Digital Designer London, England
Job description
About Ancestry:
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.
We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.
Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve.
Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.
We are looking for a well-rounded integrated Digital Designer to support the International Marketing team on the newly launched Know your Pet DNA by Ancestry. You will be a key player on a small team creating marketing assets across different markets. You will report to the Creative Director of International who is based in the UK. You will be the solo designer on specific areas of the business, but will sit within the creative team, based in the US.
You will have strong design skills across various areas of design including branding, art direction and concepting. You will work on a mix of projects and assets across the customer journey including onsite landing pages, email design, social media content, product explainers and performance assets. You are proactive and agile. You understand the challenges of a commercial brief and are comfortable working as an individual contributor.
What you will do
You will develop branding and creative concepts for marketing campaigns for Know Your Pet DNA
You will create web design for landing pages, website banners with a focus on UX design
You will create digital marketing assets; static and motion for paid digital adverts, social media, and retail channels
You will work with our CRM Manager on email design
You will create 2D/3D animation/motion graphics eg. animated product explainer videos, motion performance assets
You will artwork images
You will manage a number of design projects simultaneously ensuring deadlines are met
Who you are
You have 6+ years in a similar role
You have a strong portfolio, showcasing a variety of work across platforms (including case studies showing what part you played in the project)
You have creative flair with strong branding experience working on retail/ consumer brands
You have photography/video pre and post-production skills including; storyboarding, design, editing, animation, motion, sound and colour adjustment
You have expert knowledge of Figma, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Creative Cloud, After Effects, Premiere Pro
You love dogs
Desirable but not essential
Video production/directing skills
Print design experience
Benefits
Flexible working, pension, health and dental option, stock, monthly wellness bonus, Employee Assistance Programme, 25 days annual leave plus Christmas off.
Additional Information:
Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, civil status, family status, gender reassignment, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or adjustment to support you during the interview process, please notify the recruiter.
All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.
Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.
