About The Service
The department offers essential communications, media and design support and advice to all areas of the organisation, and works closely with our partners and stakeholders to deliver industry–recognised services.
The design team delivers high quality award-winning creative concepts. The team provides a full service from generating concepts, visualising ideas and project management through to design, layout and provision of print-ready and web-ready artwork.
The team is the effective custodian of the council's brand and sub brands ensuring they do not become diluted. It also co-ordinates all print and design and exhibition activities across the council.
The Design Team advises on the best way of using the council's brand, designs innovative campaigns and new brands to deliver the key priorities.
About the job
You will be responsible for providing the best quality, creative design solutions across all Council communications. At all times championing the implementation of the Council’s brand principles working as part of a communications team to successfully deliver projects by meeting briefs to deadline and ensuring that production requirements and income from projects are met.
What We Are Looking For From You
To support the effective delivery of the Council’s communications strategy by delivering brand development and creative design solutions.
• To provide required design support in the production and ongoing development of all sub brands.
• To work with the communications team to develop creative concepts to ensure communications activity delivers objectives.
• To develop and deliver appropriate and effective design briefs at all times.
• To deliver income generating activity.
• To ensure that accessible and sustainable practices inform all activity.
• Working with the design and brand team to make sure that design activity keeps face with industry and trend developments.
• To ensure that all design activity accommodates the principles of bilingual design.
• To work to ensure Cardiff Council’s brand principles are used at all times.
Additional information
Collaborate with design team on project concepts
• Determine voice and messaging for graphic design pieces
• Develop product illustrations, logos, and other graphics as needed
• Advise on best practices and optimizations throughout design projects
• Select colours, font, images, and layout
• Create visualizations conveying accurate messaging and undertones as dictated by the project
• Present designs to stakeholders and applicable teams
• Implement feedback and changes when appropriate
• QA designs for errors
• Pass final design to comms team and brand manager for release
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, art, design or a related field (preferred)
• Portfolio of extensive designs used in successful marketing campaigns
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite
• Exceptional creativity and innovation
• Experience with both print and electronic media
• Attention to detail
• Time management and organizational skills
This vacancy is suitable for post share.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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