Creative Designer

Interim Creative Designer

Rate: £25.96 per hour

Length of contract: 8 weeks

We are seeking a talented Creative Designer to join our busy communications team on an interim basis to provide sickness cover. This is a great opportunity for a creative, detail-oriented designer with a passion for digital design and visual storytelling.

You will create engaging, high-quality content across digital and print channels, including graphics, photography, infographics, animation, video and other multimedia assets. Supporting corporate communications, campaigns and key priorities, you will help deliver visually compelling content that is accessible, on-brand and aligned with organisational objectives.

The role involves managing design projects from brief to delivery, advising colleagues on design requirements, liaising with internal stakeholders and external suppliers, and acting as a brand guardian to ensure all creative outputs meet corporate branding and accessibility standards.

Key responsibilities will include:

Producing high-quality creative design content and materials for both online and offline channels
Supporting key communications campaigns and corporate communications activity
Creating engaging visual content that supports storytelling, key messages and organisational priorities
Delivering digital-first design across web, email and social media channels
Producing graphics, infographics, gifs, animation, video and other multimedia content
Ensuring all outputs are consistent with corporate brand and accessibility guidelines
Providing design advice, consultancy and support to colleagues and managers
Managing design projects, including briefs, schedules, workflow and delivery
Working with external designers, printers, photographers, illustrators and copywriters where required
Supporting reputation management by identifying and advising on design-related issues that could affect public perception
Keeping up to date with developments in design, digital communications and visual contentEssential experience and skills:

Experience in a similar creative design role
Experience of creating creative design content and materials for use online and offline
Experience of producing design work for campaigns and communications plans
Knowledge of best practice in graphic design
Skills to create images, graphics, infographics, gifs, animation and video
Experience of delivering creative design within communications teams in large and complex organisations
Experience of working in a politically sensitive environment where excellent judgement is requiredWhat you need to do now
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