Design Assistant Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England
Job description
About British Airways Holidays
At British Airways Holidays our customers and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. We’re one of the UK’s leading and most trusted tour operators, providing holiday packages, hotels, car hire and experiences via ba.com and the British Airways contact centres. From carefully selected hotels to our 24-hour support helpline, we take every element of our customers holidays seriously.
As a subsidiary of BA, we offer the advantages of being a significant part of the UK’s largest airline coupled with all the benefits of being in a smaller company. Our country’s creativity, diversity, style, wit and warmth are the same special qualities that make British Airways Holidays who we are. As our business grows, this is a really exciting time to join our team.
About the role
We are recruiting for a Design Assistant on a permanent, full time basis. This is a new role and an exciting opportunity to join our busy team in creating visual assets for one of the UK’s leading tour operators.
The purpose of this role is to support our Designer in the creation and management of all British Airways Holidays design requirements from across the business, from internal comms to external advertising campaigns.
Key accountabilities include:
- Creating artwork, including layouts, imagery, and copy setting, for a mix of print and digital collateral, ensuring all work is to a high standard
- Contribute to presenting ideas and designs and developing these through research
- Proofing and supply of all artworks, ensuring high quality output
- Adhering to brand guidelines across all design elements and contributing to any design improvements
- Accountable for scheduling and producing to the required timescales
Our essential criteria for this role are:
- Proven experience of using graphic design tools, ideally from Adobe Creative Suite – such as InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, Premier Pro and Acrobat
- Excellent graphic design skills and a good understanding of contemporary design trends
- Proven experience of taking a concept and creating a practical design
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent creativity and innovation
A Graphic Design Degree or other recognised qualifications would also be beneficial.
To help you decide whether you would like to apply for this role, as a guide, a typical salary in this role is around £23,000 - £24,000 per annum (this may vary depending on your relevant skills and experience), plus benefits.
Our offices are based just outside Gatwick Airport and we offer hybrid working (within the UK). Generally, this role works from our offices twice a week, with additional days as needed depending on meetings etc. Office days are co-ordinated so that colleagues in the same team are in the office together to collaborate in person. We usually support new colleagues in the office full time for the first month with us. We offer flexible start and finish times.
Key Benefits
- 25 days holiday per calendar year, plus bank holidays
- Staff travel – from the date you join
- Flexible benefits package including market leading defined contribution pension scheme and generous life assurance cover, plus options such as dental /medical cover, and cycle to work, technology and electric car schemes.
- Hybrid working and flexible start & finish times
- Range of colleague wellbeing and recognition programmes
Closing date for applications is: 3 September 2023
Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.
At BA Holidays we value diversity and encourage a positive and inclusive environment for everyone. Applications from all backgrounds are welcome.
Please see our LinkedIn page to find out a bit about our recent activity!
