Our client is a growing, award-winning storytelling agency based in the South Yorkshire area. We are on the hunt for a talented, midweight illustrator and designer to join their creative team. They work mainly remotely with one day in the office. Their clientele spans the Educational, Government, and Public sectors.
About the Role
We have an incredible opportunity for a midweight illustrator with live scribing and graphic design skills. The purpose of this role will be to create illustrations (both live at events and in the studio), infographics, reports, project brands and animation assets that tell the story of cutting-edge research through pictures. You’ll also be hands on throughout the process, co-designing outputs with clients and research participants to change the world.
Responsibilities:
- You’ll be working in a fast-paced environment, supporting the team in delivering awesome client projects.
- You’ll be an integral member of their tight knit team, be hands on with clients from onboarding through to project delivery and client aftercare
- You’ll work on designing infographics, illustrations, illustrated reports, social media images, branding, websites and animation assets for client projects and marketing material.
- You’ll be co-designing visual outputs with clients and research participants from diverse backgrounds, considering their feedback and ideas at each stage of the design process.
- You’ll be live scribing (illustrations that happen live) at events across the UK and internationally.
- You’ll be remote working for most of your time; working in the office one day a week and travelling to client meetings across the UK and beyond where appropriate
Required Skills:
- A hand drawn style aesthetic and skill for live scribing, sketch notes and infographics.
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and a wizard with an Apple Pencil, iPad and Procreate.
- Web design experience and animation experience also a plus.
- A Graphic Designer/Illustrator with a minimum of 3 years' relevant experience.
- Have a portfolio that demonstrates the ability to communicate complicated ideas simply and beautifully.
- Experience in live scribing and graphic design.
- A self-starter who shows initiative and has incredible inter-personal and communication skills - to understand our clients and work in our team you’ll need to connect deeply with them!
- A quick thinker, able to work in a fast-paced environment, and communicate complicated ideas quickly and visually.
- A curious mindset and a creative problem solver who cuts through complexity with sharp visual thinking skills.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
Please send CV and portfolio stating your salary expectations.