Graphic Designer

BARBOUR; Jarrow; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Staff discount

Staff shop

Healthcare cash plan

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Training and development

Free onsite parking

Hybrid & flexible working

4pm finish on a Friday

Wellbeing support

Refer a friend bonus

Reward & Recognition program

Length of service rewards

Job summary

BARBOUR, based at Barbour House in South Shields, is seeking a talented Graphic Designer for its Global Marketing team. You will deliver world-class design across channels and collaborate with marketing and digital teams to uphold brand standards.

The role is four days onsite with one day working from home, handling multiple projects from social assets to packaging, magazines, and retail collateral. A strong portfolio and Adobe/Figma proficiency are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree level education in Graphic Design or Fashion is desirable.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Experience with digital marketing materials.
• Stay up to date with design trends and industry practices.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Brand, Trade and other teams to develop design solutions.
• Design and produce brand, campaign, and visual merchandising guidelines.
• Develop digital assets for online brand marketing and social media.
• Create banners, content for Barbour.com and retail campaigns.
• Produce marketing assets, magazines, invitations and look books.
• Support packaging design and internal communications materials.

Skills

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Firefly

Figma

Animation / Video editing

Education

Degree in Graphic Design or Fashion

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Position Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Graphic Designer to join our Global Marketing team here at Barbour House in South Shields. This role will collaborate with the wider Marketing and Digital teams in delivery of world class content for all channels. The ideal candidate will possess a strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional design skills and a keen eye for detail.

This role is based at our Head Office in South Shields and the expectation for this role is 4 days onsite and 1 day of home working.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Brand, Trade and other teams to conceptualise and develop design solutions that align with brand guidelines and campaign objectives.
• Design and production of brand, campaign, visual merchandising guidelines.
• Digital development of campaign assets. Ensuring all online brand marketing is optimised for end user.
• Creation of social media assets for Barbour and wholesale channels.
• Design and creation of banners and content for Barbour.com.
• Design and creation of marketing assets, magazine, invitations, look books etc.
• Concept and create retail / partner store window installations.
• Design and production of in store POS.
• Manage creative implementation of our seasonal launch B2B site.
• Production of global sales tools on a seasonal basis in line with sales teams needs.
• Collaborate with wider teams to design and support production of event and showroom artwork.
• Develop packaging needs with Design teams.
• Assist HR with the production of materials relating to the Barbour Values and other company wide activities.
• Work as part of the team to design and create the Barbour internal monthly magazine.
• Undertake any other reasonable activity, as may be required by senior management.

Skills and Experience

• Degree level education ideally in Graphic Design or Fashion qualification is desirable.
• Proficient in design software Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign, Firefly) and Figma.
• Microsoft Office - Word / Excel / PowerPoint.
• Experience with animation or video editing software is a bonus.
• Have proven experience of working on digital marketing materials.
• Stay up to date with design trends, software, and industry best practices.
• Demonstrate high standards of attention to detail, be thorough and precise.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills to build strong relationships both internally and externally.
• Proactive planning / time management skills to enable effective prioritisation of workload.
• Able to use own initiative, can work independently and as part of a team.
• Flexible and enjoy working in a high pace, fast moving and changing environment.
• Experience working on lifestyle or fashion brands.

Additional Information

• You may be required to work in other department as / when required.

Benefits

• Discretionary Company bonus scheme
• Staff Discount
• Staff Shop
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays (prorata'd to contract length)
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Operate hybrid & flexible working
• 4pm finish on a Friday
• Wellbeing support
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Reward & Recognition program
• Length of service rewards