graphic designer Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Job description
Graphic Designer and Marketing Lead
Job Summary:
Newcastle Furniture Centre has a brand new opportunity for someone to lead on our Graphic design and marketing strategy. You will be designing and delivering our core digital and print material to help us scale up and reach more customers than before. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a strong attention to detail and an ability to work independently.
Who are we?
We are Newcastle Furniture Centre and we have been providing the people of the North East with luxurious and affordable home furnishings for over 30 years.
Founded in 1992 at our first site and still our head office today on the Bentinck Road, we are the longest serving furniture company in the North East and have built a fantastic reputation amongst our customers, but we are ready to do much more.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Director and based at our head office you will be responsible for:
- Designing a consistent and effective marketing and advertising strategy
- Implementing and managing the strategy across all relevant platforms
- Analysing the impact and reach of advertising and marketing
- Managing and making decisions on the department budget
- Keeping our current customers engaged by designing newsletters and materials to update them on new stock and offers
- Creating eye catching promotional materials and campaigns (print and digital) to showcase our luxurious and versatile stock
- Supporting the retail and trade sales teams to design and update relevant marketing collateral for the showrooms and client meetings such as brochures, flyers etc.
- Managing customer engagement across platforms and forwarding sales leads to relevant sales team
- Supporting the rebuild project for our website and managing the design, content and updates once up and running.
- Other duties as assigned by management
Who are we looking for?
Whilst we do have some requirements in regards to experience, we are most interested in finding someone who is enthusiastic, passionate, and confident to come up with new ideas and execute them. We would like to see:
- Demonstrated experience using Adobe suite including InDesign, Photoshop and illustrator
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field preferred.
- Experience creating campaigns and can demonstrate that experience
- 1-2 years of experience in a creative role preferred.
- Experience working in retail of some kind
- Ability to multitask to meet deadlines
- Manage own workload and schedule
What you’ll get in return:
- Competitive salary
- Bonus scheme
- 28 days holiday
- Free onsite parking
- Pension scheme
- 30% company discount
- Choice of technology to work from
To apply please send a copy of your CV and portfolio or examples of your work.
Job Types: Full-time, Graduate
Salary: £18,000.00-£20,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:
- Graphic design: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
