Mid Weight Graphic Designer

Job Title:

Mid Weight Graphic Designer

Line manager’s job:

Head of Event Design

Division

SBC Events

Department:

Events

Core hours:

Mon to Fri 9am-6pm, but must be flexible around events in global markets

Per Hybrid Working Policy (2 -3 days per week in the office)

Compensation:

Up to £35,000 plus bonus of up to 10%

Based:

London

Business travel:

Optional

ABOUT SBC

SBC connects people and companies to drive business within the sports betting, iGaming and payment industries through its global events, media and advisory business.

SBC is part of the Sport Global Group of companies. Headquartered in London, the group has over 110 employees across Europe, the US and Latin America. With ambitious expansion plans, SBC is a high growth and innovative company focused on customer commitment and quality.

SBC EVENTS organise live B2B sports betting and iGaming events for a worldwide senior executive audience with a focus on industry-leading product showcases, content and networking opportunities.

SBC MEDIA employs over 15 full-time journalists and publishes more than 100 stories daily across nine industry-leading news websites with a focus on sports betting and iGaming news: sbcnews.co.uk, sbcamericas.com, sbcnoticias.com, casinobeats.com, slotbeats.com, gamblingtv.com, lotterydaily.com, paymentexpert.com, insidersport.com, sbcdirectory.com,
and the SBC Leaders Magazine.

SBC LEADERS is an invitation-only membership of the industry’s most influential operators formed with a goal to bring the industry’s best together in order to share ideas, collaborate on major issues, push innovation, and elevate the overall image of our industry through the promotion of its achievements.

AFFILIATE LEADERS is connecting Affiliates and Digital Marketers across the world to share ideas, push innovation and drive change.

SBC ADVISORY PARTNERS is the consulting and intermediary service for sports, fintech, sports betting & iGaming organisations that is focused on market insight. Its highly experienced and connected team has deep industry roots built through its global conferences and media reach.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a highly creative and talented Mid Weight Graphic Designer to join the SBC design team, who will be responsible for delivering high-quality design materials.

You will report directly to the Head of Event Design Director, and work closely with the design, events, marketing and development teams.

This is a unique opportunity to develop your career as part of a larger design team (covering all of Sport Global group) with guidance from experienced and talented colleagues. This opportunity would thus suit someone who is looking to progress their career in an environment where you are encouraged to be proactive and take responsibility for ensuring all designs deliver a great user experience.

ABOUT YOU

In this position, you will report to the Head of Event Director. Your role will be to interpret and implement the creative vision across projects ranging from digital, social and print.

A dynamic, thorough and enquiring approach will be required as the Middleweight Graphic Designer will be called on to be involved in a range of projects and executions, with timelines ranging from the immediate to the long term. Fitting in as part of a wider, creative team, the ability to collaborate effectively is also a must.

Use previous experience and passion to demonstrate intelligent, thought-provoking and innovative creative solutions, establishing a strong conceptual and creative point of view. This role requires being able to think holistically about the creative solutions, not just the visual outcome, and have strong communicative skills in portraying this thought process to the rest of the team

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Work closely with the design/marketing/events teams to learn the processes and business goals
• Transfer specifications and briefs into functional designs
• Create and maintain design and brand library
• Liaise with the marketing, events and media teams to establish priorities
• Support the marketing team by producing high quality and consistent materials such as microsites, marketing emails, advertisements, event materials, banners and presentations
• Create marketing campaigns from scratch, improving and perfecting a number of existing ones used for news, media and events
• Creative design suggestions and proposals for new events, media and development projects
• Provide accurate, timely and considered; visuals, accurate print ready artwork files and presentations

WHAT DO YOU NEED

You must have:

• At least 3+ years of experience working with a solid portfolio of online projects within a corporate environment
• Extensive knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite with an understanding of video processes and workflows(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign are essential), experience working with Figma is beneficial
• Excellent ability for creating effective layouts, producing pixel-perfect design systems
• Evidence of working within established timeframes and accurately tracking all tasks to timely completion
• A desire to expand your knowledge across multiple disciplines and learn whilst doing in a fast-paced environment where things are happening at a rapid pace; multiple projects will need to be handled simultaneously and new tasks taken on at short notice
• A natural creative mind with an excellent eye for visual design and aesthetics
• Strong creative thinking and who can translate their vision to any kind of creative product no matter if it’s a brochure, advertisement or a banner.
• Have a good understanding of the print process and techniques
• Care about the company you work for and you don’t shy away from working off-hours when the situation requires it
• Excellent communication skills (both interpersonal and in writing) and you’re great at following directions
• Curiosity by nature and passion to learn everything there is to know about our business as well as any new technology or trends related to your work.
• Ability to evidence strong organisational skills including; time management, project planning, attention to detail and a thorough approach to general administration.

It would be nice if you have:

• Knowledge of Project management tools such as Asana, Jira
• Basic knowledge of HTML5/CSS3 development for mobile and desktop web

• Note that an online portfolio for review is required

WHY SBC

• Work for a high growth and exciting news, media and events company across the fast pace sports betting and iGaming industry
• A comprehensive benefits package including
  • Private Healthcare Plan (Vitality)
  • Group Pension Plan with 5% Individual and 4% Company Contribution (Royal London)
  • Income Protection (Canada Life)
  • Life Assurance (AIG)
  • Employee Assistance Programme and Employee Support Programme
  • Company Sick Pay
• 21 days annual leave in addition to 12 Company Days Off (these generally include include all bank holidays and an annual Christmas shutdown period)
• Travel the world for events in some of the worlds most sought-after locations and venues