Design and Brand Lead

About the role…

Are you a creative mastermind with a passion for Design and Branding? 
Do you thrive on building strong visual identities and making an impact through your design work?

If you answered yes to these questions, then we have the perfect opportunity for you! Join our award-winning team as a Design and Brand Lead and unleash your creativity in a dynamic and innovative environment.

You will own and improve the brands of our partner councils, including Cotswold, Forest of Dean, and West Oxfordshire District Councils. You will also be able to use your creative skills to create high quality design across the business to help us engage local people.

As we continue to grow and deliver ever better communications for our residents, we are looking for a talented and creative person to join our team and be our guru on all things Design and Brand.

Job responsibilities include:
- Proactively managing the visual brands of our partner councils and Publica, improving them and ensuring correct application to build our reputation.
- Provide creative design leadership for digital and print work to support priority campaigns and projects along with requests from across the business.
- Lead the development of a design style for the partner councils and Publica, ensuring modern and engaging design that helps strengthen their brands.
- Deliver visually appealing and engaging design work across various digital and print mediums for the partner councils and Publica.
- Advise colleagues on visual branding, specialist print, and design, working collaboratively to ensure high-quality work.

• A qualification in your area of expertise, equivalent to a degree or relevant experience of five years – including portfolio of previous work
• Experience of working flexibly as part of a team and collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders
• Experience of being involved in continuously improving services and developing products to meet customer need
• Ability to remain calm and confident when dealing with challenging customers and environments
• Ability to resolve complex issues by negotiation

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

• Use of a car for work purposes

Publica is a unique place to work – we’re a local government organisation with a twist! Publica wants to transform the way local services are delivered. To help do this we have started to fundamentally rethink the way we design our services in the digital era so that Publica is a customer focused organisation driven by real user needs.

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other finances)
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
• Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
• Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

These are just a handful of the benefits that you can enjoy when you join us!

To apply for this position please click on "apply now" within this page to complete an application form and supporting statement together with your CV. Please tell us about your skills, knowledge, qualifications, experience and how they meet the criteria listed above and in the job description/person specification. It’s important that we’re a good fit for each other, so let us know what’s important to you and why you want to work for Publica Group Ltd.  Your CV will not be available to the hiring manager unless you are shortlisted for interview to assist with our non-biased screening process so please ensure you complete the application form in full.

It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities.

Accredited of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies - Please state this within your covering statement or in a separate email. 

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults, young people and children.  Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies

Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies. Successful candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment medical questionnaire; provide references;  proof of identity; nationality and immigration status; three years’ employment or education history (if applicable) and, in some cases, verification of criminal record.