Graphic Designer

Job description

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with Habs (Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools) to find their new Graphic Designer.

Habs offers a hybrid working environment with 1 day per week from home and 4 on the Elstree school campus during term time. Full flexibility to work from home during school holidays, and 40 days annual leave including bank holidays.

We are looking for a Graphic Designer to join the Marketing team. This is an exciting newly created role, where you will be working across both Haberdashers’ Boys’ and Girls’ schools (known as Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools).

As Graphic designer you will be responsible for creating and developing all aspects of graphic design and video assets to support the schools; including all internal and external marketing communications (advertising campaigns, social media channels, admission related materials, school publications, leaflets, brochures and posters, stationary, merchandise and all required materials for major school events such as open days and fundraising days).
- Understand creative vision of the department and take direction from senior members of the team
- Maintain brand consistency throughout your work, using the existing brand guidelines
- Advising on new ways to design/market our materials and present them better visually (and adapting the brand guidelines if required)
- Develop design solutions that will make our audience stop and engage, compared to our competitors.
- Use your multimedia design skills across all disciplines to experiment with visual language.
- Work with the Marketing team to design impactful and engaging marketing campaigns
- Design/produce all printed marketing material and social media content
- Creation of original artwork for open days and events
- Support with setting up templates for modular design for efficient adaptation
- Creation and updating branded templates for the school (in PowerPoint, Word and InDesign)
- Develop all infographics and data visualisations.
- Own and evolve our multimedia design and execution, experimenting with imagery, gifs, video and animation
- Take photos at events across the school including guest speakers, sports fixtures and concerts and photo edit.
- Be responsible for organising an easy to navigate photo stock gallery
- Assist with video shoots and filming
- Build a catalogue of third-party contacts (for example printers).