Midweight Graphic Designer

Job title: Midweight Graphic Designer
Reporting to: Head of Design
Working hours: Monday – Friday, 10am to 6pm
Location: Bermondsey, London (4 days onsite, 1 day work from home)
Benefits: Private Healthcare, Pension Scheme, Bonus Scheme
 
Outline
We are looking for a Graphic Designer to support our in-house Design Team across all design assets, both digital and print for a wide range of projects and stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a creative who can ensure brand consistency across disciplines.
Responsibilities

• Support Head of Design on day-to-day artworking tasks.
• Interpret internal briefs in a creative way to establish solutions for design requirements across multiple departments such as Curatorial, Comms, Digital, Bookshop, Events.
• Create Exhibition and Art Fair PDFs, supporting the curatorial and sales team.
• Artwork lists of works and exhibition copy.
• Create wall vinyl for the gallery spaces across worldwide locations.
• Support the Exhibitions Team in creating bespoke visual outputs to enhance visitor experience.
• Create digital invitations for gallery events.
• Support creating bespoke assets for OOH events.
• Artwork print stationary including business cards, comp slips, packing etc.
• Create branded Microsoft Word and PowerPoint templates.
• Artwork digital banner ad campaigns to various formats.
• Artwork print advertisements for magazines.
• Create OOH adverts for global locations.
• Support the Bookshop Team in creating signage for the gallery shop and bespoke solutions for special releases and campaigns.
• Typesetting for print publications.
• Knowledge of print profiles and packaging artwork for press.
• Good understanding of repro and pre-press workflow.
• Collaboratively out decks to illustrate design concepts for internal presentations.
• Work closely with Head of Design to ensure all documents are delivered to standard and to deadline.
• Offer creative input during brainstorming sessions.
• Advocate for design best practices and be a guardian of house style.
• Build strong connections with other departments to ensure compliance with our brand guidelines.
• Maintaining a strong and consistent visual identity across all White Cube outputs.

 
Skills and Experience

• BA in Graphic Design or equivalent.
• 3+ years design experience in a design studio, agency or in-house.
• Experience working within and established visual identity.
• Fluent in Adobe CC (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects).
• Good knowledge of Figma.
• Motion graphics skills would be welcome, but now essential.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• A strong eye for detail.
• Good understanding of micro and macro typography.
• Impeccable typesetting skills.
• Confident with layout, hierarchy and composition across different formats.
• Confident in both digital and print artworking.
• Knowledge of print production and creative artwork processes.
• Able to interpret guidelines accurately and deliver well executed designs to the highest standard.
• Highly organised, methodical, able to multitask and good time management skills.
• Able to manage own deadlines.
• Proactive, adaptable and able to problem solve.
• Effective communicator able to report progress and blockers to ensure timely delivery.
• A team player with a positive attitude, able to collaborate in-teams and cross-departmentally.
• Have an interest in contemporary art and working with artists.

To apply: Please submit a CV and a portfolio with a selection of recent work (PDF or link to website) accompanied by a cover letter. This role will close on Friday 9th October at 5:00 pm, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
(Please note we are currently unable to offer sponsorship, nor guarantee future sponsorship opportunities, for this role).