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Creative Designer: Virgin Atlantic

Employer
Manor Royal Business District
Location
Crawley, West Sussex
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
30 Sep 2022

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Virgin Atlantic Logo

Creative Designer

Job Details

Salary: Competitive

Hours: Full Time

Location: Hybrid remote working with 2 days per week in our VHQ Crawley, West Sussex - speak to us about what flexibility looks like for you.

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Thursday 30th September 2022

Many of our people at Virgin work flexibly and in many different ways, including part-time, different core hours or remote working. Please talk to us at your application or interview stage about the flexibility you need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we are happy to explore what's possible for the role.


In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we’re harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.

It’s in our DNA to disrupt the market and lead the way with fresh ideas. Bringing new approaches to the industry, and remaining a loud and proud voice for positive change - be it on issues of sustainability, people or our communities. So, if you’re ready to take your career to new heights, read on.

We’re looking for an experienced conceptual designer, who can help creatively shape the future of the Virgin Atlantic brand. We’re talking about bringing big conceptual ideas to the table worthy of an iconic, global brand. With a keen eye for detail, finesse and craft – helping us bring our brand to life across many varied touchpoints across our exciting and broad customer journey.


Day to day

Some of your key responsibilities as our Creative Designer will be:

• Work collaboratively within the design and creative team, and with key parts of the wider Virgin Atlantic business to deliver consumer-facing creative assets to the highest brand standards

• As a guardian of our brand equity and creative quality, you will ensure the integrity of our house standards, whilst also pushing our thinking and creativity so we excel and stay relevant as a brand.

• Embrace the opportunity to design new to world creative ideas for new or evolved products and services, as well as improving masterbrand assets for a range of audiences, including both consumer and business customers

• Creative development of new brand propositions and refreshing of existing propositions

• Advertising and marketing collateral - all formats across consumer and trade touchpoints

• Digital and social creative

• Storyboards, scamps and planning for film/photo shoots

• Physical print collateral and packaging design

• Animations and short-form motion graphics

• Layout and artworking of key assets for use by internal teams or external partners


About you

Are you a creative storyteller?

Would you love to live our brand ethos of ‘See the world differently’ – and bring out-of-category thinking into our industry, as well as learning from best-in-class brands in the world at large.

You may come from an agency or an in-house environment but you will love working at pace. In addition to the above, we’d love for our successful Creative Designer to demonstrate the following:

• Full working knowledge of key software is required; including but not limited to Adobe creative cloud, InDesign, Illustrator and photo-editing software such as PhotoShop.

• You’ll be an avid storyteller, able to explain your creative work with vision and flair.

• You are able to assimilate feedback and interpret internal client needs within the framework of brand guidelines.

• The ability to negotiate and explain design decisions to non-designers is important to uphold the principles of the brand guidelines and protect quality standards.

• Experience of influencing partners to a correct brand decision is also important, as is clear communication on delivery expectations including timings.

If this sounds like you, and you would like to unlock your potential with us, we would love to hear from you!


Be yourself – Our differences make us stronger

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference, and everything that makes our colleagues unique, by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible, and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.

You'll be assessed against our values for a selection of your interview process, learn more about them here: Our Values

Company

Manor Royal Business District is the biggest business park of the Gatwick Diamond area and one of the south east's premier mixed activity employment hubs.

Enviable location and connections

Situated at the heart of the Gatwick Diamond on the Sussex and Surrey county borders, just two miles from London Gatwick Airport, a major motorway junction (M23 Junctoion 10) and two mainline railway stations (Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges), Manor Royal is a popular choice for a diverse range of occupiers including a host of blue chip global brands.

Manor Royal in numbers

  • One of the biggest business parks in the South East.
  • Covers an area of 539 acres – that’s over 300 football pitches.
  • 700 properties
  • 500 businesses
  • 30,000 people

Manor Royal more than a number

Since the formation of the Manor Royal Business Group (MRBG), an association of Manor Royal based business and firms, being on Manor Royal means being part of something. You’re never just a number.

Manor Royal makes sense

Scale, diversity, location and great connectivity with a property offer to match means Manor Royal based firms are never far away from their suppliers, customers and a talented workforce.

Pay us a visit

Visit www.manorroyal.org to find out more and to get in touch

 

Company info
Website
Mini-site
Manor Royal Business District
Location
7 Magellan Terrace (Ground Floor)
Gatwick Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9PJ
United Kingdom

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