Creative Designer

Are you a graphic design graduate looking for a chance to nurture your skills and apply your creativity in a stimulating and supportive commercial studio?

Reach plc's Creative department is based at the Manchester Evening News offices and we're recruiting a Creative Designer to bring fresh new ideas to our team.

Reach Creative operates as a mini agency; servicing and delivering creative solutions for a wide array of advertising clients, marketing teams and corporate initiatives.

We're looking for someone with an eye for the innovative and a flair for producing designs that grab attention and deliver an engaging message with clarity and purpose.

You don't have to be the finished article - we're more interested in finding someone with exciting potential and a real passion for outstanding creative design.

In return, you'll get all the support and guidance you need to become a top class creative designer and the chance to work on a vast assortment of digital and print briefs from local, national and international clients.

Who are we? We are Reach because that is what we do

Every day our newsbrands - national and regional, in print and online - reach millions of people up and down the country. We are the UK's largest news publisher, with influential national newsbrands such as the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Sunday People, Daily Record, and more than 100 distinguished regional titles including the Manchester Evening News and the Liverpool Echo.

Our brands have a long heritage of being trusted sources of news and information, with our editorial conviction and high standards of journalism providing audiences with timely information and opinion across multiple platforms.

Last year we sold 540 million newspapers, and our network of over 70 websites provide 24/7 coverage of news, sport and showbiz stories, viewed by 110m unique browsers every month.

• Work with designers, copywriters & digital developers to fulfil advertising campaigns originating from client briefs.
• Create original, inspiring creative designs for a range of advertising and marketing purposes.
• Generate original ideas and concepts to steer our creative projects to spectacular and engaging outcomes.
• Take every opportunity to develop your creativity and enhance your design skills

• A talented and passionate graphic designer
• Ideally experience of a commercial studio or agency environment
• Superb graphic design skills across print/digital platforms
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Animate/InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop/CC
• An understanding of the principles of advertising
• Innovative and enthusiastic approach to every brief
• The drive to improve and enhance your skills

In addition to competitive salaries, 25 days holiday, profit share scheme and a contributory pension scheme, Reach plc have a wealth of flexible benefits on offer. These include the option to purchase up to 10 additional days of holiday per year, childcare vouchers, cycle scheme, a technology scheme in conjunction with Curry's PC World, car scheme, health cash plan, employee loans and lots of high street discounts! Our business is fully committed to health and wellbeing in the workplace with an employee assistance programme and trained mental health first aiders across the business.

We are committed to equal opportunity for all. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process. We will be reviewing applications as they are received so please don't delay in submitting your application. Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the application deadline/closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

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