Marketing Design Specialist

Who we are:
We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.
We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power and telecommunications sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.
We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, Scottish Power Energy Networks and Scottish Water
Advance your career
Working here isn’t just a job. You can advance your career at Avove, and we’ll reward you with a range of benefits that recognise great work. We provide full training and continuous development to help you reach your potential. You can also get involved in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

• We offer a competitive salary that is based on proven skills and experience. Hard work is celebrated and rewarded. We recognise that one size doesn’t fit all so everyone has access
• to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.
• Min. 24 days holiday plus statutory holidays (option to buy more)
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
• We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.
The Role:
We have a new opportunity for a Marketing Design Specialist to join our Marketing and Communications team. As Design Specialist you will be responsible for designing and developing high quality marketing materials, this will include print and digital and will enable us to promote the Avove brand and services in the best possible way - both internally and externally. You will be creative and bring our brand to life as you will design and produce graphics associates with marketing and communications across the business. You will have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of projects including designing external marketing collateral, brochures, annual reports, branded templates and internal posters.
Working with the wider Marketing & Comms team you will provide an excellent service to the business allowing us to grow our business and establish Avove as a partner and employer of choice with a engaging and high quality brand. This role is permanent and of hybrid nature, we are accepting applications from candidates who can work from either or Birmingham or Chorley office as well as from home.
Responsibilities:

• Designing adverts, brochures, flyers, presentations and annual reports including gender pay gap, annual review report and sustainability report
• Creating web graphics, website banners, pages, social media imagery and source appropriate imagery for use in email campaigns and online advertising
• Maintaining the brand look and feel of the website
• Assist the People and Culture team with the design of internal comms templates and talent attraction campaigns and events
• Manage our image library, marketing collateral library and assist in the design of email campaigns
• Work with photographers to ensure all images match the creative concept and delivered to the timelines expected
• Support the wider team with video content, storyboards and support the Work Winning team in developing materials for our bids

Skills & Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years experience as a graphic designer in related field
• Demonstratable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio
• Able to run projects from concept to final design
• Proficient use of Adobe After Effects/Premier Pro or similar software
• Proactive and creative at coming up with new ideas to elevate our comms outputs
• Must have experience using Adobe Creative software including, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign

We encourage you to apply for this role as soon as you can. We recognise talent waits for no one, so we progress candidates independently through all stages of recruitment process.

Company pension, Employee assistance programme