Location: Leicester office – 3 day per week, Work from home 2 days per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: .5, Monday to Friday, day hours
Salary: £, to £, per annum + Excellent benefits
Here within Serco Leisure our goal is to encourage active, healthy lifestyles in an environment that is safe, warm, clean, friendly and fun. To be the destination of choice for being part of an active community, whilst helping you to make MORE of every day’.
To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for a Graphic Designer to join our fun and vibrant marketing team.
You will be a mid-weight designer with plenty of experience, who's used to working within a collaborative creative team within a fast-paced marketing department.
Collaborating closely with the Design Lead you will help to bring our brand vision to life through impactful design across various platforms with the ability to flex between different media and disciplines with ease.
The dream candidate will be someone who takes pride in delivering the highest quality work, no matter how big or small the job. This is a fast-moving department supporting all areas of the business. If you enjoy creative problem solving and a variety of work - this could be the role for you.
Role responsibilities…
1. Working within our set brand guidelines and maintaining our brands consistency across all design projects
2. Contribute your creative ideas to projects and campaigns and always thinking how we can improve
3. Create eye-catching marketing materials for both digital and print
4. Deliver creative assets for our Leisure centres and national sports centres ( Centre refurbishments, campaign materials print and digital, video creation and editing)
5. Create assets for Paid Social Media accounts in line with brand guidelines, then tweak and refine them based on performance
6. Collaborate with CRM team to designs for email marketing
7. Assist in maintaining our Asset Banks, keeping them up-to-date and well-organised and fit-for-use at all times
8. Provide design support for our Business Development Team ( Presentations using Microsoft Powerpoint, Pitch Decks and mock ups)
You’ll have…
9. A degree in Design or equivalent
10. A positive disposition and a pragmatic attitude
11. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to express creative ideas
12. Commercial awareness - experience within a brand is plus
13. Excellent knowledge of the Adobe Suite and other creative tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign are a must; bonus points for After Effects and Premiere Pro)
14. Attention to detail and a knack for creative problem-solving
15. The ability to juggle multiple tasks and prioritise
16. A strong creative drive
17. Decent knowledge of MacOS (we're all about that Apple life)
18. Strong typesetting skills and awareness of print-ready processes including first class knowledge of art working large format graphics
19. Holding a driving license is desirable as you will visit leisure sites when required
Personal Qualities…
20. A good creative thinker and design technician with the ability to design competent creative output
21. Ability to work to tight deadlines and support the studio’s workload each day
22. Organised and loves the detail and your attention to it should be second to none
23. An interest in fitness and the leisure industry a bonus but not neccessary
24. A strong team player
25. An ambitious and driven individual
26. Be able to work under pressure to meet the fluctuating workloads and demands of business deadlines
27. Able to think on your feet and see challenges, not problems
28. Open to learning new skills and sharing existing skills
IMPORTANT:
When applying please include some examples of your work along with your cv, only applicants with examples of their work in original application will be considered.
Why Join us
Meaningful and vital work: Working within Leisure means that you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that the communities we serve receive exceptional service and you’ll help to provide our local communities with a safe and fun environment to stay healthy and connected to others.
A world of opportunity: It takes a diverse team to support our Leisure business and we’re big on internal progression. So, whether you specialise your skills, undertake additional training or progress into senior management you’ll find all the opportunity you need to evolve your career.
Great people: Our staff are dedicated to providing the best possible service for our customers and we welcome those who take similar pride in their work.
What we offer
· Free parking on site
· Heavily discounted use of classes and facilities
· Excellent development and training opportunities
· 6% employer matched pension contribution
· days annual leave + bank holidays
· Life assurance up to 2x base salary
· Anytime health line
· Employee assistance programme
· Benefits portal offering discounts on eating out, travel, shopping and entertainment
· A safe and supportive culture
· A chance to make a positive difference
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