Graphic Designer

What Stores; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Creative Artworker to join our busy Marketing team in our Worcester HQ office. You will work collaboratively alongside our comprehensive marketing team in supporting our diverse range of legal departments, producing all types of graphics from images for our digital channels, to brochures and pitch documents.

Our ideal candidate will have experience delivering high quality work towards sharp deadlines, working in a similarly busy environment. You’ll be well versed at taking a client/stakeholder briefs, asking the right questions to clarify what you need to know. You may even have experience commissioning print.

Key skills required:

• Full proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat.
• Experience of print design principles, specifications and limitations.
• Video and Motion Graphics experience using Adobe Premier Pro and After Effects.
• Ability to work quickly in a changing environment, ensuring tight time schedules and deadlines are met to an appropriate standard.
• Be adaptable and able to work independently or collaboratively with a range of skilled individuals.
• Ability to take and interpret briefs from internal stakeholders and members of our business services teams.
• A strong eye for detail, taking pride in everything you produce.
• Creative execution across brand, print and digital projects.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, including PowerPoint.

About You

For your application to your Creative Artworker position, we would like to see:

• That you are educated to a degree level in Design or an equivalent qualification and have a minimum of 3 years’ industry experience.
• Portfolio of your previous work, please include a link to this on your resume or email directly.

About Us

Benefits of working with us as a Creative Artworker include:

• 27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Life Assurance
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• Healthcare cash-plan
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Happy People/Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you?

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients.

We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.