Graduate / Junior Creative Designer - 12 Month FTC. Surrey

Are you a creative Graduate or Junior Designer looking to join a growing agency serving world class clients? 

If you are a driven, ambitious individual, passionate about self-improvement and ready to progress your career, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for a new creative thinker to join our fast-paced design team on a 12 month fixed term contract role. As an agency with a history of retaining and nurturing our people, the right candidate may be offered a pathway to permanent employment on completion of the contract and access to excellent long term career prospects within the company.

You will be involved in an exciting variety of creative projects including brand identity & implementation, campaigns, websites, digital applications, marketing & comms materials as well as prospective pitches for new clients.

** In addition to a CV, all applicants must provide examples of their previous work at the time of the application. This can be provided as an online portfolio, PDF or separate links to previous projects you have worked on and should show a variety of high-quality work. Thanks! **

The Role at a Glance: 
Graduate / Junior Creative Designer 
Central Reigate, Surrey 
£25,000 - £30,000 depending on experience and portfolio
Plus Flexible working hours and other perks

About You:

Portfolio: Your work will showcase a diverse range of projects that illustrates well thought out and rationalised solutions from concepts to creation and demonstrates a keen eye for detail throughout.

Technical skills & knowledge: You must be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) with knowledge of Figma preferred. A solid foundation in design principles; grids, layouts, hierarchy etc and knowledge of UI/UX principles is essential.

Time management: You are highly organised, with a keen sense of prioritisation and time management and take a proactive and flexible approach, that can adapt to demanding business needs.  You have the confidence and ability to work quickly to deadlines, without impacting quality or attention to detail.

Problem-solving: You relish putting your problem-solving skills into practice and have the ability to interrogate and problem-solve strategic and creative briefs to generate concepts that meet client objectives and execute them effectively and consistently. You adapt to feedback (from clients, or our creative director / creative lead) and iterate designs accordingly.

Team / collaboration: You have experience of taking full ownership of your own projects and deliverables but are also happy to work alongside more senior team members; learning from them, and supporting on their project requirements.  

Communication: Your verbal and written communication skills are excellent, allowing you to clearly articulate your concepts and strategic / creative solutions to team members, project managers and clients alike.

What we offer!

Competitive benefits:  Including 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays. A profit share bonus scheme, a recruitment bonus scheme, an electric vehicle leasing scheme and an annual birthday dinner voucher. Access to training along with an employee benefits platform and an employee assistance program including wellbeing resources to support and manage physical and emotional health.

Flexible working: Options for flexible hours are in place to meet the needs of the employer and the employee alike.

Collaboration and career growth: A supportive and creative team culture with opportunities for professional development and advancement of skills and responsibility at all levels.

When applying for the role:

You must be based within or in close proximity to Surrey/Reigate. If your address shows you as outside of Surrey then please explain how you would commute to Reigate.

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If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.