Title:  Brand and Design Officer - Part Time

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Brand and Design Officer – Part Time

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

£18,967 per year

21 hours per week

Temporary position for up to 12 months

We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and creative designer to join our Brand and Design team, which sits within the Communications department. The team works across a variety of Sanctuary brands to deliver a range of materials – from brochures and signage to video animations and social content.

We’re looking for a talented designer to ensure consistency across our brand, and work closely with our marketing and internal teams to deliver a creative design service.

The role of Brand and Design Officerwill include:

• Creating and supervising the production of consistently high quality, creative and professional design solutions for a wide range of materials for digital and print distribution maintaining consistent and agreed corporate style
• Proven video production and animation experience
• Monitoring and coordinating the quality, style, design and production of materials produced by other departments and subsidiaries to ensure that the brand guidelines are applied accurately across Sanctuary
• Liaising with designers, printers, and suppliers to ensure the delivery of high quality, cost-effective corporate literature and publicity material
• Supporting and advising stakeholders on the most effective promotional material and cost-effective solutions for their audiences, including providing support through the production of printed material in order to offer an effective service
• Acting as a key point of contact for one or more Sanctuary brands, maintaining relationships with key business contacts and attending team meetings where requested

Skills and experiences:

• Practical knowledge of a range of design software packages including Adobe CC (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premier Pro) and Canva
• Proven experience in a Design Officer or Graphic Designer role with proof reading and copy editing experience
• Working knowledge of data protection, copyright law, regulations and legislation
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to deal confidently with people at all levels
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to plan effectively and meet tight deadlines with a meticulous eye for detail

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.  

Our Benefits    

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata)
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Volunteering scheme
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• £18,967 per annum

The full time equivalent salary for this role is £31,611 based on 35 hours per week

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Closing Date: 23 April 2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

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Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. 
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.