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My Global client in High Wycombe are seeking a talented Web Graphic Designer. You will be part of the Digital and Group Comms/Web Team plus liaising with the Project Owners to create amazing user experiences through beautiful, intuitive, and functional designs.
The successful candidate will also be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts. There will be an element of problem-solving and working with the Web team to create designs which move visitors through the sales funnel.
The Graphic Designer will also help to expand their new e-commerce platform to achieve the vision as being the go-to brand to help organisations find the right solutions to help improve their governance, people and processes.
Key tasks:
- Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
- Conceptualise original website design ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex roadblocks
- Plan, design, and prototype website interfaces, using both technical and non-technical skills to produce website pages that fit our customers' requirements and showcase our products and services in the best light
- Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas
- Present and defend designs and key deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
- Create strong visual identities for the organisation and various brands. Working to the brand guidelines continue the design of our websites. Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards
- Desigireframes prior to designs, to organising and prioritising workload.
- Stakeholder relationship management. Communicate with stakeholders clearly and regularly, clarifying mutual needs and commitments through consultation and consideration of impacts while focusing on user needs.n responsive landing pages, emails, print, social media and other various creative content
- Engage in meaningful interactions and relationships with users.
- Liaising directly with the Web and Digital and Group Comms teams to discuss their site structure
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- A-Level (or equivalent) in a relevant qualification such as Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design or a Visual Arts subject
- GCSE (or equivalent) Grade A-C/9-4 in English and Maths
- At least 3 years’ experience as a Graphic Designer/Web Graphic Designer, including working in website interface and graphic design, html emails and social media assets.
Knowledge and Skills
- Proven work experience as a Web Graphic Designer, including emails and social media assets
- Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio
- Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage a busy workload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (including Adobe XD and/or other wireframing tool).
- Excellent eye for typography and layout.
- Understand using space, focal points, and colour to create graphics that are, clean, clear and eye catching.
- Understand colours psychology in UX design as well as the impact of graphic design on accessibility.
- Create and manipulate svg and vector graphics
- Can think out of the box, conceptualise, and bring a creative edge.
- Understand creative branding and its principles
- Good with imagery, can choose or alter images that will give a unique feel to a design that is not a stock image
- Comfortable designing icons and illustrating graphics from scratch
- Awareness of user-system interaction and UX/UI
- Strong knowledge of HTML5 concepts (semantic) rapid prototyping
- Up to date with the latest Web trends, techniques, and technologies
- Solid experience in creating wireframes and mock-ups
- Ideal experience/knowledge:
- Able to understand and interpret process models, intellectual concepts and turn them in to accessible graphic design
- Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Able to work independently and as part of direct and wider team(s)
- Working knowledge of the B2B and D2C marketing discipline, especially the role of brand in supporting organisational growth.
- Experience working in an Agile development process
- Experience of working with Drupal would be advantageous, though not essential.
AW consultants are recruiting this role on behalf of the global organisation and candidates will only be contacted if they fit the strict criteria detailed in the job description.
