Senior Creative Artworker Northampton, England
Job description
Department: Studio
Scope: Shopper, Experiential, Branding, B2C, BTB
Reporting to: Creative Director or Creative Lead
Potential Line Reports: None
Workload managed & planned by: Resource Managers, Creative Leads
Required Experience
- Hi-Res artwork ready content for consumer orientated brands
- Digitally savvy: Content for most of these: Web, social media, apps, media screens
- Artwork for print across mixed media
- Packaging & complex POS artwork
- 4+ Years in Agency or In-House roles as Mid-Weight Artworker, or above
- 4+ Years daily & thorough use of InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
- 4+ Years Mac OS
- 4+ Years of working alongside / with Senior Designers, Creative Leads, Art Directors
- MIS and workflow platforms
Advantageous Experience
- Multi-page presentation PPT decks
- ISO accredited working standards
- Working with Developers on digital content
- Lo-Fi Wireframes
- Hi-end retouching
- Graphic animation through After Effects
- 3D modelling or Motion Graphics
- Illustration (Vector or other medium)
Responsibilities
- Self-starting* on perfecting visual content for final output, distribution, and reproduction
- Self-starting* on adaptation of exiting designs
- Self-starting* on new derivative designs, where concept and overall themes have been set
- self-starting = getting under the skin of a requirement and convincing stakeholders the best courses of action without the need for management or more senior approval and guidance
- Consistently high level of same-day turn-around output
- Estimating given tasks against deadlines with consistent accuracy
- Efficiency of roll-out of content creation
- Advise, guide, and recommend effective methods of content creation
- High level of visual crafting - based on direction given by Creative Directors and Art Directors
- Support designers in how to realise designs through to Hi-Res appropriately
- Quality control & validation of colleagues output
- Identify where design decisions require escalation and direction, and seek out accordingly
- Work with suppliers to unfold best working practices
- Asset navigation efficiency
- Traceable and meticulously consistent / logical file-naming / asset linking methods
- Providing de-brief commentary on state of the job
Skills to be used
- Digital Artwork for print and digital mediums
- Replicate Low-Res visions as Hi-Res perfection
- Typographic & Layout design where required
- Attention to every detail
- Getting under the skin of a brief, and providing clarity and vision
- Managing expectations across multiple stake holders
- Note taking - listening - effectively communicating
- Asset navigation efficiency through meticulous and logical file structuring and naming conventions
Attendance & contribution
(Virtual or F2F)
- Company Huddles
- Planning meetings
- Briefing Meetings
- Delivery Teams around process & efficiency ways of working
- Performance Reviews & Check-ins
- Hub (office) attendance as necessary
- Social events
- Agency Away Days
Compliance:
- Departmental Process
- Staff Policies
What we will offer you
We know this is a people industry and reward our team for the value they bring, and we know that this goes way beyond just salary. We have employee wellbeing right at the heart of our people agenda and strive to offer working arrangements and benefits that keep our teams engaged, dynamic and firing on all cylinders!
At HRG you dont just get paid, we offer so much more! Here are just some of the things you can expect when you join the team:
Making work fit around the ever-changing and demanding needs of life; We offer flexible working or hybrid work arrangements (part office, part remote) for all roles that can be performed effectively this way.
Ensuring you get adequate rest for all you give; We understand that breaks from work are vital and therefore offer a competitive holiday entitlement of 28 days per annum plus bank holidays. In addition, we give you the day off on your birthday!
Protecting your future; Life Insurance, Income Protection and Contributory Pension are all benefits that form part of our offer.
Keeping you and your family well; Private medical insurance, staff trained in mental health first aid and a whole host of external support services are offered to all our staff and their immediate family members.
Sharing the success; If the company performs well against target, then the team that got us there reap the benefits via an Annual Company Bonus Scheme. We also have regular team building and social events simply to say Thank You to our staff.
We develop you; We have plenty of personal development mentoring/development opportunities across our global network of agencies based in 35 countries worldwide. There is no need to stand-still if you dont want to!
Get Home Safe policies; At times you may be asked to visit clients, suppliers or trade events which could mean late or even overnight travel. In light of this we have a series of policies which put your safety first when travelling or staying in hotels home or abroad.
To apply for this role please email your CV together with a covering letter to
