Junior Graphic Designer

Hours:Full Time, Permanent

Salary:£23,000 per annum (dependant on experience)

Location: 24-26 Vincent Avenue, Crownhill, Milton Keynes, MK8 0AB

Start date:ASAP

Our client, Lyco Group Ltd, are one of the UK’s leading lighting companies, which continues to thrive. Lyco work with across B2B and B2C with brands such as Five Guys, Popeyes, Malmaison any many more.

As a result of growth within the business, Lyco Direct are now looking for someone to help them deliver the further growth in the market, and are looking for a creative professional looking to being their career as a creative marketer.

About the role:

The successful candidate will be well organised. They’ll enjoy a challenge and be willing to bring fresh ideas to the team.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Graphic Designer and Marketing team to develop design concepts through to finished designs, for all websites under the Lyco Group – Lyco, Lighting Direct, Online Lighting, Envirolight, Ledkia and Castlegate.

Lyco Direct are passionate about career progression, so this is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic junior graphic designer with strong creative skills and the hunger to develop those skills further in order to progress within their career with Lyco Direct.

Working as part of Lyco Directs’ Graphic Design and Marketing Team, you will have the opportunity to:

• Create social media assets, images, GIF’s, aminations and e-shots.
• Crop and resize project images so that they are ready for the web site.
• Source and process imagery for social media and blogs.
• Design the layout of blogs, creating the required infographics and visual aids.
• Edit existing designs in line with current brand guidelines.
• Supporting the Graphic Designer in creating web banners for use on all sites.
• Support the marketing team with the design and build of transactional and campaign emails.
• Support the marketing team with the design, build and maintenance of CMS pages for all sites.

• Support the marketing team with the design, build and maintenance of category landing pages for all sites.

• Assist the graphic designer with logo and brand creation, UI/UX projects, Image retouching, print and online catalogue design, social media assets and infographics and packaging design.

The successful candidate will receive a competitive package. You’ll be given the opportunity to grow your skills and be welcomed into a highly motivated team environment.

Essential skills/experience:

• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite Skills.
• Creative thinker.
• Exceptional communication skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Passion for graphic design and marketing communications.
• Keen interest in personal and professional development.

Desirable skills/experience:

• Experience of designing to a brief.
• Knowledge of HTML.
• Experience with Dot Digital or similar email platforms.
• Experience with Magento or CMS.
• Experience of working in a marketing team.

If this sounds like your next challenge, get in touch!

To be considered for the role, please review the skills/experience requirements listed and apply with your CV and a covering letter.

Please note, due to anticipated high response to this role, we’ll only be able to reply to successful candidates. If you don’t hear back from us, you may assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.