Description:
You’re a digital-first graphic designer who can turn your hand to anything from a social media banner to a key corporate publication such as our Annual Report and Accounts and any manner of campaign and communications material in between. As one of our Creative Hub design team you will have some high-ranking key customers. Your work will be instrumental in helping to further iterate the visual Dstl brand identity, illustrating the next chapters in our history and development.
You’ll create new ways to reach Dstl’s varied audiences as well as being a brand champion to ensure our brand guidelines are consistently delivered to the highest standards and to time and budget (where appropriate).
Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.
We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.
Job description
We are looking for someone who is:
- Passionate about design – you’ll love creating eye-catching and engaging graphics that celebrate our success and deliver on calls to action.
- Experienced in graphic design techniques and approaches – besides an exceptional eye for typography, you will also demonstrate real attention to detail, excellent project management skills and a proven ability to deliver outstanding design solutions. You’ll be able to ‘do detail’ outstandingly and manage projects superlatively to deliver the outcomes we’re targeting.
- A savvy creative head – you’ll know just how to tailor visuals and content to channel, so we can carry our messages to the right people, in the right way at the right time.
- A natural internal networker and great listener – our communications team are sociable, inquisitive and driven to find and share the content and stories that make Dstl tick. You’ll make our work look, read and land fantastically well with our key audiences.
- A real achiever – you’re a dedicated completer-finisher and good at time management and juggling competing priorities, ensuring they all benefit from your design skills.
- A fantastic team player – you’re clearly creative but also good to work with. You’ll work very much as part of a team, working into a Graphic Design Lead, however you can also work independently and effectively across your own personal portfolio and you’ll relish bringing another facet and personality to a team we consider to be one of the best in defence and wider…
Responsibilities
In this role you will:
- Create compelling graphic design and illustration working at pace and to quality to promote the Dstl brand in creative ways that enhance and build our reputation as a national asset for science and technology.
- Pitch ideas and concepts to teams and executive and use your graphic design expertise to influence decisions and land outstanding outcomes.
- Lead on idea generation and design work to produce industry-leading content.
- Work closely with our Content Producers, Social Storyteller and Digital Manager to produce creative collateral for our social media channels, gov.uk web presence, exhibitions, publications, presentations to name a few.
- Support the Graphic Design Lead to ensure all collateral is not only on brand but that we can appropriately iterate and develop the brand across all relevant channels and to engage with key audiences.
- Support a priority-based work system, ensuring delivery of the Dstl Communications Strategy and associated plans.
- Be a collaborative member of the wider People Engagement and Communications Directorate.