Graphic Designer
| Posting date: | 07 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,000 to £28,522 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2025 |
| Location: | Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 5NH |
| Company: | Nelson and Colne College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1078049 |
Summary
Graphic Designer
Salary: Up to £28,522.88 per annum, depending on experience
Hours: 37 per week
Weeks Per Year: Full Year
Contract Type: Permanent
Site: Lancashire Adult Learning
Closing Date: Sunday 2 March 2025
Interview Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025
‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’
Our Organisation
This role is advertised by NCC Professional Services. Part of Nelson and Colne College Group, NCC Professional Services provides expert business support services to the wider College Group.
Nelson and Colne College Group is a beacon for educational excellence, made up of a family of colleges – Nelson & Colne College, Accrington & Rossendale College and Lancashire Adult Learning. The College Group is the only Further Education college in Lancashire to be graded as ‘Outstanding’ under the new Ofsted inspection framework.
Together the Group forms a Sixth Form, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre, employer training and adult learning provider delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all ages and at all levels.
The Exciting Role
The College Group is looking for a full-time, permanent Graphic Designer to provide effective and creative design solutions. This is a portfolio enhancing role, as we move into a period of huge design development, introducing 6 new brands across our College Group. From marketing campaigns to brand development, the role is varied and offers an amazing opportunity for candidates to diversify their portfolio.
The successful candidate will oversee the production of design briefs in line with our visual brand identity for Nelson and Colne College, Lancashire Adult Learning, Accrington & Rossendale College, NCCG University Centre, NCCG Apprenticeships and Employer as well as Nelson and Colne College Group. They will work across a wide range of print formats from large scale publications to flyers, newsletters, signage, and advertising, ensuring appropriate artwork production, in line with the marketing strategy.
This role will be based at our Lancashire Adult Learning site, however, travel across sites will be required.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Acting as a creative brand champion, ensure effective, high quality and timely production of artwork for a wide range of print and online materials, from large scale publications to social assets, web banners to newsletters, signage, and more, in line with brand guidelines.
- Support the development and roll out of 6 new brand identities across the whole College Group
- Take a lead role in key projects such as image stock development to ensure a bank of high quality ‘approved’ brand assets for various audience groups, that help to showcase the brand identity and our wide-ranging audience demographics, for flexible use by the team and in materials.
- Liaise with external print and media companies to ensure appropriate print formats, quality, efficiency, and value for money services.
What We Are Looking For:
- Degree Level Qualification in a relevant subject
- In-house or agency graphic design experience, with a broad portfolio of evidence to include print and online examples, showcasing innovative approaches to design
- Excellent technical skills including extensive experience of using Abode Creative Suite, specifically InDesign
- Broad experience formatting artwork for print across various formats/specifications
- Experience of working within a fast-paced environment, while ensuring quality production and timely delivery
- Experience in developing visual brands
What We Offer in Return:
- Generous annual leave entitlement increasing to a maximum of 28 days (with service), plus Bank Holidays and closure days – totalling 41 days per year
- Access to a workplace pension scheme – with employer contributions of 5%
- Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family friendly policies and benefits
- A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
- Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
- Free on-site parking on all College sites
How to Apply:
Still Interested?
If you're interested in this post and would like to know more, then please visit our website and complete an application form.
Further Questions?
Please contact our friendly HR Team h.resources@nelsongroup.ac.uk
*Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website*
All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children. Should you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch with the HR team
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