Graphic Designer

<h1>Graphic Designer </h1><p><strong>Department: </strong>Sales &amp; Marketing</p><p><strong>Employment Type: </strong>Permanent</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Aldgate, London</p><br></br><h3>Description</h3><div>Berkeley Group builds homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England. We revive underused land, creating welcoming, sustainable and nature-rich places where communities thrive and where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a great quality of life.<br><br>We specialise in long-term brownfield regeneration, focusing on challenging and complex sites that are beyond the scope of conventional homebuilders. We are highly collaborative, working with councils and communities to create a shared vision and to unlock a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all our stakeholders.<br><br>Our passion for quality and design underpins everything we do. All Berkeley homes are created with care, expertise and relentless attention to detail.</div><br></br><h3>What you&#39;ll be doing</h3><div>The Graphic Designer will work closely with the development Marketing teams to design and produce various high-quality print and digital marketing materials by laying out and editing text, formatting and inserting graphic elements, coordinating photography/videography and other material while adhering closely to corporate standards. The right candidate will also be able to work closely and liaise with external agencies as necessary. </div><ul> <li>Use creativity and flair to design appealing collateral which may include: development brochures, factsheets, emailers, leaflets, signage, web banners and presentations</li> <li>Rolling out existing design concepts across print and digital collateral, including brochures, advertising, invitations, direct email, web banners, eDM’s, social media</li> <li>Design and editing floorplans for brochure use and internal sign off</li> <li>Creating and updating digital advertising artwork (MPU’s/banners)</li> <li>Creating and editing fresh content for WeChat, What’s App and other social channels</li> <li>Art working materials for print and act as liaison between printers to meet all production needs as and when appropriate</li> <li>Proofreading to ensure accurate and high-quality work</li> <li>Ensuring brand guidelines are applied consistently across all touch points</li> <li>Formatting and creation of internal and external newsletters and presentation documents</li> <li>Creating presentation templates to update staff on the progress of the business and development briefing presentations</li> <li>Creating email campaigns and other collateral such as flyers to promote developments to databases, as well as current and historic developments and local residents.  HTML build experience would be a benefit.</li> <li>Creating social media posts for the development and Berkeley Group Instagram accounts as required</li> <li>Working collaboratively with Berkeley IT Group IT and digital terms, printers, external design agencies, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, web developers and marketing specialists as required</li> <li>Photoshop and film editing capability</li> <li>Ability to utilise AI to manipulate images as required</li> <li>Creating animated elements for use in our communications: GIFFS etc.</li> </ul><br></br><h3>What you&#39;ll bring</h3><ul> <li>Exceptional skills in Creative Suite (specifically InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator)</li> <li>Digital retouching and image editing</li> <li> Confident working across both print and digital media – with a strength in digital </li> <li>Strong understanding of digital advertising including designing best-practice digital campaigns</li> <li>Strong understanding of design principles and brand continuity across platforms</li> <li>Knowledge of the print production process</li> <li>Ability to format PowerPoint, PDF and Microsoft Word documents</li> <li>Strong understanding and user of CANVA and FOLEON software</li> <li>Effective time management, relationship building and organisational skills</li> </ul><div><br></div><br></br><h3>Why join us?</h3><ul> <li>25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days. </li> <li>Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance. </li> <li>Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.</li> <li>Berkeley Foundation volunteer day. </li> <li>Private pension plan.</li> <li>Group life assurance.</li> </ul><div>

<em>The standard default full-time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm. <br><br></em><strong>Internal applicants: </strong> <br>If you’re an internal applicant, please ensure you’ve informed your line manager of your intention to apply for this position. </div><div><br></div>