Graphic Designer - Middleweight

Graphic Designer

£46,000

12 month contract

London

Hybrid working

Large international law firm are looking for a middle weight Graphic Designer to join their in-house corporate design team on an initial 12 month contract with a view to be made permanent.

The working hours will be 9am - 5:30pm on a full-time basis. The position is hybrid working of 3 days in the London office, and 2 days working from home. The firm are based in beautiful offices in the City of London.

The position will be working in the Brand and Marketing Operations team which looks after events, design, website, email marketing and the CRM system. The team, who are based in London, work globally to support the firmwide business plan and the practical implementation of all firmwide, sector initiatives and marketing activity.

This new contract position will be working within a design team of 4 alongside a senior design and design manager, you will be one of the principal brand guardians, responsible for ensuring that their marketing collateral, supports and delivers against the firm's business objective to be a leader in its chosen sectors of focus.

Within the role you will be collaborating with a wide range of people of varying degrees of seniority including partners, associates and others. Core aspects of the role include, but are not limited to:

·The design and production of a wide range of print and digital based core marketing materials including, client bulletins and briefings, brochures, guides and co-branded articles.

Other materials could include advertising, event materials, banner/exhibition stands, presentations, business development materials, promotional goods, posters, flyers and other ad hoc projects as necessary.

·Maintaining asset libraries containing both staff and sector based photography.

·Working with both internal and external print suppliers, to produce materials in a timely manner, and ensuring that deadlines for production are met.

·Maintaining the firm's brand guidelines, including best practice, ensuring that they develop in line with the firm's growth and needs.

·Working with lawyers and members of the Marketing & Business Development team to ensure that all marketing collateral harnesses cross-sell opportunities where appropriate.

·Exploring new creative ideas and opportunities, pushing the brand with innovative design ideas, whilst ensuring that all marketing collateral (external and internal) reflects the firm's brand attributes and conveys key messaging in a professional manner.

·Monitoring changing trends in both print and digital spaces, including competitor activity, and make recommendations for developments the firm should make as appropriate.

This firm re looking for a corporate Graphic Designer who is flexible and have demonstrable design skills. A qualification in Graphic Design or equivalent and/or experience in designing for a corporate audience is essential. The firm is going through a period of rapid growth, so the ability to cope with change and a variable workload, whilst delivering a consistently high-quality output is essential.

Technical skills required:

• Adobe CC (including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat)
• Working knowledge of HTML
• Microsoft Office (specifically Word and PowerPoint, Excel knowledge an advantage)

This role would suit a generalist designer / artworker with experience working within a corporate professional / financial services background.

This impressive law firm are offering a starting salary of £46,000 plus an impressive perks and benefits package. The working hours will be 9am - 5:30pm on a full-time basis. The position is hybrid working of 3 days in the London office, and 2 days working from home. To apply for this new 12-month contract position please send your CV to Gemma HYF today.