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Assistant Graphic Design Specialist

Employer
Essity
Location
Manchester
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
8 Sep 2019

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Marketing, Other Job Function

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company dedicated to improving well-being through products and services, essentials for everyday life. The name Essity stems from the words essentials and necessities. Our sustainable business model creates value for people and nature. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 47,000 employees and net sales in 2018 amounted to approximately SEK 118.5bn (EUR 11.6bn). The headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and the company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. More information at www.essity.com.

Are you full of creative ideas and looking for your next step? Are you looking to move in-house as a designer?

We are looking for an Assistant Graphic Design Specialist to join our in-house design team based at Manchester Airport.

About the role

Our inhouse creative team are responsible for taking a brief and developing solutions that are creative, innovative and on brand, ensuring that our health and hygiene products remain prominent in the competitive FMCG market.

What you will do

Working with our Senior Graphic Design Specialist you’ll develop creative solutions to design briefs, taking them from concept to delivery. Artwork will be across a range of print and digital media including, actual and digital pack shots, mock ups, magazine adverts and advertorials, flyers, newsletters, web banners, videos and material for trade fairs.

You will develop concept visuals to present to customers with the opportunity to support marketing colleagues in presenting to our customers, as required.

Working with our external agencies and packaging suppliers, you’ll be involved in approving artwork for some of our leading brands such as Cushelle and Plenty as well as supporting creative development for private label products we produce for leading retailers in the UK.

Who are you

We would love to hear from you if you have;

  • A passion for creativity and its application within the FMCG market, evidenced by an impressive portfolio of work
  • Great attention to detail with a keen eye for layout
  • The ability to manage multiple tasks achieving tight deadlines
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to build great relationships
  • An excellent working knowledge of Adobe creative suites, in particular – Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign with experience of After Effects being desirable
  • Proven ability to deliver both digital and print creative

Key to the role is the ability to work closely with brand managers and the wider marketing team to ensure through great relationship and communication skills the team consistently delivers creative solutions. Ideally this will be your second move post academic study.

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to hear from you.

What we can offer you

Essity offers the opportunity for you to join a global business who embrace both innovation and diversity with the goal of making a difference to people’s lives.

In return we offer a competitive salary and benefits package including private health care, attractive pension scheme with 10% employer contribution, bonus earning potential, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and local incentives.

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Collaborative and caring Work Environment | Empowerment | Job Impact | Work with a Powerful Purpose | Individual Learning and Development | Health & Safety | Social Responsibility | Innovation

Location

You will be based from our prestigious offices at Manchester Airport with great access via both rail and road. Offsite parking is available if you choose to travel by car. This role is office based with some occasional travel (including overseas) as required.

#LI-Essity

Together, we are improving lives, every day.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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