Midweight Designer

at  The Childrens Society

35 hours per week
£29,855.00 per annum (National) / £32,880.72 per annum (London)
Location – remote with occasional visits to London office
The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We’re there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our Sitting in our Storytelling knowledge group, you’ll live our values every day. You will support colleagues to be brave and ambitious in raising our brand profile and building audience awareness through multichannel storytelling techniques.
We are currently looking for a passionate and enthusiastic designer. You cannot wait to grab hold of our bold, ambitious brand. You’ll push and stretch to create inspiring, distinctive design across digital and print. You’ll work with colleagues across the charity to deliver clear, consistent content that’s challenging and arresting. You’ll make sure your contribution reaches the right audiences, is driven by insight, attracts people and inspires action. And you’ll help to promote a culture of learning and growth within our storytelling knowledge group and beyond.
You’ll bring your skills and ideas to design work of your own, helping to stretch our brand. You’ll also be supported by the Senior Designer and Lead creative to upskill people throughout the charity so that they can use our visual identity confidently. You’ll help to develop training and toolkits and guides for colleagues. You’ll ensure we’re promoting inclusive representation across our brand and have opportunities to co-create with young people; ensuring our brand not only elevates youth voice but gives young people agency.
We work across domains, and knowledge groups. Our work is carried out in activity groups. As our Midweight Designer, you’ll play a pivotal role in many of these groups. And all your great work will go towards making as big a difference to the lives of children and young people as we can. If that sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you.

YOU’LL

• ensure a strong, consistent visual identity that considers the needs of children and young people and brings our brand to life
• create designs for colleagues across the charity, providing direction on their approach to ensure consistency
• work with copy, video production, digital producers, and story and voice colleagues to explore concepts and develop standout creativethat will work for the target audience
• develop, champion, and protect our brand’s visual identity principles champion co-creation with children and young people, actively seeking out opportunities to go beyond contributions of stories
• build strong collaborative relationships across knowledge groups and expeditions to deliver effective creative campaigns.

Please refer the Job description for details