPDF documents
15. Working knowledge of HTML and CSS would be an advantage
16. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
17. Strong organisation skills and the ability to prioritise effectively
18. Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst under pressure
19. Must be able to work on their own initiative
20. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
21. High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
Personal attributes:
22. Creative and original, able to generate unique and visually compelling designs.
23. Passione for design with a desire to stay up to date on industry trends and constantly looking for ways to improve skills.
24. Excellent attention to detail, ensuring precision in layouts, typography and colour choices.
25. Adaptability – Able to adjust to different design styles, trends, and client needs.
26. Strong communication skills and ability to effectively translate ideas into visuals.
27. Able to find creative solutions to design challenges.
28. Excellent time management. Able to manage multiple projects and efficiently meet deadlines.
29. Self-motivated - able to work independently and take ownership of projects.
30. Resilient and receptive to feedback.
31. A team player.
32. Flexibility regarding working hours.
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:
33. 25 days holiday pay, plus bank holidays (dependant on hours worked)
34. Referral Scheme
35. Gym discount
36. Access to all Williams Lea internal job opportunities
37. Access to Learning Lounge and our internal training suite
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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