Description:
At DC Thomson we are a business with a purpose – to make a positive impact on the communities we serve.
We are home to some of the world’s best loved media brands, organised around local news and radio, companionship, kids, advocacy, energy, puzzles and hobbies.
The Courier, The Press & Journal, The Sunday Post, Beano, Stylist, Puzzler, The People’s Friend, My Weekly, Pure Radio, bunkered, Energy Voice, Findmypast and Brightsolid are just some of the brands you might know us for.
Deeply rooted in our communities, we are investing in data, technology and talent to unlock a new level of understanding about what really matters to our customers. This is how we are shaping the future of media.
We’re changing the way we work to create a flexible, collaborative, learning-led culture that draws on expertise from across the organisation to create award-winning content and cultural moments that make audiences want to be part of our communities.
Our HQ is in Dundee and we have bases around the UK employing over 1,200 extraordinarily creative colleagues working in a mix of office/home/hybrid. They’re passionate about being part of the story of so many well-loved brands and they’re crucial to our ambitions for the company.
We’re looking for the best people to join us at DC Thomson, to share their energy, ideas and skills and be part of our story.
What will you be doing as a Designer?
- Working closely with the Senior Designers, the central production team and editorial staff in contributing to the delivery and publication of titles both ongoing/regular publishing as well as ad hoc publications.
- Responding to business needs, working across brands showing a flexibility and ability to adapt to different styles, systems and audiences.
- Creating visually impactful print and digital content in-keeping with style guides and brand values across a range of magazines and brands.
- Preparing design layouts using techniques such as photography, illustration and computer-generated imagery.
- Working collaboratively with features team members to provide image sourcing as applicable.
- Ensuring fully edited and complete pages are technically correct and ready for upload to print approval site.
- Working closely with the Senior Designers to ensure that all work is completed within deadlines.
- Contributing to the design of brand extensions and projects as necessary within a team environment.
- Ensuring layout changes meet the needs of internal and external customers.
- Actively developing and maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of the relevant subject(s) aligned to the reader needs and trends.
- Interpreting instruction and prioritising tasks in a fast-paced working environment.
- Ensuring all content is suitably tagged and categorised to agreed standards to ensure content can be searched and archived for future use.
- Actively developing and maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of relevant publishing tools and software applications
- Displaying a willingness to undertake any training required to improve skillset across software and familiarity of brand style guidelines.
What we are looking for
- Exceptional graphic design skills and creativity
- Ability to create and generate graphics/logos/backgrounds using Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
- High output, accuracy and attention to detail are essential
- Imaginative, with a highly developed visual sense.
- Adept with page design software.
- Collaborative approach, able to give and receive feedback on designs.
- Superb time management and organisation, able to prioritise.
- Adaptable and flexible approach, to allow work over multiple titles for different audiences.
- Passionate about magazine trends and graphic design.