Design Brand Manager London 12-month contract £65,000 A large prestigious law firm based in the City of London is looking for a Design Brand Manager to join their in-house creative team. This will be a 12-month maternity leave contract which could be extended. The firm is looking for someone to lead the evolution and implementation of their new global brand. This position will be a true brand guardian, playing a crucial role in ensuring the brand is implemented consistently while allowing for necessary flexibility to support the business. You will need to create innovative design solutions to support key, high-profile projects and initiatives, oversee design agencies, and support international colleagues in delivering high-quality materials that meet and extend the firm's brand guidelines.
To succeed, you will need to be organized, good at networking and influencing others. You will need to be strategic, creative, and an expert graphic designer.
As Brand Manager, you'll advise Marketing and Business Development colleagues and fee earners from across the firm to ensure the brand strategy, tone of voice, and visual style are all managed and implemented effectively.
Reporting to the Global Head of Marketing, Brand & Communications, you will work closely with a Senior Designer to form the Brand Team and partner on projects with colleagues in Events, Internal Communications, Digital Channels (including web and social), and Marketing.
You will also collaborate with the global IT and Facilities teams to help develop and sign off the brand across internal digital channels and office environments. You will be invited to join infrastructure and IT project teams as the brand advisor.
This position offers a generous annual salary of up to £65,000 per annum and will be working on a 50/50 hybrid working basis.
Key responsibilities will include: Managing tasks that come into the Brand Matters inbox, which may include personally designing a wide range of materials such as brochures and flyers in InDesign, event banners, interactive PDFs, and more.Overseeing projects outsourced to external agencies to ensure high-level stakeholder management and design quality, while effectively managing costs and workflows.Providing design direction to colleagues across the firm and their external agencies to implement the brand, managing training as required.Leading the development of the firm's templates for key materials such as brochures, branded emails, and other marketing materials.Providing creative input, direction, and layouts for improvements and developments of the firm's website, internal communications, events, and marketing activities.Maintaining the Word and PPT templates in collaboration with the external agency and internal IT teams, managing enhancements and new releases as required.Coordinating a seamless ordering system for the firm's printed materials, including branded items, brochures, and business cards, while liaising with in-house print suppliers/print room for high-quality in-house print solutions.Ensuring regular updates to the brand asset library in all formats and making suggestions for improvement where possible.This role is ideal for someone already working as a Brand Manager or for a Senior Designer looking to move into more of a management position, who enjoys being a hands-on designer when required. You should be passionate about good design and brand, and that passion should energize you and those around you while being a barrier to practical and commercially savvy solutions.
The team is looking for someone with a collaborative approach who wants to make things possible for clients, colleagues, and communities. You should be driven to achieve and improve, see opportunity in change, and love solving problems, especially in a creative way – knowing sometimes it's more art than science. When it counts, be ready to roll up your sleeves and get on board.
Required skills and experience: At least 5 years working as a senior graphic designer with experience of working within brand identity guidelines or as a corporate Brand Manager.Excellent working knowledge of Adobe layout and design software (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop). Knowledge of web/digital platforms would be an advantage.An in-depth understanding of the key elements of both print production and the production of online media.The gravitas to supervise more junior members of staff and be the design and brand leader.Experience of successfully managing design agencies, printers, and other suppliers.Good working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.Structured and process-driven mentality combined with an excellent eye for creativity and new ideas.Ability to work well under pressure and manage expectations where priorities conflict, and to negotiate and assess where compromise is possible.A team player with the ability to establish rapport and credibility, remaining diplomatic but firm and resolute on brand positioning.A 'can do' approach, knowing the importance of providing quick and timely responses to queries.Understanding of different cultures and their way of working.To apply for this new 12-month contract position, which could for the right candidate be made permanent, please send your CV to Gemma at HYF today.
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