Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 / week
Salary: circa £35,000 depending on experience
Location: Birmingham
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Senior Graphic Designer
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
Role Summary:
As a content creator and designer, you'll create compelling and engaging content including animations, infographics, motion graphics, videos, presentations and other brand collateral for a variety of audiences. Your content will be shared across multiple channels internally and externally therefore must be professional and support our overarching brand.
You'll be involved in the design, creation and implementation of content over a variety of topics and mediums.
You’ll provide support with day to day content creation and management of our digital channels as required.
You'll work collaboratively with other members of the Communications and Stakeholder Engagement team and the wider business to ensure that products and services meet needs.
As a content creator and designer, you'll handle the full spectrum of users' impressions and interactions with the LCCC brand.
- Gather information about user requirements and desired outcomes
- Propose and sketch out a range of visual concepts both on paper and using software applications
- Work closely with the content owners and customers to validate initial solution ideas, and drive the elaboration of concepts into more formalised designs
- Ensure the content is compelling cross-platform - mobile phones, tablets and computers
- Work collaboratively across LCCC to ensure content is accurate
- Liaise regularly with users both internal and external to ensure designs meet their requirements and core business objectives
- Ensure design standards, brand guidelines and best practices are adhered to
Essential:
- Commercial experience in the areas of delivering compelling and engaging professional content such as animations, graphics, brochures, videos.
- The ability to communicate your designs to key stakeholders both technical and non-technical
- You are well-versed in the standard graphic design tools and can handle them professionally and efficiently
- You want to make things happen and are motivated by having a real impact on the success of the business
- You love to be challenged and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Like us, you are a person of conviction and you feel like you will thrive in our culture
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience of relevant software, including Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Microsoft Office 365 suite
Desirable:
- Experience of creating and managing content for websites
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- An awareness of accessibility for online channels
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role, so applicants must possess an independent, pre-existing right to work in the UK at the time of application.
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:
- Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
- 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
- Up to 8% pension contribution
- Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
- Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
- Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
- Three paid volunteering days a year
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
- Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
- Employee resource groups
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050.
Discover more about LCCC and what it's like to work with us by watching this video:
https://vimeo.com/1071699533
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