Graphic Designer

Williams Lea; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A global provider of business-critical support services is seeking a Graphic Designer to join their Leeds team. This role involves creating diverse marketing materials, managing client expectations, and ensuring high-quality outputs. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a related field and a strong command of Adobe Creative Suite. The position offers a salary of £34,000 per annum along with comprehensive benefits including private medical insurance and discounted gym memberships.

Benefits

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of relevant work experience in the graphic design industry.
• Proven skills in the latest Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to handle sensitive and/or confidential documents.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualise and produce online and offline collateral.
• Work closely with clients to understand their needs.
• Ensure brand consistency while providing fresh design solutions.

Skills

Excellent design knowledge

Adobe Creative Suite

Visual troubleshooting skills

Strong presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Digital Arts/Graphic Design

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Microsoft Office including Power Point

Job description

Overview

Graphic Designer | Salary: £34,000 per annum, plus company benefits
Location: Leeds, LS10 1AB
Contract: Full Time, 12 month Fixed Term contract
Shifts: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 7am until 4pm with 1 hours unpaid lunch break
Work model: Hybrid

Williams Lea seeks a Graphic Designer to join our team. Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled, technology-enabled, business-critical support services, with long-term trusted relationships with blue-chip clients across investment banks, law firms and professional services firms. Williams Lea employees, nearly 7000 people worldwide, provide efficient business services at client sites in often complex and highly regulated environments, from centralised Williams Lea onshore facilities, and through best cost company offshore locations.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualise and produce online and offline collateral for marketing and sales, including original campaigns, direct mail, brochures, print and banner ads, product sheets, PowerPoint presentations and more.
• Work closely with clients and/or project management teams to understand the client's business needs.
• Formulate forward-thinking concepts and render designs for multimedia campaigns while always elevating our client's brand.
• Responsible for the design and production of a diverse range of graphic, print, and digital media collateral to support client needs.
• Develop comprehensive multimedia campaigns.
• Identify fresh and innovative design solutions that push the boundaries of the client brand and explore more effective formats and/or media channels.
• Understand the restrictions and limitations of the designs deliverable process and manage client expectations (where appropriate).
• Through providing education in relation to design limitation and/or restrictions.
• Responsible for ensuring brand consistency while offering a fresh approach to design, artwork, digital and print output.
• Provide effective visual solutions by executing client creative requests and creative projects.
• Ensure that all work is visually appealing and created to specification.
• Ensure that all work produced is to a suitably high standard and within brand guidelines and specifications.
• Performs Quality Assurance on own and work of others.
• Interact with clients in person, over the phone or electronically.
• Adhere to Williams Lea policies in addition to client site policies.
• Use equipment and supplies in a cost-efficient manner.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Digital Arts/Graphic Design (or other related field) or equivalent years of experience.
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience in the graphic design industry.
• Excellent design knowledge and application.
• Exceptional visual trouble shooting skills.
• Ability to storyboard, comp visual ideas within the creative process.
• Conceptual creative and production skills with a good understanding of layout principles, aesthetic design concepts and typography.
• Experience creating campaigns and extending the look and feel through various marketing materials.
• Able to complete tasks within tight schedules and under strict layout controls.
• Strong verbal communication skills; dependable, detail-oriented, and well organized.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Proven skills in the latest Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and Microsoft Office, including Power Point.
• Web design experience is a plus.
• Experience working in both in an agency and/or corporate environment preferred.
• Motivated, organized, and flexible.
• Must be able to meet deadlines and complete all projects in a timely manner.
• Ability to handle sensitive and/or confidential documents and information.
• Able to make independent decisions that conform to business needs and policy.
• Good problem-solving skills, with the ability and understanding of when to escalate a problem to a supervisory level.
• Must work well in a team environment.
• Must be able to interact effectively with multi-functional and diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Rewards and Benefits

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time roles)
• Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers - including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TVs, laptops and computers or household appliances.
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Assessments
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Referral Scheme