Creative Designer

Mapyx Limited; North East; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare design agency is seeking an experienced Creative Designer to join their Communications and Marketing team. This role involves producing innovative designs for various media, managing projects, and maintaining corporate branding for the NHS Business Services Authority. The ideal candidate will have strong creativity, organizational skills, and experience in a busy design environment. A hybrid working arrangement is available.

Benefits

Hybrid working

27 days leave plus 8 bank holidays

Development opportunities

Wellbeing and inclusion networks

Excellent pension

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee Assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a busy design or communication environment.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks with competing priorities.
• Strong knowledge of design and branding.

Responsibilities

• Produce creative designs for NHSBSA communications and marketing.
• Manage projects from brief through to completion.
• Maintain the NHSBSA corporate identity and style guide.

Skills

Creativity

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Experience in design/comms

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Social media platforms

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge? Were looking for an experienced, talented and passionate Creative Designer to join our busy Communications and Marketing team. Working within the Design Team youll provide creative design services across all NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) services.

Your knowledge, drive and creativity will be key to designing content and publications to be used across all communication channels. This will include designing social media outputs, templates, presentations, infographics, videos, photography, corporate reports, podcasts and newsletters.

You will manage jobs from brief through to completion, working collaboratively with colleagues to support the delivery of the NHSBSAs strategy.

If you are creative, organised, have experience of working in a busy design / communication environment we would love to hear from you.

What do we offer?

• Hybrid working offering flexibility to work predominantly from home with the opportunity to be office based should you prefer, or if business needs require it
• 27 days leave (increasing with length of service) plus 8 bank holidays
• Opportunities for development
• Active wellbeing and inclusion networks
• Excellent pension
• Various salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee Assistance programme, offering free 24/7 support for you and your loved ones
• Access to a wide range of benefits and high street and online discounts
  
  

Work within the Communications Team to understand where creative design can proactively support and deliver innovative, engaging design solutions and materials to meet their requirements.

Produce artwork for both print and digital campaigns, and marketing initiatives, working to project plans and meeting deadlines.

Producing creative, clear and accessible design solutions

Working with external stakeholders and subject matter experts as appropriate to create design solutions that meet their requirements.

Working with internal stakeholders including other NHSBSA directorates to create design solutions that meet their requirements.

Keeping abreast of emerging technologies and techniques in new media, with a particular focus on and drive towards digital solutions.

Working with a wide range of media and visual assets including design concepts, illustration, infographics, video and photography.

Developing a clear understanding of accessibility requirements and advise the wider Communications and Marketing team as needed.

Here at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), what we do matters.

We manage the NHS Pension scheme, process prescription payments and much more. Our services are used by NHS organisations, contractors and the public: were proud to be part of something meaningful, that touches millions of lives.

We design our services around customer needs and place people at the heart of our organisation. Thats why when you join us, youll be empowered and supported to help your career grow.

As one of the UKs Best Big Companies to work for, were connected to our values: Collaborative, Adventurous, Reliable and Energetic. We care about our people, our purpose, and your progress.

We strive to offer a fantastic colleague experience, where every colleague is heard, supported and respected. Wellbeing, diversity and inclusion is at the centre of this, and you can join our Lived Experience Networks who help us bring our authentic selves to work.

Were committed to being a flexible employer and we try to offer a working pattern that suits you where possible, through hybrid working, flexible hours and more.

Alongside a competitive salary with pay progression, we offer a people-centric benefits package, connecting you to the rewards and benefits you value most!

Ready to join us in delivering business service excellence to the NHS, helping people live longer, healthier lives? Apply today and see where the NHSBSA can take you.

We are people connected to care.

The purpose of this role is to provide professional Design Services to the Communications and Marketing Team.

The post holder will report to the Senior Creative Designer and is responsible for designing content and publications to be used across all the NHSBSAs communications channels in support of the delivery of the business strategy. This includes designing templates, formatting presentations, creating infographics, videos, photography, corporate reports and newsletters. They will be responsible for managing the NHSBSAs visual asset library by filing images downloaded from our online resource as well as any NHSBSA photography.

The post holder will be responsible for taking responsibility for design jobs and managing them from brief through to completion. They will also help to manage the NHSBSA corporate identity and branding and ensure that corporate communications material across the NHSBSA is fully compliant.

They Will Need To

• be creative
• be well organised with an attention to detail and a planned approach to work
• have experience working in a busy design / communication environment
• be able to handle multiple tasks with competing priorities.
  
  

In this role, you are accountable for:

• Managing the NHSBSAs corporate identity responsible for helping to maintain the corporate identity style guide, advising on brand usage and ensure consistency of corporate branding and identity, including with external suppliers.
• Leading work within a team to producing artwork for both print and digital campaigns, and marketing initiatives, helping to develop project plans and meeting deadlines.
• Working with the Social media Team to produce artwork for use across all the NHSBSA Social media channels.
• Supporting the Media and Campaigns Officers to deliver integrated communications campaigns by producing artwork for both print and digital campaigns, social media channels and marketing initiatives.
• Working with the Internal Communications Team to produce artwork for internal newsletters, The Hub, Yammer and other channels as they are developed.
• Working with the Marketing Team to produce collateral for exhibitions such as stand designs, leaflets and other merchandising materials.
• Producing creative, clear and accessible design solutions
• Working with external stakeholders such as the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, NHS Digital and subject matter experts as appropriate to create design solutions that meet their requirements.
• Working with internal stakeholders including other NHSBSA directorates to create design solutions that meet their requirements.
• Producing and maintaining a visual asset library by filing images downloaded from our online resource as well as any NHSBSA photography.
• Liaising with external design agencies, printers, photographers and videographers to advise on NHSBSA brand usage.
• Keeping abreast of emerging technologies and techniques in new media, with a particular focus on and drive towards digital solutions.
• Working with a wide range of media and visual assets including design concepts, illustration, infographics, video, photography and podcasts.
• Developing a clear understanding of accessibility requirements and advise the wider Communications Team as needed.
• Managing own workload, delegating to the Creative Design Assistant and reviewing outputs.
• Deputising for the Senior Creative Designer as and when needed to manage workloads.
• Management of projects from brief through to presentation of completed design concepts
• Ensuring the NHSBSAs narrative and image is used consistently across all communications work by adhering to the brand guidelines.
• Delivering presentations to the wider Communications Team as needed on subjects that affect them, such as changes to design processes or legislation, such as changes to accessibility regulations.
• Engaging 1 on 1 with stakeholders, both internal and external to discuss design briefs, working with them to advise on the best approach to take (format, channels to be used etc.) and agree deadlines.
  
  

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