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Directions Recruitment Specialists
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Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Design Manager
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
A highly creative, proactive Design Manager who has a strong background of both hands-on online and offline design, with strong technical knowledge . An ideal candidate will have 5 years in the e-Commerce / Marketing industry with a proven track record of management, planning, testing and implementation of e-Commerce best practices in a fast moving, results-oriented retail business. Key Responsibilities include: Responsible for managing the front-end user experience & content schedule for our UK business, working closely with Web Trading & wider E-Commerce team to provide creative marketing design and responsive web assets for ongoing campaigns Responsible for working closely with the CRM team to deliver the email marketing strategy and optimizing email newsletter and trigger campaign layouts for conversion Ensuring marketing campaigns for all channels are optimised and delivered for both mobile and desktop devices Implementing and updating processes to ensure efficient & smooth on-time delivery of marketing campaigns and additional user content Overseeing and contributing to the designing, coding & implementation of all campaign changes and promotional pages Working closely with the Product Design team to ensure optimal & consistent user experience Direct and oversee the work of an in-house team of designers, (and at times) freelancers, and external agencies to ensure they work within specifications, helping to develop their skills Ensuring strong development of the design team, coaching and mentoring as required End-to-end design & front-end coding for landing pages, microsites, email newsletters, affiliate/PPC banners Manage supporting the Retail team with artworking for our range of gift box products and merchandising / POS materials Handling design queries from the wider business and advising / fulfilling need accordingly And now a bit about you 5 years’ experience in a digital design role with a focus on B2C Customer / User-focused mindset - strong understanding of UX/UI best practice Prior experience of working within a trading / eCommerce industry Management experience - providing constructive feedback and development for design teams Excellent knowledge of Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign High-level competency in HTML & CSS Good understanding of Javascript and JQuery Experience of Bootstrap framework