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Midweight Designer

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Who is Weber Shandwick? 

We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team build brands by finding connection points in the real world. We energise the right mix of talent, using the relevant platforms, latest technology and insightful strategy to craft stories that make meaningful impact for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses like AB InBev, Ikea and Princes to name a few.

We earn affection, attention, affinity and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle. We are known for:

• Developing data driven insights and strategy to drive measurable impact
• Creating impactful creative that taps into culture
• Creating channel and platform agnostic campaigns that grow organically
• Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned-first but deliver for paid and owned channels

A snapshot of the role..

Based in Manchester and working alongside our award-winning digital and PR teams in a fully integrated environment, you’ll play a key role in bringing some of the world’s biggest brands to life across multiple channels.

Supported by our great team, you’ll design and develop creative concepts, flex your creative muscles and deliver high-quality deliverables across a range of media production disciplines. From social content to campaign creation, in print, motion and brand development. We cover a wide sector mix and work closely with our colleagues across the UK.

What will you be doing? 

Typical duties could include…

• Working with our client team to ideate new creatives
• Designing a range of social statics, videos and carousels
• Storyboarding and developing a series of motion graphic videos
• Templating assets for client-side editing
• Developing graphics to support a new business pitch
• Optimising content for a given platform
• Scoping bodies of work with our project managers

We’d like to see experience of working within a studio, an in-house design team or freelancing, with an eye-catching digital portfolio of work to showcase your very best work.

Our ideal candidate would…

Experience

• Have working experience across the core Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop and InDesign
• Be comfortable working across MacOS, in Powerpoint and Word
• Knowledgeably ideate and deliver across a range of digital, social and print mediums
• Have a passion for producing social content using traditional CC applications
• Possess a natural ‘eye for design’, delivering aspirational and professional assets
• Advise on project scoping with confidence
• Be comfortable in a client facing capacity, advising on approaches in real time
• Interpret and apply comprehensive brand guidelines accurately
• Build out projects with flexibility and client feedback requirements in mind
• Deliver refined creatives in a fast working environment with an ability to manage your time and priorities in a professional manner

Approach

• Be inspired by a blank canvas rather than intimidated by it
• Work collaboratively across the studio and the wider agency, whilst pushing projects forward individually in an organised manner
• Pay close attention to detail and constructively offer / receive feedback
• Have a growth mindset and be aware of their preferred areas of development
• Inquisitively explore emerging trends and sources of inspiration
• Be generous with their knowledge and be keen to share learnings with others

It would be nice if you could.. 

• Incorporate generative AI into production workflows
• Possess UX sensibilities and interactive design experience
• Have experience with other creative applications / tools (Adobe and beyond)
• Had hands on shooting experience with a DSLR
• Illustrate ideas on paper to communicate creative concepts with others

Core Benefits:

• Private medical insurance
• Group life assurance
• Group income protection
• Personal pension plan
• Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Benefits:

• Buy or sell holiday
• Additional life assurance cover
• Critical illness insurance
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Travel insurance
• Health screening
• Gym discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health cash plan
• Flexible working with our 3:2 hybrid work model
• Equivalent of $250 USD for new joiners on 6 month + contract to support home working setup
• 25 days’ annual leave (in addition to public holidays) plus 2 volunteering days, birthday day off work and discretionary festive closure
• Flexible public holidays
• Sweets and snacks in the office
• Exclusive shopping discounts and perks
• Annual eyecare voucher
• Season ticket loan
• Referral bonus scheme
• Long service bonus
• Enhanced family leave
• Inclusive and invisible health policies

Note from the talent team:

We appreciate the time taken to apply for the role and your recent interest in Weber Shandwick. We will review all applications within five working days and be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, down to volume, we are not able to get back to everyone individually so if you have not heard back from us, unfortunately, you have not been successful on this occasion and wish you all the best in your search.

Weber Shandwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.