Brand Designer

Location: DMGT HQ - High Street Kensington, London
Position: Permanent

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity in Mail Metro Media for a commercially-minded creative to support the sales, marketing and insight teams with their design needs as a Brand Designer. This is a fast-paced role, where you will help bring ideas to life, whether that be a partnership strategy response, an insight narrative or event branding.

Main Responsibilities

• Assist with supporting the sales, marketing and insight teams design needs
• Work in partnership with other designers, sales, marketing and insight teams to produce materials that appeal to clients and agencies. This will will include but is not limited to:
  • PowerPoint Design
  • Bespoke templates
  • Designed presentations
  • Digital mock-ups (static and animated)
  • Logo's
  • Website and social images
  • Event branding
  • One Pagers
  • Research initiatives
• Produce supporting user journey visuals for pitch presentations
• Be the main point of contact for the New Media Team, whose presentations will be designed in PowerPoint
• Work in collaboration with colleagues across different departments
• Meet project deadlines whilst ensuring that all work is produced to a high standard

Person Specification

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a commercial/marketing environment
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects
• A good knowledge of print and digital media
• Able to respond well to direction, or lack of direction in some instances, under pressure and within short-time scales
• Excellent general design skills and a good eye for details
• Good communication skills
• Able to work in a team, but also on own initiative with a flexible attitude
• Able to bring commercial proposals to life through the development of client-focused mock-ups
• Good understanding of the online marketplace
• Keen to learn more and develop your design skills

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Pension plan and life cover
• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more...

About Mail Metro Media

Mail Metro Media is one of the UK’s most powerful and influential media organisations, sitting at the heart of the world’s most-read English-language newspaper website. Home to the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, MailOnline, and a growing portfolio of digital brands, Mail Metro Media reaches over 28 million unique users every month in the UK alone, and more than 80 million globally.

As the commercial arm of DMG Media, Mail Metro Media connects advertisers with one of the largest and most engaged audiences in British media. With a legacy of award-winning journalism and innovative digital operation, the business is at the forefront of the evolving publishing and advertising landscape; from programmatic and data-driven trading to high-impact premium formats and brand partnerships.

Our programmatic team plays a critical role in maximising revenue across our owned-and-operated properties and sits at the intersection of technology, data, and commercial strategy. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that operates at the centre of one of the UK’s leading digital publishing businesses.

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.