Junior Designer

Chelsea FC; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelsea FC is seeking a skilled designer to produce branded materials for partnership proposals. The role focuses on delivering high-quality presentations using PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite, ensuring all assets reflect the club’s brand values across digital and print media.

You will collaborate with the Commercial teams, maintain asset banks, and adhere to brand guidelines and safeguarding policies while meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced sports environment.

Qualifications

• Proficient with presentation software as a main design platform.
• Strong time management and ability to meet deadlines.
• Highly organised with attention to detail and able to work under pressure.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce branded presentation materials for high-stakes partnership proposals.
• Utilise PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite to create compelling pitch materials and presentations.
• Create digital and printed artwork that aligns with Chelsea FC brand values.
• Support design team with partner assets for TV backdrop boards, stadium signage, LED and digital materials.
• Research brand guidelines to ensure correct logo usage and consistent Chelsea FC branding.
• Collaborate with Commercial teams to deliver materials aligned with business objectives.
• Manage image bank and maintain version control across materials.
• Adhere to Chelsea FC policies including GDPR, Health & Safety and confidentiality.

Skills

PowerPoint

Time management

Organisation

Communication

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

Producing branded presentation materials for high-stakes partnership proposals.

Leveraging design skills in PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite to create visually compelling pitch materials and presentations.

Produce digital and printed artwork that intertwines both the Chelsea FC and prospects core brand values

Assisting the design team with creation of partner assets for tv interview backdrop boards, stadium LED signage, big-screen advertising and digital communications

Researching brands and companies brand guidelines on how they display their brand logos and accurate replication onto any tailored Chelsea FC presentations

Working with the Men's and Women's Commercial teams, understanding business requirements and creative brief to deliver pitch materials in line with business objectives

Maintain the image bank for commercial purposes, ensuring this remains up-to-date, proactively sourcing and cataloguing images from other department stakeholders and club photography/image portals after matchdays

Methodical filing of created materials and maintaining version control

Understanding and application of latest Chelsea FC brand guidelines to design materials, To embody the club's BLUE behaviours (Brave, Lead, Unity, Edge) in the approach to work and interaction with others

To adhere to the club's policies and procedures, including Health & Safety, Financial Authorisation, Confidentiality and GDPR.

To act as an ambassador for diversity, equality, and inclusion, and demonstrate a positive commitment by treating others fairly in line with our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy and reporting any acts of discrimination through appropriate channels

To create a safe environment and act to protect all young people and vulnerable adults that are either in your care or attending club premises, and report any concerns to the Safeguarding Lead

To report any misconduct or suspected misconduct to the HR Department

Ensure that all sponsorship collateral/online messages are consistent with brand and corporate standards, speaks the Chelsea FC 'language' and upholds brand values.

Consistently meet deadlines and ability to flag capacity planning issues.

Ability to balance quality of work against production and volume deadlines.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Experience

Essential:

• Proven agency or in-house design experience
• Proficient across a presentation software and have experience of using this in prior roles as a main design platform.

Desirable

• Proven experience as a designer within the sports industry

Skills and Behaviours:

Essential

• Passionate to work for one of the world's biggest football clubs and come eager to improve your design understanding and technique.
• Proficient skills with Adobe Creative Suite; specifically; InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Excellent time management skills and willingness to be flexible with working hours, subject to key deadlines
• Highly organised and adaptable, able to work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail
• Good relationship, communication and interpersonal skills

Desirable

• In depth knowledge of high-end retouching and photo editing.
• Experience in Premiere Pro and After Effects

At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

Chelsea FC is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups). We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment. Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate.

This Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Club.