Graphic Designer - Leeds, United Kingdom - Jane Tomlinson's Run For All

Jane Tomlinson's Run For All

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Jane Tomlinson's Run for All is one of the UK's biggest not-for-profit sporting event companies, staging a large number of high-profile mass participation events across the UK including the Leeds, York & Sheffield 10K's, Leeds Half Marathon, Sheffield Half Marathon and The Yorkshire Marathon.

As our event season begins we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running from day one bringing a fresh outlook and ideas for developing the Run For All brand.

Excellent communication skills are essential to this role to ensure the successful collaboration of the team. You will be responsible for conceptualizing creative designs for a wide array of media to fit the needs of internal teams and external partners

As a company we very much believe in inspiring activity both with our staff and our participants and view sport as a force for good.

Our 'For All' ethos is the heart of our events and we want to ensure that diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are central to our company.

We strongly value diversity within our workforce, and recognise that different people bring different perspectives, lived experience, ideas and culture to the company.

This difference brings with it great strengths, including diversity of thought and innovation.

You will liaise with different groups of stakeholders in order to accomplish the goals of our organisation.

Applicants should be enthusiastic and hardworking, be flexible and have a positive attitude and a good sense of humour.

To be considered for this role you will need to own a car and have a full clean driving licence due to the location of events and requirements to travel.

You should expect to work a number of weekends and occasionally, out of hours, especially throughout the event season. (March to October)

Apart from technical skills, you will need to show:

Attributes

Passion and enthusiasm for design, with a creative flair
A flexible approach when working in a team
Excellent communication skills to interpret and negotiate briefs with clients
Good presentation skills and the confidence to explain and sell ideas to clients and colleagues
Time management skills and the ability to cope with several projects at a time
Accuracy and attention to detail when finalising designs
Being open to feedback and willing to make changes to your designs
Effective networking skills to build contacts.

Responsibilities

Working with the Head of Marketing Operations to discuss the business objectives and requirements of the job
Work as brand guardian, maintaining consistency and quality to ensure all branding is working within corporate identity and brand guidelines across our event and with partners
Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts and developing interactive design
Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches and working on layouts ready for print
Proofreading to produce accurate and highquality work
Provide printready artwork
Produce creative and engaging content for social media, runner and volunteer comms

Skills

3+ years' experience in a similar role
Understanding of Creative Packages e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator etc
Understanding of design, illustration, photography and motion design
Organisational skills and the ability to be able to manage your own time and deadlines
A strong portfolio of creative and illustrative work
Ability to interpret business objectives and produce desired results
Excellent communication skills