Graduate Graphic Designer

Start Date
: To be agreed (as soon as possible)

Working Hours
: Full Time

Job Location
: Loughborough, Leicestershire

Remuneration
: £20,000 - £24,000 per annum

If applying, please include a portfolio for review.

About Vectare:

Vectare is an award-winning transport consultancy and technology company, supplying

educational establishments, corporate clients, and the public sector with creative solutions

to enhance their transport provision. We're a young company, founded in 2016, which

means we're innovative, agile and a fun place to work. Our small team works to the highest

standards and we expect everybody to focus on high quality service delivery and attention

to detail.

Job Responsibilities:

External Marketing:

• Produce booklets, posters, flyers, leaflets, and other graphic design elements to promote Vectare's services to the wide range of markets that we serve
• Work with the Lead Graphic Designer and Directors to produce large-scale graphic elements (e.g., pull-up banners, exhibition stands) to support marketing activities at events and exhibitions
• Produce, and update, a range of suitably sized graphic elements for use on social media, ideally including illustrations and photographs
• Collaborate with the Lead Graphic Designer and Commercial Manager to create, maintain, and update booklets, posters, flyers, leaflets, and other graphic design elements relating to Vectare's local bus services, ensuring that an accurate and up-to-date suite of publicity for this work is maintained

Internal Marketing:

• Produce booklets, posters, flyers, leaflets, and other graphic design elements as required to communicate messages to Vectare staff/subcontractors (e.g., internal notices/updates etc.)
• Work with the Client Services team and Lead Graphic Designer to create and maintain an up-to-date set of "How We Work" guides for distribution to clients, staff, and subcontractors as required
• Assist the Commercial Manager and Compliance Manager in maintaining an up-to-date Staff Handbook and Driver Handbook for distribution to staff as required

Client Marketing:

• Produce Transport and Travel Guides and other ad-hoc marketing collateral on behalf of our education sector and corporate clients
• Review client brand guidelines and ensure that all external work completed is in accordance with the relevant client's brand guidelines
• Liaise directly with clients in relation to proofing changes/updates required to their work, communicating professionally, resolving issues raised by clients promptly, and logging all hours worked accurately for billing purposes

Mapping:

• Take Adobe Illustrator exports from our mapping software, manipulate the Map Key and place labels and position text around mapped elements to create an attractive mapping product
• Make updates to maps on an ad-hoc basis as requested by clients/colleagues

Website Design:

• Work with the Lead Graphic Designer and Directors to produce initial and detailed graphic designs for websites, which will then be passed to our Technology team for development
• Work with the Lead Graphic Designer to create graphic elements and assets for the web

About You:

People are at the heart of our business and at Vectare, we only want the best people. Our

team works to the highest standards, and we expect everybody to focus on high-quality

service delivery and attention to detail.

We're looking for a candidate who can demonstrate competence in a range of graphic design

areas by showing us a portfolio of previous work. This would ideally include commercial/

corporate design work, but we also welcome applicants who can demonstrate their creative

flair through personal/artistic works as well.

You will need to have experience with:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Strong knowledge of print design, layout, typography, colour, and design principle
• Familiarity with Figma, After Effects, video editing or animation is a plus
• Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills

To fit in and be successful at Vectare, you'll need to be an enthusiastic individual who can

confidently answer 'yes' to all these questions:

• Do I work well independently, and as part of a team?
• Am I a good communicator, in person, over the phone, and in writing?
• Can I work on my own initiative, and use discretion and autonomy to solve problems proactively and compassionately?
• Am I innovative? Do I often come up with creative solutions to problems, rather than just implementing other people's solutions?
• Have I got excellent attention to detail?
• Am I able to spot problems and notice when things aren't quite right? Can I create solutions to these problems using my own initiative?
• Can I be flexible, calm under pressure, and able to cope with a fast pace of change?
• Am I able to manage multiple responsibilities at once by focusing on one task whilst keeping track of others

Whilst an interest in transport is desirable, it is not essential because most of the skills we

require are not transport-specific; we want confident, enthusiastic people, and you can learn

about transport "on the job" if it is not an industry you have worked in before.

All candidates must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom, and must provide a link to a portfolio or PDF of relevant work samples to be considered.