Job Description

Designer

Do you want to get up each morning, excited about what your job will bring today? Could you play a pivotal role in engaging new and current supporters, partners and staff around the UK?

Could your creative skills build a better world for children?

We are looking for a designer, with experience in both print and digital design, to join our in-house Brand, Content and Creative team.

Position: Designer

Location: Milton Keynes

Hours: Full or part-time, 30 - 36.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Starting from \xc2\xa325,650 pro rata, depending on experience and good range of benefits

Closing date: 13th October 2023

About the role:

They say a picture tells a thousand words. If you have the design skills to bring the UK audience closer to the real lives of children in the world\xe2\x80\x99s hardest places, please read on.

As an experienced designer, you will work with the Design Manager in the design, creation and management of high quality, distinctive and on-brand communication materials, across all channels.

You will:

• Use your experience of Jobs range from creative ideation and input for major campaigns, to quick-turnaround brief-specific tasks.
• Work within our busy team in the design, creation and management of high quality, distinctive and on brand communication materials, across all channels, and advancing our integration of design and video content, bringing our brand to life, engaging and inspiring our audiences.
• Be involved in design for both print and digital, including publications, printed mailings, e-newsletters, resources for events and outdoor experiences, marketing materials and reports.

About you:

The right candidate will:

• Be educated to degree level (or with equivalent training and experience) in Graphic Design or a relevant creative discipline.
• Be able to work creatively to brief with experience of working to corporate brand guidelines.
• Have experience of working with and advising teams from across an organisation and delivering to schedule and on budget.
• Will have substantial, demonstrable experience as a designer, with a portfolio of examples from multiple channels.
• Be able to demonstrate a good/strong working knowledge and experience of the print process, good layout skills and an eye for detail, as well as experience with Adobe Creative Suite applications.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in this advert

Please note, we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the advertised closing date.

About the organisation:

The organisation is an international children\xe2\x80\x99s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy they\xe2\x80\x99ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything they do is motivated by their faith as they strive to reflect God\xe2\x80\x99s unconditional love.

As a child focused organisation, they are committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

The organisation is a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and they shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. They will be requesting you to complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct.

Please note the organisation can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK and all candidates must be personally committed to the Christian faith and be able to respect, uphold and work within our client\xe2\x80\x99s Christian mission, values, culture and faith statements. This individual will represent and speak on behalf of a Christian charity and as such the Occupational Requirement for an active Christian faith is justified under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, clause 3.

You may also have experience in areas such as Digital Designer, Designer, Brand Designer, Brand, Media, Marketing, Communications, Digital Design Officer, Digital Marketing, Brand and Marketing, Brand and Communications, PR, Digital Communications, Digital Content, Digital Content Officer.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

NFP People