3 days ago
  • LevelJunior
  • ProfessionsGraphic Designer, Artworker, Illustrator
  • Salary£29,000 per year
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom

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Junior Graphic Designer
Salary: £29,000
Role Type: 9 Month Fixed Term contract, with possibility to extend on completion. Hours: Full time (5 days / 40 hours per week) Location: Hybrid - London/Home
We expect staff to be in the office a minimum of 1-2 days per week.
Office Address: St Bride Foundation, 14 Bride Lane, London, EC4Y 8EQ Reporting to: Art Director Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays

About The Liminal Space
The Liminal Space is a purpose-led creative studio that uses art and design approaches to build understanding, participation and social action. A combination of a creative agency and a think tank, we are a multidisciplinary team on a mission to empower more people, more profoundly to contribute to greater positive social and health outcomes.

We work with clients and organisations who are excited about taking a new approach to engaging audiences, generating research insights and solving strategic challenges. These include some of the country’s top universities, independent funders and government bodies. Recent projects have covered topics ranging from the future of work, the ethics of gene editing and a blueprint for the museum of the future.

About this role
As a Junior Designer you’ll be part of our design team, working across a number of socially important topics to bring to life our installations, experiences, websites, presentations and more. This is a diverse and hands-on role, working closely with our Art Directors to apply concepts across physical and digital outputs for diverse audiences.

We are looking for someone who is keen to develop their skills in bringing creative concepts to life through artworking for print and digital production, to a professional level. A keen eye for detail is a must in this role, as is being organised in juggling multiple projects and deadlines. Projects might include designing a new installation about women’s reproductive health, or creating a fictional game to support public dialogue on climate change.

Your key responsibilities
Making it real
You will apply creative concepts across a range of tangible physical and digital design outcomes, ensuring the project graphics are engaging, cohesive, accessible and look great. You will be supported in learning how to artwork to a professional standard, ready to be shared with printers, developers and other project partners, in order to bring the project to fruition.

Present and correct
You will work with project teams to prepare presentations for pitches, proposals and design development decks for clients. You’ll apply the Liminal Space identity across decks, ensuring a high visual standard and legibility across all our presentations. You will work closely with our communications team, delivering digital and moving image assets for our social channels.

Nightclubbing
You will become the go-to person for repeat design assets for our Night Club programme (an in-person health intervention for night shift workers), which includes posters and assets for socials. You’ll get to know the Night Club identity inside out, and work closely with the project team to deliver cohesive and timely updates for their project delivery across the country.

Bringing creative spark
You will bring creative energy and spark to projects spanning a range of topics, scales, audiences and formats. Bringing exciting references, experiences and ideas to the table across print and motion, working with our creative team to deliver novel, engaging and beautiful concepts.

Design Squad
You will work closely with many hands across the Liminal Space team, including the Art Directors, production team and project managers. You will be expected to manage your workflow across multiple projects that culminate in a variety of creative outputs.

About you
We are looking for someone who:
  • Is passionate about the possibilities of art and design as tools to make change
  • Demonstrates an ability to apply a visual identity across a range of outputs
  • Brings creative energy, insight and ideas to the table
  • Can demonstrate a thoughtful approach to engaging with audiences
  • Is cool-headed in the face of deadlines, feedback and requirements,
  • and good at prioritising everything on your plate
  • Is highly collaborative and happy to work closely with our directors, project managers and creative team.
  • Is keen to be part of a purpose-led company that works to make society better and able to take an interest in the areas we work in
  • Has interest across both print and digital (moving image)

Your Experience:
  • BA degree in Graphic Design, or equivalent
  • This is an entry level role, so commercial experience is not expected, however we are keen to see evidence of experience in working collaboratively, whether with peers or clients
  • You are skilled in Adobe software, including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Comfortable using Google Workspace, including Google Slides and Docs
  • Skills in moving image (AfterEffects, Premier Pro), 3D software (Cinema 4D, Blender etc) or digital design (Figma, XD) desirable but not essential

What We Offer
  • A supportive, family-friendly workplace, with hybrid working as standard
  • A sociable and friendly atmosphere, with regular socials for our core team and our extended family of freelancers
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, including an office closure between Christmas and New Year
  • A vibrant office space in the heart of London with great transport links and local amenities

Timeline for Application
Role advertised:Friday 1st November 2024
Deadline to Apply: 17:00 Wednesday 11th December 2024
Interviews:December - January 2025
Start Date:Monday 27th January 2025
Please note: We will be reviewing applications as they come through, and may decide to start interviewing candidates before the closing date.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
The Liminal Space is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages applications from those who experience discrimination and / or prejudice based on their race, ethnicity or immigration status; women; new parents; people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ people.

We welcome conversations with prospective applicants who might find the application process difficult, and we are also very happy to receive your covering letter as a video / in another format if preferred.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss the role ahead of applying should you have any queries, or simply wish to talk about the role in more detail.

Please click the 'Apply now' button. You will be dorected to complete a short form, which includes a field to upload your CV, Portfolio and Cover Letter.

In your Cover Letter, please include a bit about yourself, why you believe you are suitable for the role, and any key achievements and experience relevant to the role.

Skills Required

  • Adobe Indesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Aftereffects Animation
  • Premiere Pro
  • Blender
  • Cinema 4D
  • Adobe XD

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