Lead Graphic Designer London, England
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We are looking for a lead graphic designer to bring to life our work in the form of digital assets. You’ll be able to conceptualise content ideas, working with the wider team on one off projects as well as campaigns. You should have strong attention to detail, develop a clear understanding of UKHSA brand guideline requirements and be able to tailor design to modern accessibility requirements whilst still producing vibrant, creative results.
We create lots of digital assets to support our handling of health incidents and emergencies. You’ll input on visualising health data, informing the public on a wide range of public health topics and explaining scientific information to a wide audience. We use these assets across our social channels and create packs for stakeholders. The role is fast-paced and you’ll be comfortable handling multiple projects at once, working closely with the graphic designer, senior creative manager and the wider comms team.
For larger projects, your work may involve assisting on planning and may include storyboarding, mood boards and overall technical delivery advice. You will have line management responsibility for the graphic designer post. We are a close knit team and you’ll have support and plenty of opportunity to discuss briefs and ideas, as well as take the space needed when working on bigger projects.
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Communication and key working relationships
Internal
- Colleagues in the communications department
- Senior policy leaders and directorate leaders
- Scientists and experts
External
- Department of Health, other government departments, NHS, agencies and partners
- Stakeholders including charities
- Other Government design teams
Person specification
Creative management tasks
- To fully understand the core UKHSA brand guidelines and ensure standards are kept throughout all graphic design work
- Working closely with the content team and wider communications colleagues to offer advice on design
- Line management of the other graphic designer in the content team, working together to ensure a strong design service is on offer to the communications team
- Preparing and presenting rough pre-production concept drafts to assist with creative planning
- Collaborating with other people within the Content Team to work on larger projects which require a variety of specialist skills
Professional development
- you should pursue a programme of continuous professional development in accordance with any relevant professional registration or statutory requirements, while maintaining appropriate awareness of service provider requirements
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
The successful candidate will have:
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level
Knowledge and experience - experience as defined by type/level (not length)
- At least four years working in graphic design roles
Skills and capabilities
- Experience and understanding of layout based graphic design work and non-illustrative design
- Extensive experience of Adobe Creative Suite / specialist software for your area of expertise
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with health or science portfolios
Equality and diversity
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
Desirable
- Degree in graphic design or similar
- Professional accredited qualification
- Experience of working in a content production team with a group of creatives
- Experience of line management
- Experience of creating content for different social media sites and an understanding of content optimisation for these platforms
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Managing a Quality Service
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Personal Statement / Statement of Suitability in no more than 1000 words. This should outline how you consider your skills, experience, and achievements, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria outlined above.
You will also be asked to provide information within the ‘Employer/ Activity history’ section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history this will be used in sifting process and will be scored.
Stage 1 – Application & sift:
You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed in line with the advertised criteria.
Applicants are strongly advised to use the essential criteria in the person specification section as sub-headings in the application to make it clear how you meet each of the selection criteria.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to a video interview.
There is a max word limit of 1500 on Health Jobs UK - please only write 1000 words
Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered.
Stage 2 – Interview
All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on a blended interview against behaviour element of Success Profiles.
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
- Seeing the bigger picture
- Managing a quality service
- Changing and improving
- Delivering at pace
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Further information
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email: [email protected]
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website here.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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