Graphic Designer Bristol, England
Job description
Role: Graphic Designer
Location: Bristol – City Centre
Salary: £26,000 - £32,000 (DOE)
About GDS:
GDS Group is a global B2B solution provider of insight, content, pipeline growth, production studios and creative services delivered through our virtual platforms and face-to-face experiences.
Founded on our thirty years of expertise, our mission is to be our client’s pipeline partner by bringing business solutions and targeted audiences together within dynamic environments.
Being a technology pioneer and marketing services provider, we produce unique immersive experiences and create unparalleled access to industry thought leadership to enable transformation within their organizations.
Trusted by the world’s leading brands, we connect c-suite executives, using real-life, real-time human interactions, to help solve their shared challenges and accelerate projects, so together, we outpace the speed of change.
The role
We are seeking a talented graphic designer to join our growing in-house team at GDS. This is a really varied role and you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects. Therefore we are looking for candidates who have a compelling portfolio demonstrating their design skillset.
Responsibilities
- Producing great creative content across digital and print, with the ability to be both meticulous and work at speed.
- Managing your own conflicting deadlines and working with internal stakeholders to prioritise and plan workloads.
- Owning the entire design process from brief through to delivery and effectively managing each step along the way - providing creative concepts, developing designs, and artworking for implementation.
- Working closely with colleagues throughout the briefing and delivery stages, using kick-off meetings, mock-ups, and mood boards to work through ideas together.
- Exploring different media including photography, graphics, animation and film, to meet the needs of individual briefs.
- Staying up to date with change and progress within the design and marketing industry and seeking opportunities to integrate this into your work.
- To have a flexible and supportive approach with the ability to deliver large scale well-briefed jobs as well as smaller, short-notice ad-hoc jobs when the business require
About You:
- A minimum of 2+ years of industry experience
- A compelling portfolio demonstrating strong graphic design skills
- A robust understanding of typography, layout and design which you will be able to deploy quickly and accurately
- Knowledge of the Adobe Creative suite, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- Experience with 3D or motion design would be an advantage.
- Experience of working in a collaborative environment to generate creative ideas and concepts to fulfil the brief
- You have the ability to deliver projects to deadlines and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
- You have the ability to work collaboratively and take feedback on board
- You are a team player, self-motivated with a strong focus on delivery
- You are an ambitious and enthusiastic person
GDS Group offers:
- Ongoing training. Throughout your career at GDS Group you'll receive continued career development support from our management team
- Exceptional career progression. We're ever-evolving, if you work hard and do well - with our help and support there are no artificial limits to your speed of progress
- Global opportunities. We are a global company with offices in Miami, NY and Bristol - that means great scope for our staff as well as opportunities to travel
- Free Health & Wellness Classes (Kettlebells, Yoga) Available to all.
- Fresh Fruit Boxes Available to all Staff
- Organized Staff Days Out.
