Junior Graphic Designer

Junior Graphic Designer who is creative with an eye for detail and has excellent technical skills across Adobe Creative Suite (CS6), InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator is required in Reading, Berkshire.

SALARY: £17,879 - £18,931 per annum pro rata

BENEFITS: 26 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays. The charity offers a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, they provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for their people.

LOCATION: Reading, Berkshire

JOB TYPE: 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract

WORKING HOURS: 9 am – 5 pm, 35 hours per week. As a charity, they’re always keen to support flexible working as best they can.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Once we’ve reviewed your CV, we will email over some extra details regarding the application process that you will need to complete as soon as possible. Please keep an eye out for our email.

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Junior Graphic Designer who is creative with an eye for detail and has excellent technical skills across Adobe Creative Suite (CS6), InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.

Working as the Junior Graphic Designer you will help people with sight loss to live the life they choose by ensuring the highest standards of designs and finished artwork for a range of print marketing materials, including some digital requirements.

As the Junior Graphic Designer, you will play a lead role in ensuring the organisation’s visual identity remains current, engaging and accessible. By accurately interpreting briefs, you will design and present creative solutions that clearly communicate key messages, make a strong visual impact and are a consistent expression of the brand identity.

As a successful candidate, you will have an exciting opportunity to work in a growing and fulfilling environment where your efforts will be greatly appreciated by the Charity and the thousands of people they help.

DUTIES

Your duties and responsibilities as the Junior Graphic Designer:

Design and artwork a range of marketing materials, that accurately respond to the brief, clearly communicate key messages, make a strong visual impact and are a consistent expression of the brand identity

Prepare artwork correctly for different applications

Create accessible PDFs which follow best practice accessibility guidelines and can be accessed by users of assistive technology

Create editable PDFs for a range of marketing collateral such as posters, adverts, certificates, tickets, as part of fundraising toolkits

Build relationships with internal colleagues so that the Creative Services Team is seen as helpful and knowledgeable

Contribute to Team brainstorming sessions, look for design references and inspiration, take on research tasks as required to support idea development

Demonstrate commitment to ongoing learning and development, including enhancing technical design skills, increasing knowledge and understanding of the organisation and the vision impairment sector

WORKING AT THE CHARITY

Working at Charity is much more than just a job. Through the values that guide their work, they make a real difference and change lives.

The Charity believes that wellbeing at work is about creating an environment to promote a state of contentment which allows all employees to flourish and achieve their full potential for the benefit of themselves and for the Charity.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Ability to maintain awareness of the latest techniques, software packages, equipment, best practices and developments within the design community

Focus on delivering quality service demonstrating attention to detail

Knowledge of accessibility best practice

Excellent technical skills across Adobe Creative Suite (CS6) – InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator

Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to accept feedback constructively

Independent working skills with excellent project and time management abilities

Eligibility to work in the UK

The Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom they work. They expect all of their employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.