Graphic Designer Bristol, England
Job description
Are you mad about cinema and passionate about film? Onscreen Magazine has an exciting opportunity for a well-organised and self-motivated Graphic Designer to join our team. We are a national film magazine and print over 600,000 magazines annually that can be found in over 85 cinemas across the UK. Each issue is bespoke to each venue with their own branded cover, contents page, and 3 internal pages.
Onscreen is a 32-page magazine full of engaging content entirely geared to promoting film and the cinemagoing experience. With a primarily bi-monthly print run, the magazine contains previews of all the major forthcoming theatrical releases in a 4-month period (What’s On and Coming Soon), full-page advertorial previews from our contributors (Features), and full-page adverts. Plus, we have our regular fun, creative, and interactive pages too (Guess Who, Trivia, Competition, etc).
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing the pages for the various sections that make up the magazine and ensuring all of the artwork is ready for print, so an understanding of typography and layout is a must. You will be working closely with our Editor, who will supply all of the text and imagery that’s to be placed in the magazine, so there will often be back and forth on content and design. Although there are other team members in the office to bounce ideas off, you will be the sole designer, so you must be self-motivated and comfortable taking the creative lead on all of the different sections from conception to completion.
Each version of the magazine contains local advertisements that you will also be responsible for designing. You will sometimes be provided with content to design the advert, but other times you will need to source this from their websites, social channels, etc in order to design the advert, so initiative is also a must. This requires very good organisational skills to ensure the correct advert is placed in the correct magazine and that they are all signed off before the print deadline. Within the advertising package, some clients additionally take out foyer screen adverts so some knowledge of digital design is desired.
Check out our website to view the latest and past issues of Onscreen Magazine - www.onscreen.online/magazine/
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and creative graphic designer to join a passionate, fun, and energetic team in a relaxed office environment (we even have doughnut Fridays!)
You’ll be employed on a 12-month paternity contract, working 40 hours per week, predominantly Monday to Friday (flexibility is often required to meet key deadlines). The position would start around mid-March for full training and handover. There may be an opportunity to continue with employment after 12 months which can be discussed if you get to interview. You will be entitled to 28 days annual leave.
Essential Requirements
A good candidate would have 3+ years of industry experience and good knowledge of the following tools:
- Adobe Create Suite
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
Skills and Experience
- Able to oversee multiple projects within the magazine from start to finish
- Proactive and self-motivated and able to work to tight deadlines whilst under pressure
- Careful and methodical, with good attention to detail
- Able to follow brand guidelines with excellent eye for detail and typography skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent Photoshop editing skills
- Excellent knowledge of latest version of Adobe CC (especially Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), Acrobat etc
- A portfolio of recent work which demonstrates skills and ability
If this position sounds of interest and you would like to be considered please email your CV and portfolio to Richard Taylor.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bristol: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 24/02/2023
Reference ID: Graphic Designer
Expected start date: 20/03/2023
