Graphic Designer

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate Senior Graphic designer, based in our Birmingham studio, to join our growing national Creative Design team. We’re looking for someone with strong creative vision, who can innovate and communicate clearly and persuasively to clients and colleagues, building upon their exceptional skills and learning from other creative disciplines in a fast-paced, progressive environment. You will support the Studio Lead in driving quality and creativity throughout the team, while contributing to a positive working culture.

Whether you’re designing for print, events, web, virtual reality or motion, the role offers great scope for creativity to bring greater value to our variety of engineering, infrastructure and architectural design projects. You will bring your ideas, passion and problem-solving approaches to help us deliver fresh, creative solutions. You’ll be a team player, ensuring that delivery is of the highest standard, both creatively and technically. You will embrace the variety of work, enjoy the buzz of a dynamic working environment and be brimming with creative ideas.

Requirements
A creative thinker who is comfortable talking with clients to understand their ideas and bring them to life
Confident communication with clients and colleagues when pitching and winning new work
Helping to develop future work pipeline through client engagement, spotting opportunities and maximising potential
A creative designer who is unafraid to challenge – happy with day-to-day tasks but always looking for ways to add value
Passionate, driven and wanting to invest in Creative Design’s vision and culture
An expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
Strong layout and typography skills
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
The ability to work well under pressure
Friendly approach and a team player
Experience of working with digital teams to deliver innovative multi-discipline solutions
Previous exposure to projects containing AR/VR and digital solutions would be advantageous
UI design experience would be advantageous.

You will have a stand-out portfolio full of great conceptual work, displaying a real passion for design.

About Creative Design
‘Creative Design’ is not your typical in-house team. We are a proactive and creative team of over
55 designers, developers, visualisers, filmmakers and immersive media specialists, delivering world class interactive solutions to a wide range of Atkins clients including EDF, Highways England, Transport for London, HS2, Environment Agency, Faithful and Gould and the University of Edinburgh. We work collaboratively with Atkins’ teams and external clients, getting to the heart of problems and adding value and innovation to every project.

Our design principles underpin everything we do. We’re problem solvers who are excited by working together to find a solution. We create bespoke communications which focus on bringing meaning to content, make information more accessible and add value to projects. We create and implement viable concepts that utilise technology in a way that enhances outcomes and creates efficiencies. We invest in innovation and focus on upcoming technologies.

Creative Design in the press
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/stem-awards/design/augmented-reality-will-transform-engineering/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/stem-awards/design/creative-engineering-solutions/

Rewards and Benefits
The Atkins standard benefits package
(http://axis.eu.atkinsglobal.com/uk/peoplematters/rewards/Pages/default.aspx) is included in the job description template which can be found using the following link : http://axis.eu.atkinsglobal.com/uk/peoplematters/employ/Pages/recruitment.aspx

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview

If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.