Creative Artworker

Nelson Bostock; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Nelson Bostock is looking for an experienced Creative Artworker to join its growing content and communications team, working across high profile B2B brands.

We are one of the UK's leading B2B marketing communications agencies. We build reputations by changing the conversation; creating markets, increasing understanding, shifting perception, cutting through the noise and leading influence.

As a Creative Artworker at Nelson Bostock, you'll be a valued member of our dynamic design and content team. We're in a period of exciting growth, and our focus is on building a team that understands, has a passion for, and delivers exceptional creative craft across all accounts and projects - regardless of budget or timeframe.

This is a hybrid role which for us means a mix of working from home and our office in Soho, London.

Requirements

What we'd like to see from you...

• Demonstrate and share your deep understanding of design principles, typography and colour theory
• A technical understanding that is second-to-none, whatever the channel and output
• Collaborate with designers to develop visually stunning and innovative creative concepts that are both scalable and technically excellent.
• Create high-quality layouts that are engaging, effective, and aligned with brand objectives
• Demonstrate exceptional skills in creative comping and retouching to create visually stunning compositions that bring design concepts to life
• Natural curiosity, you'll look at innovative ways of working, plan ahead and foresee snags in the road
• The ability to work at pace and juggle multiple projects, whilst maintaining a professional demeanour during busy periods and in situations of ambiguity
• A keen eye for detail, a passion for crafting visually stunning work and a commitment to quality
• You'll work well in partnerships, internally with other Creatives, Client Services and the wider content team
• You have visual best practices on social media
• Use advanced retouching techniques to enhance and refine creative assets
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure our work remains relevant and competitive

What You Will Need To Succeed ...

• Ideally you should have experience in a similar role (ideally within an agency or studio) in commercial design, with a portfolio of work across digital, social and print to show
• Experience rolling campaign creative across all deliverables considering typography, layout, and accessibility for each output, including press, social, web, and digital display
• Good knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Figma is essential
• Good working knowledge of PowerPoint (templates/masters, animations/builds, general layouts) is preferred
• Understanding of HTML and CSS, the capabilities, and limitations of web technologies is preferred
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• A collaborative team player with strong communication and inter-personal skills
• A good sense of humour and a positive outlook towards change and challenges
• A proactive, positive mindset, self-motivated and open to collaboration
• You'll be hungry to learn and improve on your existing skill sets
• Passionate about great design and have a keen eye for detail and craft
• You're a good listener and practical problem solver who can work autonomously

Benefits

The benefits we offer focus on better balance between work and personal life, rewarding all our dedicated employees, rejuvenating health, body and mind and career development. We understand that our people are what makes us excellent, just a snapshot of the extensive benefits package we provide to support you includes:

• Holiday Entitlement - 25 days per year
• Purchase Holiday - opportunity to purchase up to five additional days of annual leave per year
• Birthday Day off
• Christmas Office Closure (usually three days) - separate to holiday entitlement
• Flexible Bank Holiday Days
• Volunteering Day
• Pension Contributions
• Social events

As an equal opportunities workplace, we have a commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, socio-economic status, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, neuro divergence, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. Whether you're just getting your foot in the door, or you are an experienced employee whose life circumstances are shifting, we are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the world we want to live in and are therefore flexible to accommodate each individual's needs as best as we can.