Design & Artwork Placement Solihull 2023

Our Design & Artwork placement will allow you to develop your graphic design skills within the Gymshark Creative Studio, working within the established design team, alongside production, styling, video, photography, retouch, copy and creative functions. This placement offers a huge range of opportunities depending on your skillset, ambitions, and willingness to learn.

The role will give you broad scope across all major design touchpoints, from fast-paced artworking to conceptual work and full design executions, ensuring full exposure of the creative design process from across our creative studio. As a member of the Design team, you will be involved in taking concepts from initial ideas to full-fledged go-to-market campaigns, helping to direct and develop along the way.

When you work for us, you’re more than a placement student – you’ll join our Gymshark family. We give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster and be the best version of themselves. We work hard, sure, but we have fun while we do it.

Placement Start Date: 3 rd July, 2023
Placement Duration: 13 Months (includes a one-month handover with the current placement student!)
Location: Solihull, UK
Closing Date: Sunday 20th November, Midnight (applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment)
Assessment Centre Date: 23 rd January 2023 (at Gymshark HQ, Solihull)

What you’ll learn

You will gain experience in:

• Industry processes and standards in both digital and print design production
• Developing graphic identities in both internal comms and external campaigns
• Working on and contributing to projects and the day-to-day operations of a busy design team within a larger Creative Studio
• Creation of design assets for our stakeholders and various marketing channels ranging from physical events to online and offline collateral, whilst working to strict deadlines
• Conceptualisation of ideas and visual development, working alongside our pre-production and post-production teams to bring ideas to life.

What you’ll need

We’re not about box-ticking, a placement year is about developing you. To be successful for a placement at Gymshark, you will:

• Be passionate about learning and developing your skills
• Be an effective communicator
• Work successfully within a team environment and independently
• Have good relationship building skills
• Be able to manage and prioritise your time effectively
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment.

To be successful for a Design & Artwork placement with us, you will have:

• An impeccable and fierce attention for detail
• Passion for all things graphic design, typography, layout, and branding
• Good experience in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
• Experience in After Effects is a bonus.
• A passion for collaboration, with creatives, copywriters, retouchers and videographers to seamlessly execute ideas at scale.

What you’ll get

We offer a diverse and inclusive culture, a supportive and sociable work environment, plus ample opportunities for professional growth, development, and networking.

Plus, just to mention some of our perks…

• 25 days holidays + your birthday and all the Bank Holidays which can be substituted and taken whenever you want.
• A tailored and individualised placement approach
• A truly Flexible Working Culture
• A collaborative, creative and inspiring working environment
• 50% Gymshark Discount
• Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
• Great Training and Learning Resources
• Choice of hardware and access to the best software
• Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell
• Refuel - Healthy fresh food at GSHQ
• Lifting Club (LC) Gym Membership
• Free monthly massages

Ready to apply?

Application Outcomes: Mid-December
If successful, you will be invited to complete a video interview in your own time so we can get to know the person behind the application.
Video Interview Outcome: Mid-January
If successful, you will be invited to an assessment centre at Gymshark HQ, Solihull, on 23 rd January, 2022.

Please note: This placement opportunity is open to both those completing a placement year as part of their university course or recent graduates.

About Gymshark

We are dedicated to finding talented individuals to join our Gymshark family, people that can bring an exemplary level of skill and add to our culture by sharing the same values and beliefs that make us who we are – visionary. If you’ve got something no-one else has, we want you. Be a part of inventing Gymshark’s future.

Gymshark is an equal opportunity employer. The people that drive our success and infectious culture each come with their own unique set of thoughts, beliefs, cultures, identities, background, and body. We’re different because we celebrate difference. That’s what the Gymshark family is – diverse, inclusive, equal.

Belonging at gymshark.

Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. We’re an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment, please email talent@gymshark.com.