Graphic Design Manager


Details:
  • Salary: £350 - 450 - Day
  • Job Type: Contract
  • Job Status: Full-Time
  • Salary Per: Day
  • Location: Reading
  • Date: 1 week ago
Description:

Studio Design Manager:

Produce visual concepts to meet the communication needs of the stakeholders, by using a mix of creative skills and commercial awareness, client branding guidelines, and various stakeholders. Work with members of the creative services team and other stakeholders to create high-impact designs intended to execute various creative initiatives.

Essential Functions
• Create high-impact designs and branding to engage, attract, and sell based on knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design concepts
• Develop or acquire the images used in a variety of creative projects, including advertisements, brochures, printed materials, corporate and brand identity, promotional displays, packaging, and signage.
• Collaborate with other designers, production, stakeholders, printers, and copywriter to develop the final deliverable. Incorporate client/author corrections.
• Deliver projects in accordance with budgeted hours and agreed deadlines. Monitor creative items to ensure they are of the highest quality for agreed specification and budget. Assist in the development and implementation of production schedules.
• As appropriate, review final design layouts, suggest improvements as needed, and ensure files are properly set up for production release. Check all proof stages from initial layouts to colour printers proofs.
• Plan and coordinate with the senior creative team members to delegate and manage work, estimating creative hours for jobs and monitoring progress.
• Educate members of other teams on creative services procedures/timelines/briefing requirements as necessary.
• Use innovative and creative methods to redefine a creative brief and meet the constraints of cost, time, and client.
• Ensure graphic files, layouts, and projects are archived effectively on a regular basis.
• Assist in maintaining overall quality control (QC) in Creative Department, helping to ensure that all layouts and print items are QC checked.

Qualifications
• Bachelors Degree Field related to art or graphic design, or equivilant experience based on Portfolio Req
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience Req
• Knowledge of current Adobe Suite applications (InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).
• Layout and typesetting skills and knowledge of design and print production processes.
• Working knowledge of print/production procedures.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Excellent eye for detail
• Strong sense of concept development, in addition to communication, research, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work both within a team environment and independently to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to meet demanding timelines.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Budgetary awareness/ability to provide accurate hours estimates for jobs.
IR35 Status Determination: Inside IR35
Worker Type: Agency Temp
Workplace Profile: Home-based
What are the three most important qualifications?
Creative Conceptual Graphic Designer, Mac skills, Creative Cloud expert, Indesign layout, Photoshop
Further Job Description Comments
Job description:
Produce visual concepts to meet the communication needs of the stakeholders, by using a mix of creative skills and commercial awareness, client branding guidelines, and various stakeholders. Work with members of the creative services team and other stakeholders to create high-impact designs intended to execute various creative initiatives.

Essential Functions
• Create high-impact designs and branding to engage, attract, and sell based on knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design concepts
• Develop or acquire the images used in a variety of creative projects, including advertisements, brochures, printed materials, corporate and brand identity, promotional displays, packaging, and signage.
• Collaborate with other designers, production, stakeholders, printers, and copywriter to develop the final deliverable. Incorporate client/author corrections.
• Deliver projects in accordance with budgeted hours and agreed deadlines. Monitor creative items to ensure they are of the highest quality for agreed specification and budget. Assist in the development and implementation of production schedules.
• As appropriate, review final design layouts, suggest improvements as needed, and ensure files are properly set up for production release. Check all proof stages from initial layouts to colour printers proofs.
• Plan and coordinate with the senior creative team members to delegate and manage work, estimating creative hours for jobs and monitoring progress.
• Educate members of other teams on creative services procedures/timelines/briefing requirements as necessary.
• Use innovative and creative methods to redefine a creative brief and meet the constraints of cost, time, and client.
• Ensure graphic files, layouts, and projects are archived effectively on a regular basis.
• Assist in maintaining overall quality control (QC) in Creative Department, helping to ensure that all layouts and print items are QC checked.

Qualifications
• Bachelors Degree Field related to art or graphic design, or equivilant experience based on Portfolio Req
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience Req
• Knowledge of current Adobe Suite applications (InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).
• Layout and typesetting skills and knowledge of design and print production processes.
• Working knowledge of print/production procedures.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Excellent eye for detail
• Strong sense of concept development, in addition to communication, research, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work both within a team environment and independently to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to meet demanding timelines.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Budgetary awareness/ability to provide accurate hours estimates for jobs

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