Portal
Location
Horsham, West Sussex | United Kingdom
Job description
This is an amazing opportunity to join a dedicated and creative team as a Senior Digital Graphic Designer. Undertake a unique and exciting role within a collaborative environment producing beautifully engaging advertising, accessible websites and timeless brands. Dive into the games industry and work with some of the leading publishers and developers, plus award-winning gaming titles. Play a vital role within Portal Studio, working directly alongside the companies Creative Director producing the industry-leading creative our clients demand.
Salary
£32,000 - £37,000 based on experience + Pension + Company Bonus Scheme
Who Are we?
Established in 2019, Portal Studio is a passionate creative agency in Horsham. With an exciting and unique client base, Portal Studio is excited to work with determined and talented individuals. With a self-motivated and hard-working environment, Portal Studio also encourages collaboration and team project development, while encompassing a friendly in-and-outside of the workplace relationship.
Requirements/Experience
Exceptional Senior Graphic Designer that has a solid 4-6 years previous agency experience in a similar role, ideally in digital based design.
The ability to lead a project & have a strong, self-motivated approach to design, with exceptional client communication skills and organisation.
This is a client-facing role and so the ability to build and maintain relationships with strong communication and collaboration skills is key, along with the ability to take creative direction and incorporate feedback into projects.
A strong, professional and unique portfolio of work showcasing a wide range of projects. Our work is mostly in digital campaigns so experience in this area is preferred. We want to be wowed by your design skills, see examples of really strong branding work, typography, layout, colour & composition.
Exceptional knowledge across the leading visual effects programs including Photoshop and Illustrator, Good knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Premiere Pro would be beneficial.
Understanding of the fundamentals of design, including digital technologies and formats, aspect ratios, file formats and specs for web and beyond.
A keen interest in the world of gaming would be beneficial.
Responsibilities
Producing unique and bespoke creative material for a wide range of projects and clients.
Self motivated, with the ability to manage & deliver multiple projects simultaneously to the highest standards. Taking ownership of projects & your own deadlines.
Impeccable organisation and file structure skills for managing projects from project start to delivery, Including versioning, localisation and rendering out.
Liaising with clients, working collaboratively with our Creative Director and independently when required from concept to project delivery. Also working alongside the video team, creating assets for them to work with within the trailers and videos being produced.
Artwork projects to completion, delivering a suite of re-sized artwork for campaigns, on deadline. Or oversee & manage this process with other design team members.
The ability to follow brand guidelines or pre-approved design styles with high attention to detail.
Processing briefs and requirements from managers and clients, while always showcasing enthusiasm and adding value to all projects.
Maintain awareness of industry trends and advancements to drive new innovative ways of working. You will need a drive to succeed and desire to improve, continually developing and enhancing the quality of the work we produce.
Proactive and disciplined nature with an exceptional eye for detail. Responsibility for quality control of all media and materials - we are known for our top-tier production standards.
Can work on multiple projects at once & thrive in a fast-paced environment to set deadlines.
A day in the life of a Portal Senior Designer:
Producing an engaging and creative marketing campaign for a new gaming title for their launch phase. Taking your previously approved design and executing a suite of impeccably produced Ads across a wide range of mediums before preparing them for your colleague (Motion Graphics Designer) to add animation. You would brief your college before beginning a concept presentation for a new game logo
for an exciting MMO title. All this will be in collaboration with your team, but you manage and run your project from start to completion.
Benefits
Money stuff:
Competitive salary
We are growing & we need brilliant people to really boss their role in the business - if that’s you, there are career progression opportunities
Company bonus scheme
Company pension
Annual individual training budget - self motivated, come to us with a course you would like to attend & we will make it happen
Holiday Entitlement:
Very generous holiday entitlement
28 days annual leave (not including Bank Holidays)
Plus your Birthday day off
Plus an additional day for each year of service
Christmas to New Year shut down (3 of your annual leave days go here)
How we work:
This is an in house role at our lovely Horsham office, we really value the collaboration benefits of working together (we also think it's more fun than being apart).
But, we also like flexibility so we take one day a week to WFH (& keep the cats company).
We offer the full WFH set up, screen, keyboard, whatever you need to feel comfortable...
Wellbeing/Culture:
Monthly fun budget, for team trips, cocktails, lunches, Brighton festival fun, deliveroo delights etc
Lovely bright, green conscious offices, free parking & a strolling distance from Horsham town centre
Kitchen stocked with locally sourced coffee, healthy snacks & hot sauces
Headspace meditation app membership
Gaming based fun, mario kart leaderboard (prizes for knocking the Creative Director off the top spot)
Fast paced work, super skilled team & friendly working environment
How to apply
To be a valuable and passionate member of the growing Portal Studio team, please apply with a CV and cover-letter to [email protected] and clearly showcase your portfolio.
We are always looking for great freelancers so if that’s you, please get in touch as well. Check out our work at
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Salary
£32k - £37k per annum
