Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer

Salary: £37,300 per annum, plus 10% shift allowance(total £41,030)

Location: Remote(you must be based in the UK)

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Shifts: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 12pm until 9pm with 1 hours unpaid break

Work model: Fully remote

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, who 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.

Purpose of role 

The Graphic Designer role develops creative and effective design solutions for customer materials through both print and digital media.

Key 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
• Role includes significant workflow responsibilities

Personal attributes

• 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

Rewards and Benefits

We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:

• 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 TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Assessments
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Referral Scheme

You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!

Equality and Diversity

The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview please contact us at [email protected](we do not accept applications to this email address).