Graphic Designer

Job Title: Graphic Designer

Location: Ridham, Sittingbourne, Kent

Salary: £30 – £35k dependant on experience

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

Dynamic and fast-growing waste processing and recycling company are looking for a talented Graphic Designer to join the Marketing & Communications Department. This role is office based at our Sittingbourne site in North Kent, 40 hours over 5 days a week. This role would be a great next step for a Graphic Designer with marketing knowledge, who already has some working experience within an in-house marketing environment and is looking for a new challenge. This is a varied role which will require some traditional marketing tasks as well as delivering the graphic design function across the business. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a busy diverse environment and expand further your creative skills within a progressive industry.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the marketing department by producing marketing collateral including (but not limited to): social media creatives, posters, paid ad creatives and banners, stickers and signage
• Ability to manage complex projects with confidence from briefing to final delivery
• Supporting the Marketing team at events (creating media, stand design, helping set up, physically attending events – moving and lifting required occasionally for set-up)
• Supporting the other brand within the company group, in the creation of creative assets and marketing collateral
• Compiling info for, and updating layout for the seasonal newsletter
• Completing ad hoc projects for various departments (flyers, posters, presentations)
• Creating document templates for use across the business
• Editing videos and producing animations for social media and website
• Updating and maintaining brand guidelines and internal databases for designs, assets, photography, and video
• Ensuring brand guidelines are respected across the business
• Working independently as well as cooperatively with marketing team to meet deadlines, and schedule project implementation based on workload, which may include five or more simultaneous projects
• Demonstrate a practical and hands-on, can-do attitude throughout project implementation
• Communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues and other stakeholders across the business
• Create digital and print marketing materials (video, animated Gifs and campaign content across both online and offline channels such as print items, brochures and posters, and email campaigns etc).
• Examine existing processes, identify weakness, and create solutions that improve design capabilities
• Assist with marketing admin tasks – ordering kit, managing subscriptions, raising POs
• Social value events and sponsorship events educating children about waste and recycling (HAF programmes and Kent Cricket sponsorship)
• Supporting on digital projects including new staff portal that’s being developed
• Liaising with 3^rd parties such as print companies and digital media agencies to facilitate and create products and creatives

Skills and Experience Essential for the role:

• Minimum 2 years industry experience
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in graphic design, art, or related discipline
• Five or more years of experience (academic and professional) with design software, including Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
• Proactive approach to day to day working especially when under pressure
• Highly proficient in Microsoft programmes including Powerpoint, Excel and Word
• Good photography experience and proficiency with photo-editing software
• Video editing experience preferable (Premier Pro, After Effects, Filmora)
• Knowledge of WordPress and content management systems
• Motion graphics and animation ability
• Exceptional creativity and innovative design skills
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail and presentation skills
• Organisational and time-management skills for meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Microsoft Teams operation – planning and attending meetings and calls
• Have understanding of the waste industry or willingness to learn
• Experience of HubSpot an advantage

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa’s at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK

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