Set up by our visionary founder, The Jamie Oliver Group is a global and integrated food brand with a mission to help build a healthier, happier world through the joy of food. From media and restaurants to products, partnership and Ministry of Food, every part of our diverse business has a key role to play in making it easier for people to cook and enjoy better, healthier, more sustainable, and joyful meals. Whether that’s in our homes, in restaurants or workplaces. As a proud B Corp, we are committed to educate and inspire people, workplaces, schools and communities all over the world, to help make better choices, one meal at a time. At The Jamie Oliver Group we celebrate the fact that everyone is different and we treat every colleague with dignity and respect. We know that diverse and inclusive teams help us deliver our best work, and we love to see applications from groups who are currently underrepresented in the creative industries.

Position

We are looking for a creative, forward thinking and innovative individual to join our Art & Design team as a Senior Designer. As a key member of the Design team you will manage all design projects from concept to delivery, ensuring that the vision and creative ambition of the Company is achieved in all visual content across the Jamie Oliver Group. As a Senior Designer you will do this by shaping and producing innovative, on brand, creative design content and graphics for specific briefs across the whole Company, ensuring high quality deliverables. You will utilise your creative flair to produce visual concepts and ideas that captivate and capture the Jamie Oliver brand identity. You will ensure that the brand is well represented across all platforms such as the Company website, internal newsletters, social media content and more. Your responsibilities will include:

Overseeing all design projects, from conception to delivery
Answering briefs and maintaining quality checks on all design projects within agreed timelines.
Work closely with the wider Design team, taking designs and artwork from conception through to completion.
Produce visual concepts and graphic designs across all of our brands
Confidently pitch and present creative ideas and provide solutions to stakeholders within the Company, to consistently drive the creativity of projects, then amending briefs based on feedback
Provide photographic art direction
Review and sign off on design work, photo retouching and selects made by the junior team members to ensure high quality
Attend meetings and creative sessions.
Line manage and act as a mentor to the junior team.
Create and produce original and fun motion graphics and animation covering video end cards, TV titles and social media content
Support the Creative Director and Senior Creative
To challenge, solve and deliver, exceeding all expectations.

Requirements

Educated to degree level in graphic design or related field.

Advanced knowledge of all Adobe Creative Suite applications.
A minimum of 6+ years experience in the creative industry as a Senior Designer.
Solid understanding of visual elements (layout, typography and fonts).
You have strong graphic design and typography skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and good presentation skills.
Good organisational skills and a strong attention to detail is a must.
Some experience in either digital design (Responsive website design principles, Adobe XD, Figma, Email design and Wireframing etc.) or Motion graphics (After effects animation, dynamic typography and editing in Premiere etc.
A good understanding across all social platforms.

You’ll be:

Confident to question briefs and challenge the teams that you work with to ensure we are driving the creativity of the different projects that they are working on in an original and creative way
Highly flexible and able to adapt to a demanding, changing schedule
You’re a problem solver and enjoy finding fresh, new and innovative ways of looking at delivering creative concepts
You’re a creative thinker and doer.
You can present ideas & concepts in an articulate and engaging manner
You have versatile creative abilities (we have a wide variety of clients and types of work)
You are proactive team player who can work collaboratively in a small team
You are eager to learn new skills and share your knowledge with the rest of the team
You have great attention to detail
You have an understanding of production and print processes

Other information

A friendly and supportive company culture in a creative office

Competitive Salary & Bonus
Hybrid Working
Private Medical Cover
Life Insurance & Permanent Health Insurance
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme at no cost
Lots of Training and Development opportunities
30 days Holiday, plus half a day for Christmas shopping
Fabulous Food perks including Free Breakfast at the office & Subsidised Lunches
Social Events, Discounted Gym Membership, plus Massage and Nail Appointments on site

This is a permanent role beginning as soon as possible. Please submit a Cover Letter and CV to be considered for the role.

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