Graphic Designer London, England
Job description
Graphic Designer
Salary details: £31,122- £32,112
35 hours per week, fixed-term 12 months
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has a brilliant opportunity to hire a creative, passionate, and enthusiastic graphic designer with exciting and diverse portfolio, to join the in-house creative team on a 12-month posting.
The role will see you work with services across the Council and contribute to the creation of vital campaigns from concept to delivery. We want someone who is confident in working independently but also eager to work as part of a large creative team, collaborate on briefs and bring fresh ideas into the room.
Your main responsibilities will be:
- Create on-brand visual designs for our campaigns and communications to a high standard
- Collaborate with other team members to deliver large and high-profile projects
- Be a brand guardian for the Council, mastering the guidance and providing advice and support to colleagues, stakeholders, and partners on how to use the brand
- Contribute to the creative stages of campaign planning making recommendations based on knowledge and understandings of current trends and best practice
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Council to keep projects on track and deliver projects as per the brief
- Present design work at various stages to stakeholders for review and final approval
- Bring innovative ideas and creativity to the team
What we are looking for:
- Excellent knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite and a dedication to continue to grow your knowledge and skills
- Experience in design and branding projects, design implementation, print and digital
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- Portfolio full of campaigns, imaginative brands and a strong range of work that shows your skill and creativity as a designer
- Passion for creativity and desire to make a difference through your experience and knowledge
- Strong time-management, team-working and attention to detail
- Desirable, but not essential:
- Motion Design skills and Video editing skills: our creative team has both a full time Motion Graphic Designer and a Filmographer, so any talent in those areas would be desirable
- A knowledge of councils/local government
About the team:
Our team is passionate about the services the Council provides for local residents and we strive to deliver creative excellence on all projects, no matter the size. You will be working alongside a collaborative team of animators, video producers, experienced creative directors, graphic designers, and all-around design enthusiasts.
We offer a vibrant work environment that is stimulating, fast-moving and supportive. This role will give you the chance to use your skills to deliver design for high-profile campaigns in the community.
From the world-famous sights of Greenwich town centre in the west, to Thamesmead in the east and Eltham in the south, our communities are diverse - and want our workforce to reflect and respect this diversity.
We are based in Woolwich, and the role will be hybrid with two days’ working from office required.
We only consider applications that are completed by this application form.
Please do not send cvs as these will not be considered
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Sam Bristow; [email protected] 0208 921 8128
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.
Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.
How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.
Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.
Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.
