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Job reference: 119
Location: Andover, Hampshire
Salary: Market rate
Job Type: Permanent
Date posted: 29/5/18
Senior Graphic Designer
Job Description
Are you a Graphic Designer looking for a step-up to Senior or are you a Senior Graphic Designer looking to gain more exposure and work for a well-regarded organisation? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
This role (Senior Graphic Designer) is a vital part of a busy Marketing Team, supporting the Marketing Manager with the production of marketing and communication materials for a manufacturer.
The Marketing Team produces a high volume of materials for a range of internal and external purposes to support the business.
Experience Required for a Senior Graphic Designer:
Ideally a minimum of 5 years commercial Graphic Design experience, with full knowledge of packaging and print process.
Fully conversant in:
Indesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Adobe Acrobat
Dreamweaver
Quark
CS6
Mailchimp
Word
Excel
Powerpoint
Mac experience essential
Person Specification for a Senior Graphic Designer:
The ideal candidate will be a team player, working alongside and supporting the Marketing Manager
Punctual, polite and able to communicate with various levels of staff
Capable of building and maintaining strong, respectful and effective partnerships with the many internal departments with whom Marketing work to complete projects
Full knowledge of print process
The ability to take a project from brief through to artwork
Effective project management, taking responsibility for individual projects from concept through to print
Must be meticulous when it comes to attention to detail
Creative – must have artistic flair and have an eye for design
Ability to multi-task/stability under pressure – reacts well to change and stays positive despite setbacks
Flexible – maintains effectiveness in a fast moving and/or changing environment and with varying tasks, responsibilities or people
Self-motivated – must be able to work unsupervised
Able to stick to deadlines
Key responsibilities for a Senior Graphic Designer:
Packaging to include:
Creation of cutter guides to speed up lead times
Creating packaging artwork for the company and customer own brand products, to include mock ups and producing final packaged print ready files
Literature to include:
Design and artwork of promotional sheets
Design and artwork of the annual company catalogue
Design and artwork of customer catalogue pages
Design and artwork of product leaflets /product range brochures
Advertising to include:
Design and artwork of adverts for press and publications
Design and artwork for online publications
POS and Merchandising to include:
Create packaging and mock items up for presentations
Image manipulation so product samples reflect the final mass produced product
Digital retouching/cutting out in Photoshop
Manipulation of lifestyle images to create new updated images
Vector logo creation
Creation of customer own POS concepts
Creation of company own POS concepts
Exhibitions to include:
Production and development of exhibition/show stands POS
Design and artwork of wall graphics for exhibition stands
Web/Online to include:
Creation of emails/e-shots through Mailchimp
Digital design of microsites
Creation of QR codes using software provided
Creation of page layouts/graphic visuals for customer websites
Photography to include:
Product photography
Room Set photography
Produce 3D images for mocking up fsdus etc from artwork files
Miscellaneous to include:
File management of artwork
Implement corporate identity and uphold brand values; work to a brief and within the parameters of the brand guidelines
Prepare projects for litho/digital print
Produce company related stationery
Creation of master powerpoint presentations
Create final artwork for printing
The duties listed are intended to present an overview of the role, they are not exclusive or exhaustive.
For a confidential chat and the opportunity to discuss this fantastic position in more detail, please apply now.
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