Graphic Designer

November 17, 2022 | Comments Off on Graphic Designer

We're looking for a Graphic Designer to join our Highways Team in Manchester. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.


Location: Manchester with hybrid/remote working available
Contract: Permanent, Fulltime
Salary: Up to £26.5k + 26 days of annual leave + Benefits

Responsibilities

As Graphic Designer, you'll support the Highways communications and marketing team designing and creating industry leading graphics for print and digital platforms: videos, animations, interactive brochures and interactive presentations for campaigns, events, social media.

Your day to day will include:

  • Graphic design for internal communications teams with social media graphics, posters, interactive brochures and presentations
  • Video content creation from storyboarding to post-production
  • Act as a brand ambassador designing and updating marketing imagery/videos and collateral using the Kier brand style
  • Support our contracts with the creation of a range of communications and marketing collateral to help them effectively cascade their message. This could include videos, posters, handbooks, brochures, infographics, presentations.
Who are we looking for?

This role of Graphic Designer is great for you if you have:

  • A good working knowledge and experience of the Adobe Creative suite, including Premier, After Effects, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator / Microsoft Office, specifically Word and PowerPoint
  • Previous experience with a wide range of media, digital and in print
  • Experience in proposing ideas for content e.g. to support our annual communications plan
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme

    And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

    Who is Kier?

    We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

    At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

    Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

    Diversity and inclusion

    Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

    You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

    Closing date: 15th December 2022

    Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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