Graphic Designer

We have a new vacancy for a part-time experienced magazine graphic designer working for two days in our Aintree office.

You must be able to design, layout, proof and prepare magazines ready for print in adobe studio, professionally handed over by one of our current designers, ideally this would suit a freelance graphic designer, looking to expand their graphic design portfolio on a freelance basis based in our office, you must have excellent stunning creative design expertise and good organisational skills to design, layout and place advertisers artwork, create new artwork and show experience of preparing and \sending print ready files to our print.

You will be creating and managing high end premium business magazines and be responsible for creating strong visual designs whilst adhering to brand identity for some of the largest companies and organisations in the UK. You must be able to take projects from concept stage outline design briefs through to approval with stunning business design, You must be able to manipulate images in Photoshop and illustrator and layout to finalising creative artwork and professional page layout in InDesign along with production of our media packs.

You will work with counterpart studio managers and you must live locally.

**When applying, please include examples of your work or a link to a portfolio of your recent work **

**Your role will incorporate**:*
- Designing creative, professional business publications, ensuring they meet our client’s identities
- Overseeing the design, implementation, and management of editorial and advertisers across magazines and some web banners
- Working with the editors and our in-house sales team to create concepts and developing to final artwork stages
- Manage the design and layout of 32-to-48-page glossy magazines
- Understanding briefs from key stakeholders to establish concept, design and production criteria
- Ensuring all creatives adhere to style / brand guidelines and brand objectives
- Thoroughly checking spelling, photography, retouching, colour correcting and optimisations of all images, with good understanding of font management, image management and the latest operation of Macintosh environments.
- Be able to show and have experience of collation from design to preprint finished to print ready documents for output and upload to our printers uk wide.
- Staying ahead of trends and new ideas and interpret those into creative new designs

**Requirements**:Your Key Attributes**:*
- Successful background working and creating magazines *
- Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite *
- Commercial awareness and a solid track record of working on business magazines *
- Awareness of current and future trends, with a strong understanding of magazine branding *
- Strong conceptual ability, excellent typography, and spelling skills with an excellent eye for images and page layout design*
- Print and production experience, art working skills and retouching knowledge *
- Awareness of digital and print with ability to work in another environment when required *
- Good visualization, written and verbal communication skills are required *
- Good understanding of production processes and to push design boundaries and workload when necessary *
- Strong confident personality, with passion, energy, and aspiration in line with Benham brand and people values *

**Job Type**: Freelance

**Salary**: From £8,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Day shift

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: Graphic Designer Liverpool