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PowerPoint Designer
London
Our client, a highly reputable Healthcare Agency with over 20 years' experience are seeking an exceptionally talented PowerPoint Designer to join their vibrant and collaborative Team based in the funky Shoreditch area! Your role will be to help present this agency's creative and strategic thinking to their clients in the most captivating and credible way. They work in a dynamic, fast-paced, creative working environment, where each day contains different challenges and opportunities to learn. They manage the full lifecycle of products from initial idea generation, turning them into well thought out realities through to final completion. It's an exciting time to be joining the company as they are going through a substantial period of growth with big budgets and even bigger ideas! They operate a truly unique culture with no hierarchy, and encourage creativity and development whilst offering excellent training and progression opportunities every step of the way. Your Role & Responsibilities: - Produce high-end presentations to support the creative and client services teams - Tell visual stories that consistently push the boundaries of presentations - Participate in a wide range of projects and pitches where presentation design skills are required - Mentor and monitor client services teams on best-practice usage - Create and standardise Powerpoint templates and master slides to promote the work and business with impact and credibility Common tasks: - Understand the requirements of each presentation, including deadlines, presentation display type, audience profile and the desired project outcome - Establish the appropriate design style and format for each presentation - Agree workflow and timelines with client services teams and Head of Studio - Proof slides for consistency, accuracy and brand integrity - Test all functionality and technical requirements of each presentation Skills & Experience Required: - Extensive PowerPoint Design experience - preferably in an agency setting - A high level of proficiency across the Adobe CC suite - including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop - Some skills across After Effects and Premiere would be advantageous - Ability to oversee and help manage presentation design process in collaboration with client services teams - Excellent communication and organisation skills - High levels of attention to detail, resilience and flexibility Please send your CV & Powerpoint Samples in now for immediate consideration & interview!
Freelance Editorial QC Assistant
Cheshire
Well established digital and creative team based in Cheshire are looking for an experienced QC to join the team for an immediate freelance project. The ideal candidate will come from a similar role, working across pre-production material including print for events and PPT presentations amongst other things. You will be responsible for carrying out quality checks and minor amends. Making sure that all original content and requests for the project have been carried out to a high standard. The Editorial QC Assistant will report to the Head of Creative Delivery and will work very closely with the Presentation and Production Managers. It is essential you possess excellent attention to detail, highly accurate, strong communications skills and team focussed. If you have availability for work immediately and feel your skills might fit the bill, then please get in touch - kim@becomeuk.com
Account Manager | Marketing
Midlands
Account Manager wanted for awesome Nottingham creative agency! This renowned agency is currently looking for an Account Manager to work across various Design, Branding, and Creative projects. With a client portfolio that includes some of the biggest names in retail, these guys work with high-end brands and produce work of the highest quality! Due to continued growth they are now looking for a talented Account Manager to join the team. To be successful, you will have a minimum of 2 year’s experience, agency-side. You will be responsible for managing the delivery of projects from design to delivery, and providing the highest level of service to your clients, taking incoming briefs and reporting on progress throughout. Along with being a creative thinker, you will also be commercially minded and continually seek out ways to develop key accounts further. It goes without saying you will be super-organised, with outstanding communication skills! In return, you will join an exceptional agency whose success shows no sign of slowing down. You will work among an amazingly talented team, in a super-creative and collaborative environment, with a generous salary and benefits package! With well-established structures and processes in commerciality, along with excellent training and development opportunities, this role really offers the chance to take your career to the next level! Nottingham Account Managers – this one definitely won’t be around for long so apply today with your CV to stephen@becomeuk.com!
Design Operations Manager
London
The top most trusted retailer with a head office in central London, is looking for a Design Operations Manager to join their Digital/ UX team. You will be working within the Design Operations Team which is at the centre of this client’s design community and who have a mission of maximising the speed, impact and scale of design delivered, whilst ensuring that the team stay connected, happy and thrive professionally. You will be part of a team responsible for managing processes, projects, practices, tools, communications and budgets across the Digital/ UX team, whilst supporting the design community and ensuring that the environment is perfectly set-up for them to deliver. You will be collaborating with cross-functional teams in an agile environment, so any experience working in a digital design or product team either in-house or in an agency would be a huge benefit for this role. We are looking for someone who is passionate about design, excited by digital, interested by retail, incredibly organised, a great communicator and wants to work in an agile, dynamic digital team in an exciting. Responsibilities: - Work closely with all members of the team and stakeholders in order to lead the day-to-day running of the Digital/ UX team identifying and prioritising opportunities, allocating work and managing projects and processes. - Program Manage work-streams and initiatives using agile and traditional project management methods and advise on best practise - Program/ Product Manage the continuous improvement of a Design System, working with budgets, backlogs, stakeholders and roadmaps - Be a central point of contact, responding to and resolving questions, issues and business problems - Ensure appropriate allocation of people and time to current and future demands - Contribute to business challenges and opportunities, especially on resource management, design and process government as well as digital experience best practice - Demonstrate a strong commercial and analytical awareness and ability to ensure efficiency by tracking activity and progress - Deliver tactical solutions in line strategic business and team objectives - You will be an enabler who is able to get the best out of others Experience needed: - Experience of Design Operations, Program Management or equivalent experience as a Producer, Creative Studio Manager, Digital Production Manager - Understanding and experience of agile methodologies and product management best practice - Understanding of UX, UI, Product Design and experience of interviewing and recruiting design talent - Experience of managing and tracking budgets - Experience of managing stakeholders and projects in a high-pressure, creative environment - Comfortable in environments of rapid growth and change and comfortable with changing priorities - Empathetic and clear communicator who can adjust their style to suit multiple audiences and channels - Great at building relationships and able to influence across locations, cultures and disciples - Exceptional Excel and data analysis skills, including pivot tables The type of person you will be: - Enthusiastic about driving and building a successful digital design team - Comfortable championing service and product design at a strategical and tactical level both internally and externally - Ability to build strong relationships with team and stakeholders - Comfortable co-ordinating and facilitating meetings, issuing actions, interviewing, or identifying wider strategic opportunities in line with business objectives - Continuously consider best practice and improvement opportunities - A deep understanding/ considerations that come with resourcing a team against multiple priorities, needs and business challenges - Maintain a high standard of attention to detail with clarify of communication - Able to make good decisions and judgement calls whilst under pressure or ambiguity If you are looking to join a dynamic team who is responsible for pushing this huge brand through unprecedented change, making sure that the digital products they are creating are at the forefront of the retail space then we would love to hear from you!!! Please apply with your CV in order to be considered.
Mid-weight Creative Team
Central London
Retail-savvy creative agency in London is looking for a Mid-weight Creative Team with bundles of passion and energy. The agency is looking for a team who can demonstrate big thinking, answering the brief with simple, unexpected ideas, as well as adding value at every opportunity to surprise and delight their impressive roster of clients. The team opportunity is to work across the full agency portfolio and includes fully integrated campaigns for retailers through to brand activation for FMCG clients. The ideal team will have true integrated experience having worked across many channels with the ability to generate channel-agnostic ideas, from big brand activation ideas, content and experiential, to ideas that work in the smallest retail space, and everything in between. The agency has a focus on retail brands, brands in retail, and lifestyle brands; so experience in these sectors, including some shopper comms is helpful, but not essential. If you are a pair of creative chameleons and would like to know more about this opportunity, please get in touch with your CV and folio!
Senior Copywriter
Central London
A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Conceptual Copywriter to join an established creative agency in London. Please note that this role will be a 12-month contract and 3 days per week. The salary is pro rata’d to £43,000 per annum. The agency is looking for a talented copywriter with experience within the fashion and lifestyle sector to oversee and uphold the tone of voice of one of their main fashion retail accounts. You will be responsible for guiding more junior members of the copywriting team and will need to work closely with the design and creative team to produce brilliant creative work, reporting to a Head of Creative. Briefs vary from short and long form copy including but not limited to through-the-line seasonal campaigns, radio scripts, trend advertorials, POS, bespoke brand storytelling for large OOH, digital and social. Key Skills: Genuine passion/background for fashion and lifestyle Up-to-date knowledge of design, retail and cultural trends Impeccable attention to detail when it comes to spelling and grammar Strategic thinker, able to explain the thinking behind the copy and how to apply it Excellent communicator and confident presenting to clients Collaborative and adaptable, comfortable working with designers and art directors to develop strong concepts Strong long and short form copywriting experience To apply, please get in touch with your CV and book!
Junior - Middleweight Designer
Other Locations
A well established creative agency based in Nottingham is looking for a Jnr-Midweight Designer to join their team. You will be working across a variety of projects including print, digital, branding, packaging, product design and in-store marketing. Ideally you will have experience within an agency environment. You will get the chance to work across some impressive national & global client brands, you should have a creative flair and be able to create eye catching designs. The ability to communicate your ideas to other creatives in the team is is essential. You will take projects from concept through to completion whilst ensuring designs are on brand, completed on time and to budget. An amazing opportunity to work with a leading design agency. You will be working alongside some fantastic creatives on a range of exciting client projects! You need to have a strong portfolio of work to accompany your application. Please send your CV & portfolio through to mcr@becomeuk.com.
Mid-weight Designer
Central London
A design agency is looking for a Mid-weight Designer to join their tight-knit, busy East London based team. The agency helps large organisations communicate clearly about their technology-based products and services. They create research-led design solutions that focus on clarity to improve interactions and drive results. This is a pivotal role reporting to the Creative Director to assist in the creation and execution of print and pixel-perfect digital design. This is a small studio so you will also be assisting in general design work such as branding, marketing and other ad-hoc projects, plus UI and UX project work. The team structure so far is a Creative Director, a Design Director, 3 Designers, 2 Strategists, 2 Project Managers and 2 Artworkers. Requirements: A strong understanding of the principles of print and digital design Ability to collaborate with clients and the wider teams Strong creative / conceptual and design skills. A keen eye for colour, composition, and typography Strong skills in Sketch (or Adobe XD), InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator Degree in graphic design or similar is desirable Strong attention to detail from brief to delivery and highly organised A competent understanding of different digital formats across screen sizes and devices Experience with user research techniques such as person creation, interviewing and user testing is advantageous Knowledge of code a strong advantage If you want to be part of a growing and buzzing agency and really want to make your mark then please share your CV and portfolio today!
Senior Artworker
Other Locations
Creative studio, part of a larger network agency and specialising in healthcare communications, is looking for a full-time Senior Artworker to join their growing team. Working closely with the Creative Director and design team, this person is responsible for converting conceptually creative work in to press-ready artwork, ensuring that all projects are of a consistently high quality and meets all client and brand guidelines. The output of campaign work is varied and involves press advertising, DM/eDM, marketing communications, packaging, exhibitions and digital media. This person has the opportunity to genuinely contribute to the process of delivering exciting, original and intelligent creative solutions for integrated and one-off tactical campaigns. The ideal candidate: Strong artworking skills in Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Previous experience working closely with designers and senior creatives to achieve the best possible out come. Experience quality checking work. Multi-tasking and good organisations skills will are essential. Please do get in touch today with your CV and folio (pdf or web link) if you would like to find out more.
SEO Manager | Agency
Manchester
SEO Manager wanted for awesome Manchester digital agency! This award-winning agency has seen tremendous growth year-on-year, and are now looking for an experienced SEO Manager to join the team and help drive further growth. The successful candidate will have a solid background within an SEO Manager role, ideally agency-side, and be comfortable managing high-level SEO campaigns. Reporting directly to the Head of Search, you will be an influential leader within the SEO team, and a dynamic presence with clients, from taking the initial brief, to with reporting back on progress and return on investment. Responsible for monthly client reporting, as SEO Manager you will have a strong working knowledge of tools such as Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Deep Crawl, and Moz, and possess expertise in integrating SEO with overall digital strategy. It goes without saying you will be skilled in developing keyword-rich, SEO friendly content! In return, you will be joining a dynamic agency at a super-exciting time in their evolution, in a role which offers a large degree of autonomy and scope for further growth, among a talented team in a creative and collaborative environment! Manchester SEO Managers - this one won’t be around for long. Apply today with your CV to stephen@becomeuk.com!
SEO Executive | Agency
Manchester
SEO Executive required for leading Manchester digital agency! This outstanding digital agency, established for many years in Manchester and with industry leading specialism across a number of sectors, are going through a period of exceptional growth and require an SEO Executive to join the team and support in the delivery of a wide range of SEO tasks. The successful SEO Executive will have 1-2 year’s experience in a similar role, ideally agency side. You will be responsible for carrying out detailed keyword research, working closely with the content team in the creation of high-quality SEO content. You will also be highly data driven, using Analytical tools to monitor, analyse, and report on your client’s websites, utilising your findings to provide recommendations and implement SEO fixes. The ideal candidate will also be comfortable and confident liaising with clients, from taking the brief to reporting on progress throughout. In return, you’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level within this outstanding agency. Working as part of a super-talented team in a creative and collaborative environment, you will benefit from unrivalled training, development, and progression opportunities, all with a generous salary and benefits package, in cool offices! Manchester SEO Executives – apply with your CV to stephen@becomeuk.com!
Events Project Manager (Leicestershire)
Midlands
Large, specialist agency based in Leicestershire is looking for a Project Manager to join their team. This is an events based Project Manager role, so previous event experience is essential. You will need excellent communication & organisational skills, as you will be responsible for managing profitable, prestigious client events using various resources. Your role will involve the preparation, planning and delivery of events in different locations overseas and in the UK. Liaising with stakeholders, 3rd party suppliers, clients and various departments, you will need to be good at building relationships & rapport, to create the best event experience. Exciting opportunity for someone who would relish the opportunity to travel and has a passion for delivering first-class events. Please send your CV to mcr@becomeuk.com
Graphic Designer
London
Our client, a leading global beauty/cosmetic brand are seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Graphic Designer to join their small close-knit team based in Central London. You will work collaboratively with the team to create skilled and technically accurate creative artwork across the brand including pitch documents, promotional materials, POS, in-store collateral, posters, email marketing, social media posts, web banners and much more! This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Graphic Designer who is comfortable in a fast-paced environment, can work to tight timeframes and is happy working both collaboratively and autonomously. As a FMCG brand, it is important that your design skills are on-point with their target audience, on-trend with the beauty / fashion industry, and on-board with digital trends and design best practice. You will be comfortable working on both creative and technical projects, no matter how small or large. Ensuring the key brand message, identity and values visually translate, you will play a crucial role in helping to take the brand to the next level! Your Role & Responsibilities: Presentations & pitch documents for key retailer and distributor meetings in InDesign Promotional material for retailers; in-store, POS collateral, catalogues, and posters Digital assets and visual content for e-commerce and retailer websites, EDMs & social media platforms Collateral for product launches and new product development Maintaining a cohesive visual language across all touch points Adhering to brand guidelines to deliver our key message through choice of colour, layout, image & font that engages with our target audience Ensuring all design work is on brand and delivered to the highest standards Skills & Experience required: An exceptional portfolio full of well thought out creative and technically accurate artwork to demonstrate your suitability for the role 2 – 3 years industry experience - Ideally some beauty/fashion/retail Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator Ability to work autonomously from initial stages through to finished artwork Knowledge of different digital platforms including web, mobile and application Strong attention to detail You will be rewarded with a competitive salary + performance incentives, the experience of working for a thriving global brand, and a lot of beauty perks!
Client Services Director | Marketing
Manchester
Client Services Director wanted in Manchester for national agency network! This fab agency network has established itself as one of the leading names in shopper marketing, and are looking for an experienced Client Services Director to join the team and take the lead with clients. The successful Client Services Director will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in client services, agency-side. You will have developed your career and risen through the ranks to a senior position, with a demonstrable record of delivering outstanding results. You will have broad industry knowledge, exceptional commercial awareness, and strong leadership skills. Taking the lead with your clients, you will provide the highest level of client services, and be quick to spot opportunities to cultivate and develop accounts. You will also be responsible for guiding and developing your team, to help them reach their potential and drive business growth! In return, you’ll have the opportunity to join one of the UK’s fastest growing agency networks, with a hugely impressive client portfolio. With a generous salary and benefits package, unrivalled training and development opportunities, and a super talented team already in place, it’s an incredibly exciting time to join this agency as it continues to grow and thrive! Manchester Client Services Directors, apply today with your CV to stephen@becomeuk.com!
UI/UX Designers
Central London
The become freelance team are looking for new UI / UX / Product Designers to add to our talent pool. We continually need good UI/UX Designers (ideally with Sketch experience) who have can deliver highly engaging screen visuals, for web, apps, mobile and social media etc. Some of our clients are looking for UI Designers who can can be provide innovative solutions to existing concepts and turn those ideas into a striking visual designs that run across multiple digital channels. Other clients need UI Designers with strong UX knowledge as well as good wireframing and prototyping skills. If you can create a UI/UX project from start to finish then please do get in contact. In demand software includes: Sketch, InVision, Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe XD, Adobe CC, HTML/CSS/JSS, After Effects plus various wireframing programs. If you would like to register with become and gain the opportunity to work for our clients both agency and in-house then please get in contact today.
Midweight 3D Designer
London
Based in central London this creative agency with a focus on brand activation and shopper marketing is looking for a Midweight 3D Designer to join their team. We are looking for a talented individual to work on POS across all retail touch-points including shopper journeys, toolkits and retail activations. You will be working on a variety of large FMCG and entertainment clients. Reporting into the Creative Director, you will be working in a fairly big team that will include senior designers, creative services managers and account managers, so there will be lots of experienced people that you can collaborate with and learn from. Experience needed: - Ability to generate promotional and permanent 3D creative concepts - Previous experience of design within retail - Excellent eye for detail - Experience of working to tight deadlines and used to working in a fast-paced environment - An enthusiastic and positive/can-do attitude - Previous experience of working with 3D retailer brand guidelines - Fluent in Cinema 4D and ideally but not essential the Adobe Creative Suite - Collaborative and strong communicator - Ability to work as part of a team or independently If you are looking to work in an exciting agency with good progression opportunities then we would love to hear from you. Please apply with your updated CV and samples in order to be considered.
Lead UX Designer
London
We are looking for a Lead UX Designer to join a consumer data quality reporting company based in London. One of their divisions is becoming a SAS provider offering a full range of products that will be highly visible and integral to the strategic development of the organisation. User Experience is a fundamental part of this client's future, so they are looking for Senior UX Designer to lead a team of interaction designers, working as part of cross-functional teams to create and re-engineer their products and services. You will work closely with product teams and other stakeholders, applying a range of design techniques and practices to create products that customers love within an agile environment. This role will suit someone who's looking for the next step in their career. If you are someone with a solid UX skillset within the software space, who loves being hands on but also has some line management experience then please read on. Responsibilities: - Work with Product Managers, Engineering teams and stakeholders to define and implement end-to-end client experiences that deliver tangible business results - Translate research findings into wireframes, functional components, IA and interaction concepts which can be rapidly socialised and iterated through ready for implementation - Create user-centred prototypes, mock-ups and UI visuals of various fidelities to be used in product discovery, user research and solution exploration - Lead a team of interaction designers to define, evolve and apply great UX techniques and methods that fit the organisation and product set - Work with Content Managers and Group Product Managers to define and implement the product strategy to ensure both quantitative and qualitative customer feedback is driving product plans and design decisions - Facilitate and drive performance management processes for your team - Champion a culture where the fair treatment of customers is at the heart of the business. Experience needed: - University graduate, or equivalent qualifications or experience - Significant experience as a UX Designer, working in a web-facing software development environment or similar to create interactive prototypes, wireframes, work-flow storyboards and mock-ups - Fluent in the use of prototyping, visualisation and testing applications, such as Axure RP Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision or similar - The ability to create UI graphics including icons, info-graphics, illustrations and graphic assets for products and web properties - Previous experience with agile methodology and iterative design - Have great communication skills and must enjoy working in a friendly, fast-paced team environment - Comfortable presenting ideas to senior stakeholders - A demonstrable interest in good UX and UI design, the value of user research, and what this means for both the end user and service providers. Desirable skills: - A good understanding of CSS, HTML, jQuery and APIs. - Has worked in a global environment - Experience with integrated, software-as-a-service platforms and data-driven software - Ability to help facilitate user testing, including experience with obtaining and analysing quantitative and qualitative feedback. - Experience estimating task/ project timings in order to deliver in accordance with project plans If you would like to join a global business (with great benefits) who are producing great products by putting their customers first then we would love to hear from you. Please send through your CV and case studies if you would like to apply. You should be able to show examples from ideation stages through to wireframing, user-testing, design/ production and documentation.
Social Media Executive
Liverpool
A leading beauty brand based in Liverpool are looking for a Social Media Executive to join their team. You should have experience in a similar role and have a strong passion for beauty and an understanding of influencer culture. Working closely with internal team members, you will be responsible for generating marketing concepts, content strategy and be able to demonstrate experience writing creative content. You will have an excellent attention to detail and possess an in depth knowledge of social media platforms and knowledge in social media scheduling ensuring content is on-brand at all times. You will be responsible for overseeing influencer outreach campaigns whilst maintaining relationships with a broad spectrum of influencers. Experience in project management would be advantageous as you will assist with ensuring projects are completed on time, on brief and within budget To apply for this role please send your CV through to mcr@becomeuk.com.
