Mid-Weight Graphic Designer

Vacancy No
VN1174

Employee Type
Permanent

Employment Type
Full-Time

Location City
London

Location Country
UK

Description
About Hyve Group
Hyve Group plc is a global organiser of trade shows and conferences across different sectors. We run best-in-class events which our attendees consistently describe their experience as amazing, educational, energising, exciting, insightful, inspiring, productive and fun.

Our live events are unprecedented gathering of individuals and companies reshaping how consumers discover, shop and buy. The event provides a platform for buyers and branded manufacturers, start-ups, tech companies, investors, media and analysts to learn, network, collaborate and evolve.

Hyve Group plc acquired Shoptalk in December 2019. This acquisition brought with it a new digital and software platform that we now use to bring exhibitors and visitors together at our world-class events, enabling buyers to meet suppliers easily and efficiently.

Using technology enabled platforms is at the heart of our strategy to continue to be the next generation global events business whose purpose is to create unmissable events, where customers from all parts of the globe share extraordinary moments and shape industry innovation.

We believe that when people come together, powerful things happen. Hyve Group plc connects global industry communities through unmissable events, online networking platforms, and hyper-productive meeting programmes.

Our decades of experience put us at the heart of industries, and we are committed to using our influence to shape innovation and drive progress across our customer communities. Our market-leading portfolio of global brands includes Shoptalk, Spring Fair, Africa Oil Week, Bett, Mining Indaba, and Retail Meetup.

#LifeAtHyve
At Hyve, we are driven by our values: brilliant work, fresh thinking, rich connections, and collective buzz. In practice, this means we value quality, work with passion, celebrate uniqueness, and are our best when we work together.

We value a diverse team and are committed to employing individuals from all backgrounds and creating a culture based around belonging.

Our hybrid working model ensures we respect our peoples’ work/life balance. Human connections are our speciality, and we offer a jam-packed calendar of social events, inclusion workshops, and professional development opportunities to make sure #LifeAtHyve is always fulfilling and exciting.

The role
Hyve are looking for a talented, highly creative and detail-oriented Mid-Weight Graphic Designer to join the Creative team full time to work across the Retail, Manufacturing & Engineering (RME) portfolio of events. The Mid-Weight Graphic Designer will work on the creation of designed assets for both print and digital, including (but not limited to) adverts, social media, GIFs, banner graphics, email graphics and installation graphics.

Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Head of Creative and Creative Project Manager on the creation of designed assets for the RME portfolio of events across digital and print formats.

• Fulfil digital graphic needs for a number of marketing mediums including websites, digital media, social media, presentations and video.

• To have excellent brand and design awareness, actively being considered including colours, branding, typography, layout and messaging.

• Elevate the design of creative output to drive improved engagement and commercial performance.

• Fluent in creating or manipulating printed collateral such as brochures, flyers, invites and other multi-page documents.

• Have strong typographical skills to be able to design original logos and create logo suites.

• Prep print and digital files for accurate production across various channels.

• Support on ad-hoc creative projects as set out by the Head of Creative and Creative Project Manager.

Skills Required
Skills & Experiences

• 3+ years’ previous experience as a Graphic Designer.

• Driven, curious, enthusiastic and determined.

• Strong creative eye and ‘taste’ level.

• Expert knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects). Premiere Pro a plus, not required.

• Ability to design thoughtfully while still meeting deadlines.

• Experience in optimising photography for digital and print design, such as image retouching/colour correction, and photo manipulation.

• Proven experience of working in fast-paced medium-sized organisations, where everyone is hands on and where the focus is on getting the job done to a consistently brilliant standard.

• Ability to interpret design and communication briefs and follow brand guidelines.

• An understanding of digital channels, best practice UX and the mobile customer journey.

• Understanding of typography and knowledge of printing/digital design processes.

• An excellent communicator, ability to work as part of a team.

• Working in a demanding, fast paced environment, on multiple projects often at different stages, where the ability to prioritise is critical to success.

Key competencies required

• Collaborative, adaptable and flexible – can deal with ambiguity.

• Passionate about creativity, with a strong understanding of design principles and the ability to use the power of visual and words to influence.

• Exceptional process, project management and organisational skills, ensuring the successful, timely delivery of creative projects involving multiple stakeholders.

• Meticulous attention to detail, with impeccable proofreading and grammatical skills.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent