graphic designer

About the role

As an integral part of a wider team of designers and marketeers, you will create stunning visual stories that delight our clients. This is a great opportunity for a Visual Designer who has a hybrid skillset of Graphic, UX, UI, and interaction design to bring insight and ideas to life, and to secure engagement for innovative products and services.

What you'll be doing:

Graphic & Visual Design: Leverage your versatile design skills to develop a wide range of internal and external communications from initial concept through to final product (across various disciplines and channels including digital, social, print, video, presentations, etc) and bring them to life through visual storytelling and interactive experiences.

UX/UI Design: Collaborate with senior design and digital stakeholders to develop sound UX and UI solutions across our digital portfolio (websites, platforms, digital tools, newsletters, emails campaigns, social media accounts, etc). Includes initial development (informed whenever possible from customer insights and industry trends), creation of user personas, storyboards, wireframes, conceptualizations, scenarios, user flows and use cases, through to creation of final product.

Prototyping & Business Development: Help translate sometimes complex concepts, systems and data into engaging and straightforward concepts through visual storytelling and rapid prototyping methods (static mock-ups to interactive POCs, animated gifs / videos, etc.), presentation and pitch decks, brochures or other design assets as required, and using best-practice form and/or functionality.

Creative Support: Support various departments across the business in helping to tell their own stories through creative design and positioning (including digital assets, PowerPoint presentations, video content, etc).

Competitor Watch: Responsible for observing our primary, secondary and tertiary competitors in this space. Presenting regular SWOT analysis to various stakeholders to use information and support the evolution of our services and customer experiences.

Brand Custodian: Maintain the Architas global brand guidelines / values, and align when necessary to AXA brand guidelines according to each brief and client needs.

Workflow:

• Maintain industry standards of asset management and technical specifications and adhere to our established working approach within the Architas workflow, including responsibility for version control and archiving.
• Keep on top of best-practice design trends and share ideas and suggestions with the Creative Team so we can collectively identify potential issues in our processes / tools used and propose solutions to speedup project deliveries.
• Take ownership of the design process from creation through to thorough proofreading of all materials, content and format.

About you

What we're looking for:

• Minimum of 3-4 year experience in the industry, you will have a proven track record of working on commercial creative and digital projects across multiple platforms, to tight deadlines and to specific technical requirements.
• Design related degree or equivalent formal training.
• Advanced skills in design, UX/UI and prototyping software & platforms (including Adobe CC apps (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc), Figma, Sketch, etc.). Strong skills in PowerPoint presentation design. Experience in video, motion graphic and podcast production would be a strong bonus. Willingness to learnand take part in all the various projects run by the Creative and Marketing Teams is a must.
• Excellent graphic design skills, artistic ability and creative thinking along with knowledge of the principles of good design/layout. Illustration skills would be a strong bonus.
• A good professional understanding of UX, Interface design, user centred design and W3C accessibility standards.
• Good knowledge and understanding of html, CSS and JavaScript (as well as any other programming languages) would be a strong bonus.
• Passionate about the creative industries, you will be keeping up with new technologies and creative trends along with monitoring of competitor activity.
• Extremely organised with very strong attention to detail, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and out-of-the-box thinking and being able to demonstrate and articulate creative solutions to marketing campaigns and projects.
• Comfortable taking and interpreting a brief, you will be able to follow brand guidelines while pushing creative boundaries.
• Self-driven and motivated, you are a great team player and are able to work well on your own.
• A willingness to take personal ownership of the role and responsibilities.
• Confidence to challenge feedback but also ability to accept constructive feedback professionally.
• Fluent English, other languages a bonus.
• Understanding of investing, banking or insurance a bonus.
• Able to travel to UK, Europe and Asia.

We've done our best to paint a picture of what we are looking for in this role; however we know that some candidates may be discouraged from applying if they don't meet every requirement. If you don't tick every box, but are excited by the role and the prospect of working for Architas, then please press apply!

What we offer

What can we offer? This is a busy, challenging, demanding role, but it provides a great opportunity for the right individual to play a key role in driving forward our key strategic goals.

As well as personal development and a competitive salary, we’ll offer a discretionary annual bonus scheme and 28 days holiday. You’ll also get all the impressive perks you would expect from a leading financial services organisation, including a competitive pension scheme, life assurance and private medical insurance. That’s just a few of the many flexible benefits and product discounts that we have to offer.

Architas is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone can realise their potential regardless of differences. We are proud members of the 30% Club, Working Family Organisation and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for this role.

About AXA

With a presence in over 60 countries, and 165,000 employees serving the needs of 107 million customers, AXA is big.

But never too big to care for every single person who works here. We’ve been recognised as one of the Sunday Times Top 25 Best Big Companies to work for. So when you join us, we promise to put our collective might behind you and your career.

You’ll work in an open and supportive environment where you’ll be developed, challenged and encouraged to move around to achieve even bigger and better things – nationally and internationally.

You’ll learn directly from senior leaders, from the best in our business. And you’ll enjoy real responsibility, really early on.

Every large company today talks about supporting diversity and inclusion. But at AXA UK, these values form an integral part of everything we do. For us, it’s about bringing together the best talent, helping people to realise their full potential by being 100% themselves at work and delivering outstanding service to everyone – regardless of difference.

Little fish, big pond, bigger ambitions. Sometimes it’s good to be a little fish. At Architas, we’ve built our reputation on doing things differently – always putting our clients first, being brave enough to try something new, and not being shy about believing we can make a difference. We constantly challenge ourselves and the status quo.

Whether you’re discovering new and exciting investment opportunities for our clients, or brainstorming ideas for a new website, we will offer you the same assurance with us: the opportunity to develop your career and to shape the future of our industry. We will reward your hard work and determination with a competitive salary and benefits package backed up by the AXA Group. Even a little fish can rock a big boat.