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The Food Group Design Hub produces world-class, multimedia content for Britain’s leading food media brands, Good Food and olive, working across print and digital platforms with a focus on key verticals – recipes, family and health, along with trends, reviews, drink travel and restaurants. You'll play an important role in the continued growth of both brands, from the magazines and social channels to live events. This role is for a detail driven, motivated design hub member to design and send pages to press for the Food Groups, Home cooking series and Bookazine collection, along with assisting on all other Food Group brands. This cross-platform role will involve generating eye-catching content, visuals and presentation materials in both print and digital formats, including websites, digital editions, email templates, graphics for web and social media and video, as well as print. The successful candidate will maintain a steady workflow of pages through the editorial system, both within the design hub and the wider editorial team.
Job Responsibility:
Design pages for all Easy Cook and Home Cooking Series magazine editions and other Food Group magazines when required
Be responsible for sending all Easy Cook and Home Cooking Series pages to repro and other titles when required
Be responsible for keeping all Easy Cook and Home Cooking Series editions up to date in in-house production software
Use the Dialogue system to check the final print-ready PDFs in accordance with best practice procedures
Make sure that all Easy Cook and Home Cooking Series editions has been signed off for press
Meet the agreed editorial production schedules, and will liaise with Immediate Media Co’s production department to make efficient use of in-house repro operations
Liaising with the repro team and updating images returned from them
Working with the Good Food and olive Art Directors to create website graphics, email templates, social media graphics, digital edition templates, brand campaigns, video and audio idents when required
Working with the brand Art, Editorial and Marketing colleagues to create print assets, including magazine layouts, brand adverts, point-of-sale merchandising material, artwork for live events, magazine paper wraps/packaging, brand-related products (inc posters, calendars, supplements, magazines etc), and campaign logos
Briefing and art directing photo and video shoots when required
Filming and producing behind the scenes video content when necessary
Developing graphic identities for key campaigns that help us to meet business objectives
Working with the Picture editor to source appropriate imagery for publication on all brand channels, in full compliance with rights agreements
Ensuring all graphic output reflects brand values and design guidelines, both in print and online
Liaising with brand stakeholders to ensure all design projects are thoroughly briefed, with clearly defined objectives
Processing and editing images for publication in print, on website and other platforms as required
Creating templates that colleagues can use to easily create consistent, brand-appropriate graphics
Devising effective graphic templates for our social media when required
Working with our Marketing and Editorial teams on campaigns that drive audience engagement across all platforms e.g. print, online, social, audio
Contributing to delivery of Subscriber Club promotions, interpreting brand teams’ briefs and liaising with our Print & Digital Subscriptions and Marketing teams
Responsible for raising purchase orders and managing commission payments accurately and in line with agreed terms
Requirements:
Experience working within a magazines environment
A demonstrable interest in the editorial content of the brand
A portfolio of design work that demonstrates proficiency in print and digital design
Fully competent in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to drive deadlines with both internal and external partners
Highly organised with good time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload to meet tight deadlines
What we offer:
A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
Immediate Community webinars, well-being initiatives and Mental Health First aiders
25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
Tailored training and development through our Love Learning platform
A progressive and transparent culture with clear career progression
Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
Cycle to work scheme
Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces