Junior Designer
Junior Designer (up to £28,000)
Immediate is home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food and BBC Gardeners World magazine. Our trusted, quality content reaches millions of people a month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events.
We’re the destination for people looking to get more from the things they love. We’re here to inspire, fuel, encourage and educate
Whether it’s the big things, or the little things; from reaching fitness goals to savouring good food, cultivating outdoor spaces, or enjoying the latest TV sensation – we help bring our audiences joy!
About the role
As a Junior Designer, you will play an important role in supporting Imagine’s design team. Working with talented designers, you will have your own dedicated mentor, who will help you grow and develop into the best designer you can be, with an ethos of always pushing creative boundaries.Working under the Senior Art Director, you will design exciting commercial projects and marketing assets that will feature online and in print across Immediate’s portfolio of brands.
You will be a hands-on Junior Designer, working on campaigns alongside your fellow designers, and collaborating with sales, editorial and our internal and external clients. As well as live campaigns, you’ll work on responses to client briefs, ensuring that all work delivered is to the highest standard.You’ll work within a design team that will push and develop your skills, whilst teaching you how to succeed in commercial advertising and marketing design. You will be involved in all areas of the creative process, from originating and developing commercial ideas at pitch level through to booked work.
You will develop your own creative flair and understanding of our brands’ house style across all design output.
The Junior Designer is expected to play an active role in brainstorms and ideation, both in response to client briefs and proactive pitch work. You will dream up brilliant new ideas, and live the ethos that creativity has no limits.
As a Junior Designer, you will;- Attend relevant internal meetings with various teams including sales, editorial, publishing, marketing, comms, events.
- Represent Imagine at meetings, events and within key projects, internally.
- Ensure your work is of the highest standard, is as creative as possible and adheres to our brands’ guidelines across all platforms.
- Interpret and respond to a brief in your design work.
- Switch seamlessly between brand styles while managing multiple projects.
- Work closely with your fellow designers to develop and push your skills.
- Be able to establish and maintain collaborative relationships.
- Demonstrate an ability to take creative criticism from your peers, editorial and clients, and apply this to your designs.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the content on Immediate brands’ digital, print, audio and experiential touchpoints to ensure your ideas and designs are relevant to our titles and audiences.
- Show a passion for and knowledge of the content marketplace beyond Immediate’s portfolio.
- Attend brainstorms and make a regular contribution to these sessions.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of Immediate's content and style when considering a client's brief/objectives.
- Seek out and dream up new, exciting ideas that contribute to winning pitches.
- Work on pitch proposals with all the sales teams, both reactive and pro-active.
- A grounding in digital media design.
- A passion for editorial brands and their many forms.
- An appetite to learn and develop within the role.
- Knowledge of Figma, Photoshop and InDesign an advantage.
- A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
- Supportive well-being initiatives and benefits, talks & workshops, and Mental Health First aiders & Champions
- 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
- Tailored training and development through both our inhouse learning platform and LinkedIn Learning
- A progressive and transparent culture focused on your development
- Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
- Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
- A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces
Our active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well-being programs, and clear sustainability strategies reflect this commitment.
People are at the heart of our business and creating a diverse and inclusive working environment is important to us. Immediate is an equal opportunities employer. We’ll never treat anyone less favourably because of their sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marital/civil partnerships, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability.We’re also committed to supporting applications from those who are returning to work following a career break, maternity leave or caring responsibilities.
Immediate is a place you can grow, be supported, and make a difference.