Graphic Designer / Full Time / Paid
Manchester Greater Manchester UK
WDC Creative began life in 2001 and quickly became a key design partner for many leading brands, including ASICS, P&O Ferries, and Chelsea FC. We have an interior design team, plus a graphics and digital team who support a wide range of clients, We now want to add to our growing team with a Graphic Designer.
Role Details
Graphic Designer.
WDC Creative (wdc-creative.com) began life as West’s Design in 2001 and quickly became a key design partner for many leading brands, including ASICS, P&O Ferries and Chelsea FC. In 2013 it was rebranded to WDC Creative to reflect the fact we are more than a family business. We have an interior design team working on 3D design projects, plus a graphics and digital team who support a wide range of clients.
We’re looking for a digitally-confident graphic designer to join the team at WDC Creative in Manchester – although with the current backdrop we’re all working remotely right now! A positive ‘can-do attitude’ is essential, as is the ability to work quickly under pressure with constant attention to detail, whilst always striving to deliver the highest standard of creative work. We always start any design work by thinking about the needs of the end-user and we’re looking for someone who shares this passion for human-centred design.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly team, working on a diverse range of design and digital projects for clients across a variety of sectors and disciplines. We’re looking for someone initially for a 3-month contract, with the potential to extend into a permanent role for the right person.
Responsibilities & duties:
Work alone or with our talented creative and client services teams – and occasionally external specialists – to create outstanding creative solutions
Be involved at all stages of the creative process – from interpreting a brief, through to creating concepts, setting the visual style, and delivering creative to the required formats and technical standards
Use your experience, knowledge and passion to actively contribute to team creative ideation sessions and, when appropriate, share ideas and creative with clients
Take ownership of multiple tasks, projects and priorities to ensure they are all delivered on time and to the highest possible standard
Skills:
Degree level education or equivalent in a relevant discipline
A genuine passion for all things design related, with a desire to push the boundaries of design
Highly developed layout, colour and typography skills combined with an organised approach
Advanced Mac skills and technical knowledge in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign are essential
Working knowledge of other Adobe Creative Cloud applications and workflows would be advantageous
Experience of working within the parameters of corporate branding guidelines
Agency experience a bonus.
What we can offer you:
A business that will support your ambition, giving you the opportunity to develop this role in line with your skills.
A growing creative agency which prides itself on the quality of its creative output
A great selection of clients to work with – no day is ever the same (and you won’t get bored!)
A collaborative, inclusive, supportive and flexible working environment – we understand the importance of give and take and recognise that we need to work together to get the best results
Generous 28 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), competitive salary
Contract length: 3-6 months
Salary: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
COVID-19 considerations:
All team members are being asked to work from home for the time being, although we have already put in place a number of health & safety adjustments within our design studio in preparation for our return, hopefully by Spring 2021.
Skill/Attributes Required
-Degree level education or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
-A genuine passion for all things design related, with a desire to
push the boundaries of design
-Highly developed layout, colour and typography skills combined
with an organised approach
-Advanced Mac skills and technical knowledge in Illustrator,
Photoshop and InDesign are essential
-Working knowledge of other Adobe Creative Cloud applications
and workflows would be advantageous
-Experience of working within the parameters of corporate
branding guidelines
Apply/Respond by:
06/01/2021
Send: CV/Resume
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