Junior Graphic Designer
As Beannchor’s Junior Graphic Designer, you must have a flair for creativity with excellent communication and presentation skills. Self-motivated and focused, you must also have brilliant time-management, prioritisation and organisation abilities. You must be able to demonstrate your creative flair through a portfolio of work.
The Junior Graphic Designer will work closely with our Lead Graphic Designer and the entire marketing team to deliver the various artwork requirements across the current portfolio of over 10 different brands / businesses. Requirements include posters, flyers, menus, social media content, press adverts, billboards and digital assets.
This role requires the candidate to be knowledgeable about of all of our different businesses and brands, the differences between them and quickly learn the creative style and treatments suitable for each individual brand. Working from a job list created by the marketing team, this role is highly autonomous and requires an individual to be well organised and self-motivated.
The Beannchor group is one of the largest hospitality groups in Northern Ireland, the role will include work on all of our brands including, The Merchant Hotel, Bullitt, Little Wing Pizzeria, The National, The Dirty Onion, Yardbird, The Second Fiddle, The Hillside, Jenny Watts and the upcoming Bullitt Dublin project.
The role will involve:
- Understanding each of the businesses objectives, strategies, target markets, language and style.
- Supporting the marketing team and the wider business with the production of design work
- Ensure brand standards are maintained for each of the group separate identities
- Assist the creation of content for emails, web pages and various other platforms
- Possible assistance in image editing, video editing and website design
- Efficiently use Photoshop, Illustrator and In Design to produce modern, high quality artwork
- Manage time effectively to meet project deadlines
- Manage a job list of multiple projects at any one time
- Liaise with internal customers when required to fully understand the requirements of the job.
- Create design brief within the constraints of cost and time.
- Working with a range of media.
- Proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work.
- Preparing artwork for print and proofing print work
- Working with preferred print supplier to agree sizes, quantities and materials to maximise value for money
The above job list is designed to give an overview of the tasks and responsibilities for this position. The marketing department will however evolve and grow over time to meet market demands. The selected individual will be expected to embrace such changes and rise to the challenge of developing their skills over time.
Essential Attributes
- Strong working knowledge of In-Design, Illustrator and Photoshop
- Creative flair and artistic ability
- A high level of attention to detail with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Highly self-motivated, with the ability to work independently
- Ability to collaborate and work well in a close-knit team environment
- Demonstrable experience producing artwork for a variety of mediums (via portfolio of work)
- Experience preparing artwork for print
- Strong proof reading skills
- Ability to work to a design brief, managing and cost and time constraints
- Experience of managing multiple projects at any one time
Desired Attributes
- A Design or Marketing related qualification at degree level or equivalent
- At least one year’s graphic design experience
- Knowledge of different printing processes and techniques than their different applications
- Experience in video editing software
- Knowledge of website design and HTML coding for items such as mail shots
The hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, however there may be an occasional requirement to work evenings and weekends to suit the needs of the business.