Multimedia Designer

About us

London Marathon Events (part of the London Marathon Group) works to inspire, champion and increase activity in all ages, abilities and demographics. We do this through our successful event portfolio (which includes the TCS London Marathon and TCS Mini London Marathon, Brighton Marathon, The Big Half, Vitality London 10,000, Vitality Westminster Mile, Standard Chartered Great City Race and Swim Serpentine), through our extensive outreach programmes working with schools and community groups in London and across the UK and through our network of wholly owned or partially owned companies, such as Maverick, Run 4 Wales, Loch Ness Marathon Ltd, Caledonian Concepts, Athletic Ventures and Friday Night Lights.

Our events raise millions for charities every year to improve the lives of individuals and communities and we passionately believe in the power of sport.

Our values are integral to who we are, how we work and what we do:

• Impact – together we create positive change

• Innovate – together we enable new ideas

• Everyone – together we champion inclusivity

• Customer first – together we go the extra mile for all

Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do, and we want to ensure they are at the heart of our company. We strongly value diversity within our workforce and recognise that different people bring different perspectives, lived experience, ideas and culture to the company. This difference brings with it great strengths, including diversity of thought. So, if you're ready to be a force for good, lead change and want to make a difference to society, keep reading.

The Role

We're looking for a Multimedia Designer to be part of the current award-winning creative team. You'll have a great visual eye, a natural talent for beautiful design and a track record of creating and delivering projects that inspire and delight. You will be passionate about making a real change to our society whilst being involved in other projects further afield across the globe.

As a designer you will be used to working in a fast-paced agile team, you will work across all of the companies events marketing material for The Bath Half, Brighton Marathon Weekend, Standard Chartered Great City Race, T100 Triathlon, Big Half, Swim Serpentine, Vitality Westminster Mile, Vitality London 10000, Royal Parks Half, the TCS Mini London Marathon and, of course the world's greatest marathon on the planet the TCS London Marathon. The company is growing to meet the demands of new audiences and technology desires, you will be asked to work across a variety of digital, print and interactive assets, this essential role will also require ninja like animation skills, working closely with the social, digital, and content teams, you will own this space and push the creative level upwards.

You will be comfortable working on Mac and using the Adobe Cloud crafting beautiful designs, concepts and ideas that inspire a wide and diverse audience.

You will have a can-do attitude and brave approach, feel confident in learning new skills, new tools and fusing these with brave ideas that push the status quo, you will also be empowered to speak your mind to test and learn with new innovations.

LME prides itself on being the leader in their field, we want to stay there, and your contribution will keep the creative department on point, fresh and innovative to disrupt and engage across an omnichannel offering.

You will be empowered to try new approaches, bring big ideas to the table, and think outside the box. You will be a team player but able to work alone at the office or home.

We want you to love what you do and present this to a wider audience outside the creative department. Your passion and enthusiasm through the design lens will inspire a generation from the grass roots to elite athletes… Sound like you? Then we want to hear from you right away

Responsibilities:

• You will report to Snr Designer in the creative team and speak daily; in the office or when working from home.
• You will create and deliver marketing content in digital and print formats using our Figma style guides and digital tools.
• You will learn new skills and develop a strong understanding of the LME brands
• You will work as a team member and sometimes individually depending on the task
• You will present to the creative team, expressing your opinions and ideas weekly
• You will build key relationships with other departments in house
• You will innovate, be brave and maintain LME as the best creative department in the business producing fresh and engaging design with your colleagues.
• You will sometimes work with the head of creative and company directors
• You will have fun, inspire your colleagues and be a solid creative pillar in a thriving creative department.

Skills and Experience:

• A thorough understanding of Adobe Creative Cloud applications as well other productivity software
• Strong skills in Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D and blender are a bonus.
• A strong working knowledge of online and offline design
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisation skills and the ability to manage multiple projects
• Knowledge of graphic design fundamentals, typography, and boundaries between online and offline omni channel design work
• The ability to translate ideas to designers and others, influencing external and internal stakeholders