Creative Designer

Our Media; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Creative Designer in the cycling division, where your design skills will shine across multiple brands. You'll collaborate closely with the Creative Design Lead to produce engaging print and digital content, ensuring high-quality standards. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, balancing in-office collaboration with the flexibility of remote work. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a focus on sustainability, this innovative firm is dedicated to creating a positive impact while fostering a supportive workplace culture. If you're passionate about design and cycling, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Pension contribution matched to 5%

Season ticket loan

Hybrid working pattern

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday

Social committee, regular in-house learning events

4x life assurance

Qualifications

• Proven track record in magazine design and working to high standards.
• Strong portfolio of creative design work, showing an awareness of design trends.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Creative Design Lead with design and production of magazines.
• Create various marketing and digital assets while working closely with the team.

Skills

Magazine Design

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Digital Asset Creation

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Product Photography

Figma

Cycling Market Awareness

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Collaborative Design Tools

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, efficient Creative Designer to join our dynamic team.

Within the cycling division, the Creative Designer will work across three cycling brands, producing 13 editions of each print title a year, alongside digital editions and additional supplements, gifts and digital assets.

The main purpose of the job is to assist the Creative Design Lead with the design and production of the magazines, within the allotted schedules. You will be working closely with the Creative Design Lead to design layouts and covers and help with aspects of production, while also creating various marketing and digital assets. This will include work such as associated supplements, advertorials, subscription pages, inserts, promotions, and assets for internal/external media. You may also assist on studio and location photoshoots.

For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.

Required skills

• Proven track record in magazine design and working to high standards.
• Be competent in the use of Adobe Creative suite, in particular InDesign and Photoshop.
• Experience of creating digital assets for online use.
• Be accurate, creative and self-motivated with a high attention to detail.
• Strong portfolio of creative design work, showing an awareness and interest in design and typography trends, and an ability to incorporate these into your work.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise work according to tight deadlines.
• Ability to foster a positive working environment taking all stakeholders into account.
• Brilliant communication skills.
• Ability to contribute ideas and support the team environment to encourage efficient workflow processes.
• Newsstand and publishing industry experience.
• An understanding of cycling readership and current market trends.
• Product photography and editing experience.
• Passion for cycling and riding experience.
• Experience using collaborative design tools such as Figma.

We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.

We’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established five internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please do let us know [e-mail].

Flexible and hybrid working

We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office.

Our people also benefit from a flexi time policy, and a flexi location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year.

We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.

Company benefits include

• Pension contribution matched to 5%
• Season ticket loan
• Hybrid working pattern, flexi start/finish time
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year
• Social committee, regular in-house learning events
• 4x life assurance

Our values

We strongly believe that work is not just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it.We want our people to thrive and develop, and we want to effect positive change in the world.

To put that spirit at the heart of our business, we co-created a set of values with input from everyone here. Our values are:

• Always curious
• Be the best we can be

We also have a sustainability strategy that is built on five key pillars: Research, Reduction, Recycling, Responsibility, and Reporting. We take pride in our strong partnerships across our complex supply chain to drive emission reductions. Additionally, our office building, Eagle House, is a zero-waste facility powered by solar and renewable energy.

Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media.