Graphic Designer (mid-weight)

Walker Morris LLP; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Graphic Designer to join our Marketing and Business Development team. Reporting into our Creative Lead, you'll be able to develop your skills in a supportive environment where you're encouraged to share your ideas. You’ll be responsible for the design of a wide range of communications, both internal and external, and you'll make a strong contribution to our exciting projects and marketing campaigns.

Walker Morris is a Leeds-headquartered UK law firm, operating internationally through a network of high quality, likeminded firms around the world. More than 25% of our work has an international element and our clients are household names spanning a variety of sectors most notably in energy and infrastructure, financial services, logistics, manufacturing, pharma, real estate and retail and consumer.

Those who know us say we're a different type of legal business. One not bound by convention, but one with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for breaking with tradition to deliver real competitive advantage. It's an approach that's getting us noticed and introducing opportunities from existing as well as new clients for more complex, higher value work. To show that we're different, our marketing & communications need to stand out in the overcrowded typical law firm landscape. Our brand provides the platform for creative freedom, to step out of the mould and challenge what communications from a law firm should be. The firm is growing at pace, and we're expanding the Marketing and Business Development team in response to this demand. Because of this, we have an exciting new position available for a mid-weight graphic designer. This is a unique opportunity to work in a small, talented Design team where you'll have the opportunity to help propel the Walker Morris brand forward through effective and impactful creative.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Produce impactful graphics and branded materials both print and digital including brochures, leaflets, adverts, events materials, social media content, website graphics, other internal assets etc.
• Manage print production on materials (desirable but not essential)
• Execute your work to a high standard.
• Work with the Creative Advisor to develop concepts and ideas.
• Assist with video filming (experience is desirable but not essential)
• Editing videos and create animations on Adobe After Effect and Premiere
• Utilise and manage our other design software packages including Foleon and MARQ alongside the Creative Lead (no experience needed)
• Taking briefs and create assets primarily from the Creative Lead and Marketing & Business Development team, including daily tasks such as social media static and animated. Support the Creative Lead on collection of assets for BAU activities such as imagery, email and website assets.
• Work within brand guidelines and be a gatekeeper for them, monitoring design work being created across the business.
• Provide ad-hoc support to the Bids team with capability statements and tender design, in Word, PowerPoint and InDesign.
• Provide ad-hoc support to the Events team with PowerPoint presentation design.
• Stay on top of creative trends and share ideas with the Creative Lead and Marketing team.
• Communicate openly and effectively, ensuring timely updates on work to the Creative Lead.
• Manage your own workload and priorities, responding to urgent work in good time.
• Maintain organised filing of all work, ensuring easy retrieval if required.

Essential Skills And Experience

• Formal training or professional qualification in Graphic Design is preferred.
• A portfolio that demonstrates ability to create visually compelling and effective designs that are executed to a high standard.
• Experience of working in a design agency or in-house design role for 2+ years.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Experience of video editing/ animation is essential, and you should have experience and knowledge of Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office – experience of working within PowerPoint & Word to create impactful communications to clients.
• Be able to interpret a brief and understand how to bring to life key messages and concepts.
• Be able to demonstrate a high level of creativity and accuracy to drive and create a suite of design and graphic assets to reflect our brand.
• Ability to follow brand guidelines.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• An excellent understanding of typography, layout and imagery.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate effectively with all colleagues.
• A proactive attitude and with the ability to problem solve.

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary reflective of your experience plus annual bonus scheme.
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we'll contribute a minimum of 6% of your salary.
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
• Hybrid and flexible working for most roles with at least 60% of your time spent in the office.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us. They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people. They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take. It’s really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society. We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity.

We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to ask.

Type of Working

Hybrid