Graphic Designer - up to 12 months maternity cover at Graham & Brown Holdings - a family of companies

Blackburn, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

09 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

09 Jan, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Motion Graphics, Image Manipulation, Retouching, Graphic Design, Video Content Creation, Brand Graphics, Editorial Layouts, Lifestyle Imagery, Collaboration, Attention to Detail, MS Office

Industry

Retail

Description

Welcome to Graham & Brown Holdings – a family of companies; founded in 1946 we are a proud British, fourth-generation family of companies. For 80 years, we’ve been inspiring people to think differently about their homes through creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation. Across both Graham & Brown and G&B Home Living our vision is simple: to design our future, and our mission is clear: to help our customers create loving homes. About G&B Home Living As a trusted category partner, G&B Home Living collaborates with leading DIY and home retailers, as well as independent specialists, to deliver beautifully curated ranges at exceptional value. Our house brands provide design-rich solutions at affordable prices, while our licensed collections cater to every style and taste. Discover the breadth of our offering through our online platform, No Two Houses, where inspiration meets versatility. Job Purpose As our Graphic Designer, you will create, edit, quick separate and colour designs on CAD and other general studio duties for design presentation. You will work as an integral part of our design studio, who collectively work across origination, separation and pre-production, delivering over 500 designs to digital and analogue production per year. What You’ll be Doing as our Graphic Designer Preparing accurate and inspirational assets for various decorating and home furnishing products, through manipulation of digital and photographic imagery. Design and layout of artwork for a varied mix of digital advertising and campaign briefs. Assisting with creation and editing of short form video content for social media and digital advertising, ownership of brand graphics. Creatively interpreting style guidelines for the G&B Home Living Core Brands and Licensed brands (such as Laura Ashley, William Morris at Home and Cath Kidston) with stakeholders both internal and external to ensure consistency between different brand touch points. Designing beautiful editorial layouts and manipulating lifestyle imagery in response to PR requests and outreach plans. Supporting our retail partners in improving their instore and webstore environments in order to maximise sales, through designed collateral as well as merchandising layout concepts. Working with internal and external printers to ensure physical collateral is beautifully delivered. Supporting the efficiency of our business by ensuring assets and artwork templates are filed correctly and made available to all relevant teams both internal and external. What We’re Looking For Strong competence of Adobe Creative Cloud software, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Strong experience of After Effects or similar software, and motion graphics techniques. Strong image manipulation and retouching skills or a willingness to learn quickly. Experience in a graphic design role, with portfolio of work demonstrating a variety of skills and styles. A proactive attitude to learning new skills, both autonomously and with support from colleagues. Experience of exporting artwork for different mediums, including web and print. Self-motivated, helpful in nature and able to work independently on your own initiative. Ability to take feedback and implement amends in a timely fashion. An enthusiastic and outgoing personality, with the confidence and ability to articulate your ideas. Working knowledge of MS Office software and platforms. Excellent attention to detail. What We Offer You Your birthday off—because you deserve to celebrate in style! Flexi-time working Hybrid working - option to work remotely for 20% of the week A fantastic discount of up to 60% - perfect for giving your home a makeover A generous pension scheme (totaling 10%) - because your future matters Free parking and access to company vehicles for business needs Regular social events hosted by our Fun Squad - because we know how to work hard and play hard Apply today and help us shape the future of home living through (bold, brilliant branding.

Responsibilities

The Graphic Designer will create and edit designs for various home furnishing products and assist in the production of digital advertising content. They will also support retail partners with design collateral and ensure consistency across brand touchpoints.