Graphic Designer

Morrisons; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000

Job description

About The Role

This is a brilliant, newly created work role located at our head office in Bradford, West Yorkshire. In the role of Designer you will sit as part of the Communications and Events team, which is part of the People team. You’ll report to the Communications Manager.

Your primary responsibility is to understand design briefs, design print and digital content, follow the sign off journey before packaging them ready to either use digitally or for printing. You’ll create engaging content for our internal communications channels, producing quality content which engages our audience, adheres to UX and design best practices and complies with the digital brand guidelines. You will also work with the wider People team to help support other requests.

Working closely with a variety of stakeholders, you will create digital and printable content for our colleagues within a fast paced environment with multiple projects in flight at a time.

Key responsibilities in this exciting, newly established position include:

• Developing creative content across internal websites, emails, posters, social media and print
• Creative that’s engaging, inspires the desired action and is on brand resulting in increased colleague engagement
• Effectively conveying changes within the business to support colleague engagement and understanding
• Applying best practice and UX methodologies to all creative output
• Implement UX best practice within your work to enhance customer experience
• Digital design, creative and UX knowledge
• You will have excellent creative ability and attention to detail
• Responsible for meeting deadlines and time keeping whilst working under pressure
• Ensure adherence to design guidelines and creative best practice
• Working within existing templates and guidelines where possible to streamline production processes and drive efficiency
• Able to work closely with all stakeholders to ensure briefs are met
• Concept / ideation and design experience to ensure our business messages are communicated clearly and in a style that our colleagues will find easy to digest
• Ensuring message consistency with Morrisons priorities, tone of voice, and brand
• You will have worked, or be currently working in a designing role with experience of delivering dynamic, engaging designs using Adobe and Canva

This is a hybrid role operating over a four and a half day working week* with a minimum of three days in the office (depending on equipment available remotely).

This role is based at our fantastic head office in Bradford. Boasting an on-site restaurant, coffee shop, convenience and sample store, prayer room, free parking and regular company-wide events and promotions. Ideally, applicants will live within a reasonable distance of our office.

We’ve built an incredibly diverse business, and we’re working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn and connect with lots of different views, perspectives and beliefs. For this role, we’re looking for someone who is:

• Thoughtful and conscientious, with a keen eye for detail who always considers the impact of the message to our colleagues
• Collaborative with a ‘can do’ attitude whilst considering if this is the right activity
• Assertive and passionate about giving colleagues a voice, celebrates successes and make sure everyone feels valued and welcome
• Able to see the bigger picture and how to weave this into our business updates
• Confident to quickly build relationships across all levels of the business

Additional considerations:

• As ever in a designer role, you will need to have strong creative skills, an ability to manage a number of projects simultaneously and an ability to work within brand guidelines
• You'll have the ability to develop clear and effective content that enables colleagues understanding and supports engagement. As part of this you will need to be self motivated and persistent, and support an environment where everyone feels valued and listened to
• You will have a strong understanding of different audiences, and how best to utilise the different channels

About the team

Everything we do focuses on our colleagues. We attract the best talent and provide everyone with a warm welcome and lots of support, training and development. We also give our managers the coaching and skills they need to lead us into the future. We shape policies and procedures to make sure we all do the right thing and everyone is treated with respect. And we show our colleagues how much we value them by rewarding their contribution with all kinds of great perks.

About the company

Our Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from people, tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.

Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.

We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest products. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…

Some of the benefits you can expect are as follows:

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Four and a half day working week* with flexible working hours
• Company pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Perks with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite