Addleshaw Goddard - Designer (Fixed Term Contract)

Designer is needed in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Client: Addleshaw Goddard

Location: Leeds, United Kingdom

Contract: Other, Full Time

Job Description

This full time position is ideal for an enthusiastic, clear visual communicator and designer, with the personal gravitas to help lawyers, marketers and business development teams inside a global B2B firm to deliver their message in an effective way. Simply, this role is about creating un-ignorable, unforgettable, persuasive marketing communications. Specifically, you will be responsible for converting the firm’s sales and marketing messages into high-impact designs that will help our firm get noticed, and to help convince our audiences that we’re the right firm for them. You will work alongside Business Development & Marketing professionals and our senior lawyers to produce effective digital and print materials, social media graphics, infographics and other sales materials. The role will be hands-on, producing designed materials on a daily basis. We are seeking creative outputs that comply at all times to the firm’s brand guidelines.

Requirements

• Must have been working in graphic design on commercial projects for a minimum of 2 years, including some experience of working within a professional business / office-based environment.
• You must have experience in working on both digital and print projects, and must have a track record of working within corporate brand guidelines.
• Must be able to convert messages into effective visual communications, and be a creative problem solver. You will be able to demonstrate a flair for bringing complex information to life visually, using illustrations, infographics and other techniques.
• Must have excellent, hands-on experience of Adobe Creative Suite (particularly InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator) and Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. (We are a PC-based environment.) Appreciation of website design, best practice in social media advertising, AfterEffects or other video and audio editing platforms would be beneficial.
• Our primary house graphic style is based upon illustrations. Strong illustration skills would be highly advantageous.
• You must have the personal gravitas to guide and persuade colleagues on the best, most effective way to communicate visually.
• An excellent client service attitude and clear personal communications are a must, and you will have the ability to adapt your style to different, senior individuals, with different working styles.
• Must be highly organised, have eagle-like attention to detail, plus excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to work flexibly in response to business needs and requirements and on occasions being prepared to work late, at short notice. You must comfortable working in a fast-paced environment that requires high quality results, often in tight deadlines.
• You must be able to manage your own workload with minimal supervision, having an ability to manage multiple projects from concept through to completion.

Other Information

Our Firm: Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition. We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets. Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

Our Approach: Imagine the Best You Can Be - Everything we’ve accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in. Here, you’ll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients. Are you up for the challenge?

Location: Leeds, London, Manchester

Vacancy Type: Business Services Professionals

Business Area: Marketing & Business Development

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

Full time/Part time: Full Time

Benefits: Wealth & Protection, Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing