Graphic Designer

Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 per annum

Picturehouse is seeking a creative and enthusiastic Graphic Designer

Picturehouse Cinemas are at the heart of their neighbourhoods. They are distinctive buildings that blend seamlessly into the fabric of their environment with excellent and original design throughout. These are cathedrals to cinema! They are also places to eat, meet and hang out, with welcoming and attentive staff and plenty going on in lively vibrant spaces.

Picturehouse’s film programme is a broad and curated range of quality mainstream, indie, family, foreign-language and documentary films. Through our various strands we also champion classic and contemporary, independent thinking films, providing a quality cinema experience to a diverse and inclusive audience.

We will always try new and unexpected things, engaging with our audience as partners and as friends from all ages and backgrounds. We are your local international cinema.

Vacancy

Picturehouse is looking for a creative and enthusiastic Graphic Designer to join its team.

You must have a strong creative skillset as the role requires an imaginative and collaborative outlook bringing passion, ideas and commercial sensibility to all projects.

The role requires an excellent visual communicator and team player
to assist in the creation of print and digital assets promoting a varied array of promotional campaigns.

Working closely with the Senior Designer team you’ll be responsible for multiple projects, adhering to strict deadlines, whilst maintaining a keen eye for detail as standard.

Excellent communication skills are essential with the ability to articulate ideas clearly and adapt to feedback effortlessly. This role reports to the Head of Design.

This is a full-time office based role at Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd, 7th Floor, St Vincent House, 30 Orange Street, London, WC2H 7HH, with a view to start from early September 2022.

Key skills & requirements

• Enthusiastic and collaborative.
• Demonstrable experience with creating or adapting key-art.
• Experience with creating artwork and layouts for large format, print and digital.
• Experience with creating social media and email campaigns.
• Excellent time management and a proactive attitude towards challenges.
• Strong on visualising ideas and taking them through to production.
• A portfolio full of creative ideas and multidisciplinary projects.

Desirable characteristics

• Determined – driven to bring outstanding creative to each project.
• Collaborative – personable, proactive, with a willingness to rise to a challenge.
• Responsive – ability to work on multiple projects and respond in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledgeable – highly skilled across Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and preferably After Effects.

Responsibilities

• Produce year round artwork for a variety of cinematic campaigns.
• Perform regular design duties keeping the website and cinemas up to date and on brand.
• Deliver print ready artwork to external printers.
• Oversee and approve print jobs submitted by the cinema teams.
• Assist with bespoke branding and opening campaigns for new cinemas.
• Managing digital content across the estate.
• Co-ordinating invoices, raising purchase orders and updating budgets.
• Undertaking any other duties which may be reasonably requested of you by the design department.

To apply

To apply for this position, send your CV, covering letter and portfolio or website link to matty.l@picturehouses.co.uk with “Graphic Designer” in the subject line.

The closing date for this position is 12/08/2022 at 23:59