Junior Graphic Designer
Salary £23,000 - £25,000 DOE Location Peterborough Head Office Contracted Hours Office Based - 37.5 hours a week - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
This is a Permanent, Full time vacancy that will close in a month at 23:59 BST.
The Vacancy
What is the role
Are you interested in the retail fashion industry and have experience in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign? We are looking for a creative, forward-thinking individual to join our Graphic Design team as a Junior Graphic Designer. You will be involved in the design, update & upkeep of our websites. As well as online and offline marketing design including customer campaign emails, social media posts, app design, store artwork and packaging.
You will be an excellent communicator, able to work face to face and through email. You’ll have a meticulous eye for detail, and a keen understanding of our target audience for each of our brands. With a strong work ethic and the ability to deliver a balanced workload to achieve targets and deadlines, you’ll be a welcome team player, in a fast-paced working environment.
What you will do
1. Have a clear understanding of each customer and how we design for each brand.
2. Follow Marketing briefs assigned by your Graphic Design Manager, following any instructions given and take in feedback to hone skills and improve design.
3. Demonstrate good time management, prioritising workload.
4. Ability to learn a variety of systems quickly and effectively. We use a variety of platforms for uploading our designs, including ones for managing the website, app, and marketing emails.
5. Produce creative designs for each brand and support Graphic Design Manager with animated GIFs / videos when needed.
6. Produce high quality graphics for social including social posts and stories for all brands.
7. Create blog images for the Marketing department making sure they follow the brand guidelines.
8. Support on international tasks such as emails and homepages.
9. Gain experience in requesting translations for France, Netherlands, Spain and Germany. Able to communicate with translators effectively.
10. Check test emails for other team members with an eye for spotting mistakes.
What you will bring
11. BA (Hons) in Graphic Design or related field.
12. Adobe CS – Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
13. Ability to learn new platforms/CMS.
14. Core graphic design, typography, layout and digital standards.
15. Ideally 1-2 years’ experience in design (preferably within fashion, lifestyle or cosmetics)
16. Basic knowledge of customer user experience within shopping on Desktop, Mobile, Tablet and Apps
17. Ability to assist senior members of the team.
18. Interest in Fashion.
19. Organisational and communication skills.
20. A strong work ethic and innovative approach to all tasks.
21. Proven ability to work well within a team and use own initiative.
22. An energy and enthusiasm to succeed.
23. Ability to work under pressure and work across multiple projects.
The Company
Yours Clothing is a retailer that provides the best value on the UK high street and internet for curvy customers. Along with our big and tall menswear brand, BadRhino, our Long Tall Sally brand and our most recent addition, PixieGirl Petites, the business is growing at pace to cater for non-standard sizes on the high street and online.
Our continued success comes from our entrepreneurial thinking and listening to our customers to deliver fashion products at the right price. Our environment is fast paced, ever evolving and full of excitement. Yours Clothing continues to expand and become the number one plus size fashion retailer in the UK whilst continuing to develop our brands into new and exciting niche markets both in the UK and further afield.