Freelance Graphic Designer

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented Freelance Graphic Designer to join our team at HCRG Care Group. In this role, you'll be responsible for delivering high-quality, professionally produced assets for use across print, electronic, and various other formats while ensuring the integrity of our visual brands, including HCRG Care Group, HCRG Health & Social Care, and their sub-brands.

This position offers the flexibility of remote work, with the possibility of utilising office space if preferred and location permits. As a key member of our team, you'll play a crucial role in understanding project requirements, adhering to brand styles, and maintaining design consistency. Attention to detail is paramount as you bring projects to life, ensuring they meet our standards of excellence.

If you thrive in a dynamic environment and have a keen eye for design, we'd love to hear from you!
Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Graphic Designer within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:  

HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
Opportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

Main ResponsibilitiesWorking with colleagues to establish design needs and deliver outcomes

Meet with colleagues from across the business to understand their needs and refine
design briefs
Interpret and refine written briefs submitted, ensuring clarity of need and alignment
with the organisational strategy, Brand Guidelines and desired outcomes
Managing an approval and amends process with internal clients

Working with existing templates and visual brand guidance to produce materials

Producing high quality materials such as posters, leaflets, flyers, forms, electronic artwork
On approval artwork files for print production or supply

Managing the design diary and external suppliers

Managing priorities so tasks are delivered within timeframes and aligned to organisational need
Work with our external suppliers when needed to secure good value and high quality outputs
Ensuring the most effective and efficient use of resources

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.
The Ideal CandidateWhat we're looking for:

Experienced using Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Premier Pro.
Excellent IT skills in Word, Excel and PPT to an advance level, with additonal knowledge of using marketing tools such as Wordpress, Hootsuite, Campaigner.
Marketing, design or brand experience or qualifications.
Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
Proven experience of stakeholder/client management.

It would be desirable if you have an understanding of England’s health and care system, particularly the role of Commissioners and the independent sector.
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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