Lead Graphic Designer

Annual Salary: £30,363

35 hours a week

37 days' annual leave

The role of Lead Graphic Designer is an exciting role within our busy Digital Marketing and Communications Department. The post-holder will be responsible for development and delivery of our graphic design and motion graphics function across a variety of different platforms, working in partnership with all Kent Union departments to provide students with the best experience.

The post-holder will line manage student staff designers and external freelancers as well as overseeing design spending and budgeting. The post-holder will join our existing Digital Marketing department and work on diverse projects and campaigns across a range of channels for both digital and print assets and lead on the branding of Kent Union.

This will include developing artwork and branding for a broad range of Kent Union services including student-facing support services such as student voice, our advice service, wellbeing and safety and Jobshop, as well as supporting central services with the creation of corporate materials. The role will also create design work for our retail outlets which include a nightclub, student bar, coffee shop and clothing store, as well as large annual events such as Summer Ball, Varsity and Leadership Elections. The role will be central to developing and maintaining brand visuals under Kent Union’s commercial and non-commercial umbrella.

The role will also be implementing a new external design function as part of our SU Network and Luminary Marketing service to deliver design work for external clients to generate additional income for the organisation.

Thank you for your interest in the position of Lead Graphic Designer at Kent Union and for wanting to work with us. We are a vibrant, student-led organisation with a bright future ahead of us. We, alongside many organisations, have needed to make difficult decisions over the last year, but are building back stronger with a renewed focus and energy to amplify the voice of our members and ensure they have a fantastic student experience. Our driving force is our new strategy, which sets out our priorities over the next four years. Students are the reason Kent Union exists.

Kent Union is committed to the principles of equality of opportunity and we have recently introduced a Racially & Ethnically Marginalised (REM) guaranteed interview scheme, full details of which can be found in the Recruitment Pack.

For more information on us and to download a full recruitment pack with job description and person specification, please head to our website www.kentunion.co.uk/careers.

To apply, please send a CV, covering letter and Diversity Monitoring Form to kentunionrecruitment@kent.ac.uk. Alternatively, download from our website an application form and email to kentunionrecruitment@kent.ac.uk. The Diversity Monitoring Form will be separated from applications prior to short-listing by the hiring team.

Please ensure that you pay particular attention in your application to detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification.

Closing Date: Sunday 30 June 2024

Interviews: 5 July 2024