Senior Designer

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and talented graphic designer to join a busy and high performing Communications Team at Swindon Borough Council, shortlisted for three communication awards in the 2023 CIPR Pride Awards.

Your next role

We are looking to recruit as maternity leave cover, an experienced and motivated graphic designer to provide creative leadership and design support to campaigns, communications activity and the design needs of individual service areas. 

The successful candidate will work with colleagues to translate design briefs into compelling campaign materials, publications, digital communications, and displays that capture attention and help to achieve set objectives. The role will also contribute creative ideas for projects and campaigns across the team on a variety of topic areas. 

This role will be the primary point of contact within the organisation to advise on, manage and fulfil design and print requests. Candidates will need to be self-driven, confident and able to work using own initiative to prioritise work effectively and manage their time well to meet agreed deadlines for multiple pieces of work at one time. 

The role will manage the Council’s visual identity, ensuring that the visual identity guidelines are applied consistently across the organisation and flex across different digital and print outputs. 

You’ll be joining an ambitious, friendly team with a strong ethos of continuous improvement and professional development.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

For further information about the role, please contact Phil Avery Head of Communications 07392109772 or pavery@swindon.gov.uk

The start date for this full time, initial 12 - month Maternity Cover position is 24 June 2024.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk