Multimedia Designer

Reports to Creative Team Lead

Job Summary

Supporting Creative Services excellence by delivering a wide range of high-quality multimedia projects efficiently. Interrogating and challenging briefs, working closely with account teams, Creative Team Leads and Creative Leads, applying creativity and a keen eye for detail to ensure optimal and innovative solutions to client requests.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Produce high quality, visually appealing and technically accurate materials on schedule and according to brief, observing specified brand/style guidelines:
  • Production of scientific materials, either for print or screen, focussing on, but not limited to, styling, layout, consistency checking, applying specified templates, revisualization or reimagining following pre-determined creative style
  • Intuitive, user-friendly print or interactive documents
  • Source and amend appropriate imagery or stock according to internal procedures
  • Support with creative concept ideation, working closely with Creative Leads
• Follow briefing instructions thoroughly and ensure all requirements and deadlines are met
• Push creative boundaries to exceed customer expectations
• Interpret and challenge creative briefs, where appropriate, and drive collaboration within and across creative and account teams, to ensure the best possible solutions are delivered efficiently
• Action all requested amends carefully and accurately 
• Effectively proof-read and quality check own work before returning, taking responsibility for errors and showing willingness to address feedback
• Proactively identify, propose and implement improvements in quality of visuals in active projects
• Understand and interpret brand guidelines, ensuring outputs are brand compliant
• Seek support when required and demonstrate ability to rationalize and defend design decisions
• Work with Creative Services Management and freelance staff/suppliers, as required, to ensure timelines are communicated and deadlines met
• Support a continuous improvement environment
• Adhere to all relevant internal, client and industry guidelines and SOPs, including maintaining agreed filing structures, naming conventions and version control

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent with a creative portfolio
• Ability to take and interpret creative briefs
• Ability to take design concepts and produce supporting deliverables for use across a wide variety of creative platforms
• Experience in developing design materials for medical/healthcare communications advantageous
• Enthusiasm for innovation in design, software and learning new skills
• A solid understanding of core design principles, including use of colour, typography, spacing, information hierarchy and white space; accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
• Experience working with UI design software, such as Figma, advantageous
• Experience in Microsoft 365, particularly PowerPoint
• A creative approach to problem-solving and an open-minded attitude
• Good organizational skills and proactivity, with excellent written/oral communication skills
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, multi-tasking and working to tight deadlines
• Ambition, enthusiasm and a team player mentality