Junior Creative Artworker

Newmarket Holidays; Wallington; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel company in the UK is seeking a Junior Creative Artworker to join their Marketing and Brand team. In this role, you will create engaging marketing materials for various channels, contributing to brand representation for escorted tours. The ideal candidate should have experience in a creative environment and a solid knowledge of the Adobe CC suite. A flexible hybrid working arrangement is offered, along with opportunities for personal development and travel experiences.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Development opportunities

Travel benefits

Team spirit environment

Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience artworking in an in-house or studio environment preferred.
• Good technical proficiency in artworking is essential.
• Understanding of press adverts and processes beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver artwork for marketing collateral including digital and printed material.
• Collaborate as part of a team to maintain brand consistency.
• Proactively seek improvements in workflow and processes.

Skills

Experience in artworking

Adobe CC suite knowledge

Excellent time management

Ability to work in a team

Creativity and problem-solving

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Premier Pro

After Effects

PowerPoint

Job description

Full time, Permanent, Office based or hybrid opportunity (min 2 office days per week)

Newmarket Holidays at a glance

Our aim is to enrich lives and well‑being through travel. That is our purpose. Our ‘why’. It is ambitious and bold, but through the commitment of our brilliant people, we’re doing more and more each day to create and deliver incredible wish‑list holidays. The types of holidays that people have always dreamt of experiencing. We bring those dreams to life and are the trusted friends of our loyal customers.

The Newmarket Spirit is what binds us together. Throughout this, our 42nd year, and all other years, we strive to grow. To challenge ourselves in new ways. Embracing different points of view and realising our potential. For the right person, their story can begin right here.

The Role

The Marketing and Brand team lead in how we shape the voice of Newmarket Holidays, acquire customers, and reward them. Our visual brand representation needs to inspire both potential and existing customers to discover the joy of escorted tours. Junior Creative Artworker helps to deliver a wide range of marketing collateral.

With the opportunity to deliver artwork for a multi‑award‑winning travel operator, this is a role that requires organisation to produce exciting digital and printed marketing. You are responsible for producing artwork that includes press advertisements, website imagery, digital marketing, brochure production, direct mail, travel agency marketing support and promotional items, plus any other design requirements for our full range of travel products.

You are part of a Studio team of five other designers. Together, you are brand guardians, both for internal and external marketing and have responsibility for driving consistency across the company and in all our marketing. The Marketing and Brand team, that the Studio team is a key part of, sits within our wider Commercial division.

Who I am

• Enjoy working in a small, but expanding team that is passionate about travel, marketing and brand.
• You may have two to three years’ experience artworking in an in‑house or studio environment, preferably with relevant travel experience.
• Good level of knowledge of Adobe CC suite including InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator is essential.
• Good technical proficiency in artworking.
• Understanding of press adverts and process would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of Premier Pro and After Effects would be beneficial.
• Familiarity with PowerPoint is beneficial.
• Able to put yourself “in the customer’s shoes”, and fully committed to delivering a fantastic customer experience.
• The ability to work to brand guidelines and fully interpret design decisions.
• Excellent time management and planning skills to successfully deploy concurrent workflows.
• Ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Don’t just accept the status quo, always looking for and following through on ways to improve things.
• Ability to thrive in a small team environment – a team player, happy to roll up your sleeves and get stuck into whatever comes your way.
• You spot problems and bring solutions.

What we can offer you

• A changing and multi‑cultural team‑spirited environment with opportunities to learn from new experiences and challenges.
• Leaders who are interested in your development and committed to helping you to be the best version of yourself.
• A responsible organisation that cares about its people, the environment, and the communities we visit.
• Encouragement to take initiative and try something new and different.
• A flexible and hybrid‑working arrangement.
• An exciting set of benefits.
• The opportunity to visit our destinations and experience our holidays.

Join Us!

Travel is a wonderful industry to be part of. If you're passionate about holidays – perhaps you've done a similar job before or have some other experience that is relevant – we'd love to hear from you! If this sounds like the kind of opportunity, and place to work, that you’re looking for, hit APPLY and include your CV with a brief covering note about your salary expectations and any notice period.

No agencies, please

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Newmarket Holidays is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Newmarket Holidays.