Location
Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Head of Design
Department: Marketing
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Manchester, UK
Reporting To: Erin Caldwell
Description
Interact provides enterprise-grade intranet software that connects over three million employees to leading global names like Levi's, Domino’s, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Technicolor.
Our team of customer-focused problem solvers are passionate about helping organizations to communicate better. We do this together by constantly working to improve every service and product we offer. With offices in New York, Tulsa, and Manchester, we operate across North America, EMEA, and Australia.
Click on any of our vacancies and you’ll see one thing in common – they all begin with this message. Why? Because at Interact we treat everyone with the same respect and honesty. Whether you’re a developer fresh out of college or a seasoned salesperson, we live the motto that we uphold for our customers: our people are our most valuable assets.
The Head of Design manages and oversees the design function of the marketing team and ensures design continuity across the organisation. The head of design will lead the company’s branding initiatives and develop brand standard guidelines, and ensure they are consistently applied in pursuit of a holistic brand experience for our audiences. The head of design will manage two marketing designers and any design agencies or consultants, and will take on design projects themselves.
A little about you...
- Degree in design or related field
- At least eight years of B2B design experience
- At least three years of management experience
- Have mastery of the following domains (as least two): graphic design, corporate branding, video production and editing, website design, illustration
- Must be comfortable collaborating with others, skilled at translating feedback into action
- Strong project manager skills; comfortable setting expectations with stakeholders
- Experience in product design a plus
- Design experience across various formats, including print, web, video, email
- Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite
- Creativity and ability to think differently a plus
- Knowledge of large corporate enterprises and visual identities that appeal to our audience
About the role...
- Lead and manage the organisation’s visual identity ensuring alignment with messaging
- Recommend and develop new visual brand standards and guidelines, including for any subsidiaries or acquired companies
- Manage and guide design team in numerous projects, including event collateral development, email marketing, digital ads, content marketing, and more
- Project manage/oversee design team outputs
- Be up-to-date on the latest design trends and styles
- Collaborate across departments to ensure teams access and use latest materials
- Collaborate across departments to create sales and CS enablement components, including proposals, slide templates, one-pagers, videos, and more
- Work closely with product marketing to ensure strong product and feature visual representation
- Maintain design aspects of corporate website
- Recommend visual content that complements marketing campaigns
- Guide design projects across various formats, including print, web, video, email
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy and sell additional days)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to Learning & Development platform
- Life Insurance
- Auto Enrolment Pensions
- Healthshield (Cashback on dental check-ups and fillings, eye tests, physiotherapy, prescriptions and much more
- Reimburse for usage of personal mobile phone
- Free Gym membership and Free Friday lunch for office based staff
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