Graduate Graphic Designer Redditch £18,500 - £22,000 DOE Ref: GD258
Green Shoots Recruitment Ltd has a graphic design role for a post graduate looking to embarking on a career path with a well-known, established and respected company.
The ideal candidate will bring with them a positive, pro-active and engaging approach to an established team.
The position would likely suit a post-graduate
The role as Graphic Designer:-
- Working with project managers to supply signage visuals for client reference and sign off (ranging from one off bespoke projects through to roll outs and established long standing clients)
- Understanding of client brand standards to adapt to each signage requirement and manipulate artwork accordingly
- Update the web site and all social media with latest works, testimonials etc
- Provide marketing literature when required to help drive new business and increase levels of awareness
Graphic Design Skills Required
The understanding of the following programmes is a pre-requisite but ongoing training to develop and evolve the role will be given
Website
- Good knowledge of WordPress
- Company uses existing Web Page Template that has been modified to suit specific requirements
- Be able to publish posts/new web pages
- Basic copyrighting skills
- Basic Understanding of CSS & HTML
- Good knowledge of SEO
Social Media
- Ensure all social media pages are kept as up to date as possible
- Currently using:
- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
- Looking to increase the use of:
- Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube & Google +
- Aim is to increase Likes, Followers & company awareness
- Keeping up to date with current trends
Design Software
Excellent understanding of:
- Photoshop CC – Photo manipulation, creation of graphics for web/print
- Illustrator CC – For creation of company documents. A strong understand of, vector/print ready artwork – an ability to amend customer supplied graphics.
- CorelDraw (version X3 or newer) – used to produce scheme drawings for customers. An understanding of drawing to scale & photo manipulation.
Good understanding of:
- Indesign CC – converting customer supplied artwork into various formats.
Basic Understanding of:
- Lightroom CC
- After Effects CC – To update company presentation.
Misc
- A good understanding of Microsoft Word, Powerpoint & Excel
- An understanding of Large Format Print
- Ability to create, edit & breakdown PDF documents
- Be able to prioritise workload & handle deadlines.
Hours are 9-5, Monday to Friday
Look forward to hearing from you
If this role is not quite right for you and you have similar skills and experience, please get in touch, as we are always getting new Designer, Digital Designer, Online Designer, Front End Designer, Email Designer, Graphic Designer, Creative Artworker and Artworker roles in.
Green Shoots Recruitment Ltd is a Creative, Design, Marketing and Digital Recruitment Specialist covering the West Midlands and East Midlands.
The company is based on a solid foundation of 20 years of creative recruitment experience and are able to provide solutions for job seekers looking for a new career in Design, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Front End Design, App Design, Email Design, Animation Design, Video Design. We have roles in Creative Marketing and Digital Agencies along side filling roles with companies directly. We also recruit for Developers and Coders, Marketing, Account Handling, Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing, SEO positions, PPC job roles Marketing Strategist, Marketing Communications including Content writing, creative marketing, digital, executive and sales jobs across Birmingham and the West Midlands. Filling a selection of Marketing, Communication, Creative, Digital, Marketing, Sales & Executive jobs at all levels in the West Midlands and East Midlands areas. Including; Birmingham, Cheltenham, Cotswolds, Coventry, Derbyshire, Dudley, Evesham, Gloucestershire, Hereford, Kidderminister, Leamington Spa, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stratford Upon Avon, Stourbridge, Stourport, Walsall, Warwick, Warwickshire, Worcester Worcestershire, Wolverhampton and surrounding areas.
