Multi-media Design Manager

Location
Ilkley
Salary
£29000 per annum
Posted
24 Jul 2017
Closes
27 Jul 2017
Ref
AAJ 11631 2
Contact
Paul Jones
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Due to continuing growth, a national, award winning training provider has a great opportunity for an experienced Multi-media Design Manager to join their journey in a busy Marketing Department. The overall objective of the role is to manage and produce creative visual materials that fit within the general agreed brand guidelines and assist in delivering marketing and sales objectives.

The Company:

As one of the UK’s leading providers of online learning for over twenty years they have delivered training to over 2.7 million learners. At the Learning Technology Awards 2016, they achieved gold for the prestigious ‘Learning Technologies Supplier of the Year' and are proud to be accredited by the Investors in People, an internationally recognised people management standard.

The company’s vision is to achieve "20 million online learners by 2020" and having a workforce who embrace their values of being Passionate, Customer Focused, Collaborative, Innovative and demonstrate Integrity – all are integral to their success.

Key Duties: 
  • To work with the Head of Marketing and strategic marketing team to improve the company’s communication externally including (but not exclusively) website, collateral, video and email
  • To work with tactical sales to ensure the graphical representation of any product information and promotions is visually appropriate and fits within brand guidelines
  • To Work with online sales to add value to their web proposition and resultant sales
  • To be the custodian of the companies visual brand identity
  • Web design – to be able to style up pages behind our CMS. Layout / conversion optimisation organising and structuring elements on a page to guide visitors towards a goal or conversion
  • Develop new and amend existing collateral
  • Coordinate the group requirements for major design jobs such as exhibitions
  • Produce animated videos or manage external contractors to produce
  • Develop an efficient system to balance and prioritise the multiple design based requirements and ensure visibility of all design work
  • Supervision of staff where required
 
Key Skills/Experience:

  • Essential evidence of quality graphic design experience and skills
  • Essential basic HTML/CSS skills
  • Desirable evidence of quality video production experience and skills
  • Desirable evidence of quality email production experience and skills
  • Essential experience to an agreed standard in the use of Design - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.
  • Desirable with -  video - Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects  Other - Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver
  • Tenacious and action orientated
  • Creative thinker
  • Strong organisational skills and time management
  • Proactive and able to work on own initiative
  • Ability to work calmly to tight deadlines
  • The ability to develop and nurture internal relationships
  • General marketing experience would be an advantage but not essential

Package Includes:
 
  • Comprehensive induction & ongoing training, 3% matched contribution Pension Scheme, Simply Health Plan, Life Assurance and Childcare Vouchers. 
  • Hours of work are 37.5 hours (Monday to Friday)
  • Regular team building events and charity fun days, lunch time activities including darts, whole company business updates, excellent work/life balance, opportunities for development, butties on achievement of key milestones, ice creams in summer, family BBQ’s (donations to charity), sporting events and the most amazing Christmas party with competitions and prizes.
 
Interested? Then please submit your CV and covering letter detailing your current salary before the closing date. We are an Equality & Diversity employer.

No agencies please.