Junior Graphic Designer

Micheldever Tyre Services is looking for a creative Junior Designer to work alongside a Senior Designer, to undertake specific design briefs, as well as support the Senior Designer in managing work subcontracted to external design contractors/agencies. Taking input from briefs produced by colleagues, following a pre-defined process to ensure delivery to the time and quality the team has committed.

Being part of a two-person team, responsible for all design requirements across the Micheldever Group, working to brand guidelines in developing physical (event stands/office areas), internal (slideware), tender documentation (templates), customer-facing brochures, newsletters, POS and campaign material, plus communication to employees as required. Ideally you will have knowledge of how design is undertaken in corporates.

The successful candidate will:

• Manage the image library for the company
• This junior role will involve collating imagery and coming up with ideas, along with copywriting and/or designing small leaflets

• Maintain the internal briefing process that ensures Brand Managers get what they need
• Undertake industry-leading design for the Micheldever Group, working to brand guidelines in developing physical (event stands/office areas), internal (slideware), tender documentation (templates), all customer-facing brochures, newsletters, POS and campaign material, along with communications to employees as required, for print, digital and video
• Deliver exceptional customer service, managing multiple activities with different delivery points

We offer opportunities for career progression and will also contribute to training/apprenticeships.

About You:

• Will come from a marketing background with knowledge of how design is undertaken in corporates, either from the retail of wholesale sector within a fast-paced environment.
• Have experience of working with organisations to maximise their brand consistently, standing out across multiple online and offline channels
• Have experience of graphic design or have been working in a hands-on creative role.
• Have a degree in creative/graphic design or similar is desirable but not essential.

Why join Micheldever?

The Micheldever Group began over 50 years ago as a small part-time venture, offering car servicing and tyres to its local neighbourhood. From these humble beginnings we have grown to become one of the UK’s largest wholesaler, distributor, and retailer of tyres, selling close to seven million tyres nationwide annually - nearly a quarter of the total UK market. We do this as both a B2B wholesaler and D2C retailer through our new Protyre co uk website and 184 wholly owned centres branded as Protyre Autocare, whilst also providing MOTs and mechanical services.

Our business now has over 2,500 Employees. Headquartered in Micheldever Station, near Winchester, our teams are based right across the UK - from Southam (near Coventry) to Chepstow, Halifax, Airdrie, Bury St Edmunds, Walsall, Haydock, Ashford, Nottingham, Exeter, Washington, and Greenford (West London) - and this role within our Marketing Team supports a hybrid working approach with c.2-3 days a week within one of our offices (either in Southam or Micheldever), with regular visits to Protyre Autocare and independent/franchised dealers across the UK, plus at least quarterly get-togethers with Marketing colleagues in another UK location.

This is a pivotal period for the business, with the recent hiring of a Board-level Group Marketing Director, demonstrating that marketing has become a more influential and strategic function within the business - with a more data-driven, insight-led, omni-channel approach to marketing activity and a desire to attract new customers into the sales funnel whilst developing and maintaining the best possible customer experience across all channels. This has led to a restructuring of the Marketing Team - with the creation of this role - bringing together two separate B2B/D2C marketing teams into one and instigating a more matrix structure with clear focus and accountabilities for all. Critically it is accepted that the Marketing team are intrinsic to the execution of our strategy

What we offer:
We are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing individuals who demonstrate the ambition and drive to develop within our business. Benefits include a competitive market salary, hybrid working, a career development pathway, and the opportunity to work within a fast-moving, growing business alongside high calibre marketers who will help you develop your existing skills. We also offer employee discounts on servicing, MOT and tyres. Finder’s fee, Life Insurance, Pension, a great variety of Retail vouchers, Staff Rates, Eye Care Vouchers, Buy/Sell Holiday option, Flu Jab, Employee Assistant Program, Long Service Recognition, Enhance Maternity and Paternity payments, Cycle to Work, Charity Match