Graphic Designer

This is HUB; Calverley; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (3 days office/2 days W

Laptop provided

Birthday off

Free parking

Lunches & socials

EAP

Discounts on travel & dining

Job summary

HUB is looking for a talented graphic designer to join our busy creative department in Leeds. The role involves producing assets for campaigns across digital and offline media, and creating engaging, responsive designs for website pages and digital journeys.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in graphic design, ideation, and user-centred web design principles, with experience delivering to deadlines and collaborating with clients and a creative team at HUB.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and After Effects.
• Strong portfolio showing graphic design, branding, and digital campaigns.
• Experience working with clients and delivering to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Meet clients or account managers to discuss objectives and requirements.
• Estimate time required to complete a job.
• Develop and pitch design briefs for website and digital projects.
• Think creatively to produce new ideas, UX solutions and responsive web layouts.
• Present final ideas to clients or account managers.
• Collaborate with printers, photographers, and other designers.
• Translate brand guidelines into digital experiences, including landing pages.
• Support front-end development with design specs and assets.

Skills

Photoshop

InDesign

Illustrator

After Effects

Figma

Adobe XD

Client experience

Agency experience

Animation for web

WCAG knowledge

Tools

WordPress

Job description

Position: Graphic Designer
Salary: Competitive, DoE
Hours: Full time (Core office hours to meet client requirements, with flexibility as per HUB’s flexible working policy)
Location: Calverley, Leeds (Hybrid)

About HUB

HUB is an integrated marketing agency based in Leeds. We are a collection of creative and technically skilled individuals, who have all been carefully selected to deliver the talent and enthusiasm needed to successfully deliver quality services for our clients. We’ve been working hard for over 19 years to achieve our vision.

HUB opened its doors in January 2007 as a start-up, driven by three passionate marketeers with a determination to succeed. Since then, the agency has recruited diverse and skilled colleagues who fit with our ethos. These people have helped us grow to become a thriving business.

The company is built on a simple foundation of driving success for our clients, which ultimately means success for HUB. The core of our philosophy is that hard work and great ideas deliver both our vision and that of our clients, creating rewarding careers for talented individuals along the way.

Job Overview

We are looking for a talented and ambitious designer to join our busy creative
department.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in graphic design, creative
ideation, and user-centred web design principles. A significant portion of the role
will involve producing assets for campaigns across all digital and offline media
channels, as well as creating engaging, responsive designs for website pages and
digital journeys. We are looking for someone to contribute fresh, engaging, userfocused
design concepts to elevate our creative campaigns and digital
experiences.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work across a diverse range of clients from paced e-commerce clients to brand projects, website refreshes and art direction
opportunities, all as part of a thriving, collaborative creative team.

• Meet clients or account managers to discuss the business objectives and
  requirements of the job
• Estimate the time required to complete a job
• Develop and pitch design briefs that suit the client’s purpose, including for
  website and digital projects
• Think creatively to produce new ideas and concepts, UX solutions and
  responsive web layouts
• Find innovative ways to redefine a design brief within time and cost
  constraints
• Present finalised ideas and concepts to clients or account managers
• Work with a range of media, design tools, and web technologies; stay up to
  date with emerging branding and online design trends
• Proofread and QA digital designs (including web assets) to produce
  accurate and high-quality work
• Demonstrate illustrative skills with rough sketches and work on layouts for
  both print and screen
• Collaborate with illustrators and photographers, both in-house and third-party
• Work as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, stylists,
  illustrators, other designers, account managers, web developers, and
  advertising and marketing specialists
• Translate brand guidelines and campaign objectives into digital experiences,
  including landing pages and promotional web assets
• Support the front‑end development team with design specs and assets for
  work output

Essential skills/qualities

• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• After Effects
• Figma or Adobe XD
• Experience working with clients and delivering to deadlines
• Experience working in a design or advertising agency
• Animation or motion design for web
• Knowledge of how designs translate to web environments
• Familiarity with CMS platforms (e.g. "WordPress")
• Knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG)

What we offer

• Hybrid working (3 days office/2 days optional home working)
• Top spec laptop to keep your work stream productive
• Your birthday off work
• Free parking
• Regular free lunches and quarterly social events
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Access to discounted holiday travel booking and dining