Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer The Conservative Party is looking for a Graphic Designer to join our Digital team based in London. As a graphic designer, you'll take concepts and ideas and create viral visual representations, in both print and electronic media. You’ll be responsible our visual storytelling online, executing a consistent high-volume pipeline of content for our owned channels and more. The successful candidate will be able to work in an extremely fast-paced and ever-changing environment, and they will play a key role in ensuring Conservatives stay ahead of the curve in the way we produce and share our digital content. They will take written or spoken ideas and convert them into designs that connect. They will be part of the most exciting team working in politics this side of the Atlantic – and their work will touch millions of people every day. They’ll make the most of what is a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience. Your responsibilities · Collaborate, brainstorm, and strategise with the team on a wide range of materials that may include web pages, presentations, programming collateral, signage, internal communications, newsletters, and marketing materials · Translate strategic direction into high-quality design within an established brand identity · Develop concepts by hand or with software, and execute original content by determining the ideal usage of colour, text, font style, imagery, and layout · Manage the design and uploading process for all project materials, based on best practices for using a content management system · Use trend intelligence and knowledge of historical and current markets when designing and executing specific classifications What we’re looking for Essential · Exceptional creativity and innovative design skills · A portfolio showing two or more years of experience (academic and professional) with design software, including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects · Excellent communication and presentation skills · Organisational and time-management skills for meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment · Desire to continue building skill set with education and training · Strong understanding of typography, messaging hierarchy, colour and composition Desirable · Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in graphic design, art, or related discipline What benefits do you get working at CCHQ? Here at CCHQ, we value our colleagues and the work they do for us. In return we offer a wide variety of benefits for our colleagues that you can utilise • We offer a generous 25-day annual leave, pro-rated for part time staff and all UK bank holidays off • 3 days additional leave in the year if you marry or enter a civil partnership • Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave • Wellness programmes • Professional/personal development Our Values OPPORTUNITY & RESPECT FOR EVERYONE: We value diversity by embracing ideas and experiences from people of all different backgrounds, creating an inclusive culture across our professional, voluntary, and elected Party. Through courtesy and respect, we can support our people to be at their best and develop working practices in an environment where everyone can be themselves. WORKING TOGETHER TO DELIVER CHANGE: We constantly seek to improve and are pro-active in all that we do, being bold with our ideas and seeking out new opportunities. We are one team; the professional, voluntary, and elected Conservative Party working together, where everyone can contribute, and all feedback is welcome. We get things done by having confidence in our abilities and trusting the skills of those around us. VALUING FREEDOM & RESPONSIBILITY: We value freedom by empowering people to do the right thing and hold ourselves accountable for the decisions we take. We act with integrity and communicate honestly; this is at the foundation of the relationships we build. RELEASING ASPIRATION & REWARDING EFFORT: We value our people by recognising and encouraging talent through training, development and creating opportunities. We strive to reward achievement. Knowing that exceptional performance drives our team success.