Description:
First and foremost, The DPO Centre is a service business. We look only to recruit proactive, motivated, enthusiastic, customer driven, commercially aware team players, who can clearly demonstrate a passion for what they do and therefore offer an ideal fit with our core values and culture.
To support our continued growth, we require a Senior Graphic Designer to provide direct support to our marketing and the digital learning teams. The ideal candidate will have experience in creating static designs for trade show displays, advertisements, brochures and other marketing materials. You will also be able to demonstrate a portfolio of digital designs for websites, email newsletters, social media and email campaigns, as well as graphical assets for the production of explainer videos and tutorials. Your portfolio must be able to demonstrate the ability to create designs that are visually appealing, but also effective at driving engagement.
You will need to demonstrate excellent graphic design skills, and have the ability to create engaging visual material from team briefs. Communications and organisation skills will also be important in this role, as well as the ability to prioritise your workload. The successful candidate will have an appetite for learning and development.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Responsible for providing graphic design support across the business as required by different teams.
- Creating concepts, graphics, and layouts, including decisions on type faces, stock images, readability, and reader demands. Selecting size and placement of copy and illustrative elements, as well as font type and size, in line with the company brand guidelines and values.
- Production of client and internal facing material.
- Adopting graphic design projects and ensuring these are executed from conception through to delivery.
- Collaborating with the wider marketing team to develop visual concepts to be used on social media and all other digital and non-digital platforms.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Education and experience:
- A degree in Graphic Design or related field or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years working within a graphic design role within a B2B environment
- Experience, practical knowledge and a desire to learn is more valued than educational qualifications.
Personal:
- An enthusiastic team player with a 'Can Do' approach and resilient attitude
- Confident, outgoing and highly organised, with drive, initiative and enthusiasm
- A willingness to learn, work hard, contribute to the team and develop new skills
Required Skills:
- Detailed knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro, InDesign) and experience with document design
- Experience creating layouts for the web, digital media and print, and graphical assets for videos
- Managing a brief from concept through to completion
- Appreciation of how AI is affecting graphic design and how it can be utilised to enhance current designs
- An ability to adhere to current brand guidelines, but also evolve the brand appropriately over time
- Excellent IT skills: Full Microsoft Office suite
- Able to maintain confidentiality, whilst instilling trustworthiness
- Adaptability whilst staying calm with challenging deadlines
- Highly organised, structured and disciplined, with great attention to detail
- The ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple active priorities
- Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Advantageous Skills
- Knowledge of the GDPR and UK Data Protection Regulations
- Experience with data visualisation
- Experience working with a Digital Learning team
- Experience of using 3D and video editing software