Mid-weight Designer

Grant Thornton ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Join us and you’ll shape more than just your career. We believe we’re best positioned to make a meaningful impact on the economy. Every day we provide a diverse range of organisations with the kind of business and financial advice it takes to do this. Our ideas and insight empower our clients to make big decisions about the future and unlock sustainable growth. Through our fresh thinking and agile working, we help businesses, communities and our people to flourish. About you: You’re a dynamic mid-weight designer to join our in-house creative team. You’ll have a passion for layout with strong skills in typography, a keen eye for choosing photography and love to geek out designing charts, graphs and infographics. Each day you’ll be bringing the firm’s content to life visually in print and digital media, feeling equally comfortable in with disciplines. You’ll be working within our refreshed brand and visual identify which is clean and modern with enough flex to not stifle your creativity. Along with your CV, please supply a condensed portfolio of five relevant projects. What you’ll be doing: Create visually engaging designs using the Grant Thornton brand identity. These will include but not limited to: reports, brochures, proposals, animated and static social media assets, digital experiences, infographics and data visualisation, even collateral, advertising and campaigns. Work with your design manager, discussing briefs and concepts Liaise directly with internal clients on briefs and at times presenting your work Use the job booking and tracking system to ensure briefs are delivered to requirements and on time Act as a guardian and educator on the firm’s identity and guidelines Who we're looking for: Minimum three years’ experience in an in-house role or agency (minimum criteria). Experience in professional services is an advantage Strong Adobe CC skills (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) (minimum criteria). After Effects skills would be ideal but not essential. Amazing time management skills Good attention to detail A good understanding of how to translate content to print and digital environments The ability to communicate well to people at all levels You should be commercially focused with the ability to deliver innovative solutions. You should be focused on self-development as well as having the desire to coach, mentor and develop your colleagues. You must also share our CLEARR values - Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility. We’re looking for people who have a strong connection with and share our core beliefs: • Profit with a purpose that leads to a sustainable business • We create sustainable value for our clients • We are better together • Our CLEARR values underpin all we do • We never compromise on quality The time you spend outside of work helps shape what you can bring to our firm. We value the commitments you may have outside of work and will consider all flexible working applications. Valuing you Your personal development plan will help you grow your skills. And you’ll be able to shape your career within your team or by moving across our business or going on secondments in the UK and across our global network of member firms. You’ll also enjoy a competitive salary and a flexible benefits package designed to meet your individual needs. Becoming a shared enterprise Our unique culture is built around collaboration. Everybody here plays their part. Over the past few years we’ve been making big changes - moving towards becoming a shared enterprise. We share ideas. We share responsibility. We share the rewards. Put simply, we’re better together.