Midweight Designer (Growth)

Kendal Nutricare; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

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We are a rapid-growth scale-up disrupting the infant nutrition space through our award-winning brand Kendamil – the only infant milk made in Britain, proudly used by the British Royal Family and uniquely crafted locally using British organic full cream milk, without the nasties.

Our company, Kendal Nutricare, is a global 200+ person team passionate about giving children a better start to life. We’re proud to be a Queens’ Award winning business and to be ranked by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s 1000 Fastest Growing Companies in 2020.

We’re on an exciting path – join us!

The role:

We’re looking for someone who is confident in all aspects of digital design including animation, particularly in social media creative and design. Someone who has experience working with or within marketing teams, understands what makes users click and has a good knowledge of best practice when it comes to design for customer acquisition.

You will be expected to deliver high quality creative assets for the suite of Kendal Nutricare brands, including Kendamil, Bonya, Kendakids and Kendalife. The role is mainly digital design, with an emphasis on paid social creative and brand campaigns. However at times it will cover multiple areas from print media to multi-channel campaigns.

This is a full-time role, remote working, Monday to Friday. You will report to our Head of Creative.

What you’ll be doing:

• Owning our paid media creative, working closely with the growth team to provide new assets each month across a variety of graphic, animated and video formats
• Required to produce and present new ideas and concepts for marketing, from sourcing fresh inspiration through to mocking up and presenting creative routes
• Ensuring the consistency of our brand guidelines and visual identities across multiple brands and territories
• Report into the Head of Creative and work with a small team of designers for our in-house creative studio
• Innovative and on brand design work across our digital platforms; paid/organic social, CRM
• Work with the marketing and product teams to ensure best practice for different platforms is understood and translated across creative briefs
• Utilise and oversee our team collaboration platforms including Asana and Slack
• Proofread and edit work ensuring you consistently produce accurate and high-quality work
• Present concepts and ideas to key stakeholders in the business

What you’ll need:

• 3-4 years experience working in-house as part of a design team or agency
• Good knowledge of video editing software like Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Experience of working on paid ad creative, for use in meta and tiktok, with demonstrable evidence of successful campaigns and creative processes
• Experience of working with multiple brands, with evidence of the ability to adapt to different brand worlds
• Expertise within the Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, plus ideally Figma
• A willingness to learn, explore and progress as a creative designer
• A self-starter character with high attention to detail and strong organisation skills
• Experience working on multiple creative areas including packaging
• Strong communication skills who can communicate complex messages clearly, concisely and memorable

What you’ll get from us:

The opportunity to work for the fastest growing infant milk brand in Europe, alongside a young talented team dedicated to serving thousands of passionate customers.

Note this is a fully remote role and while we’re a social bunch and make sure to maintain great interaction (and lols), being able to self-motivate, communicate well and have a proactive mindset is a must.

If this describes you to a tee and you’d like to find out more, please apply with your portfolio (and provide passwords if necessary).

We offer to all our employees:

• 33 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), pro rata to start date and FTE.
• Pension Scheme by Aegon, the Employer will match contributions up to a maximum of 5%
• Free health cash plan
• Free Gym Membership*
• Life Assurance at 2 x basic salary after 6 months of service
• EAP Programme
• New parents enjoy up to £350 worth of Kendamil products (excluding Stage 1 formula)*
• Employee Referral Scheme*

*Further details are available from the HR department.

If this sounds like a role for you, email our team ([e-mail]) with the Subject Line ‘Midweight Designer (Growth)’, your CV and a note on why you’re right for the job — we can’t wait to meet you!

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Industries

Food and Beverage Manufacturing