The brand and creative team lead on the delivery of creative outputs, support the organisation with their marketing content plans in terms of execution, and act as the organisational brand guardian, educating and upskilling colleagues to live and breathe the brand in all they do. You will be joining a small inhouse team that also has professional relationships with a variety of external suppliers in design, film and copywriting.
About the role
We are looking for someone who is confident, ambitious and creative - breathing big ideas and a conceptual thinker with a strategic mindset. Your role will involve in-person collaboration and ideation workshops when requests are made where the requestor knows what they want to achieve but not sure how. You will work within Jisc’s inhouse creative team that oversee all production requests from the business.
You will also work with many teams across Jisc, collaborating with colleagues to capture their need and create on-brand, excellent, diverse outputs. Good people and relationship building skills are a must along with the ability to problem solve will be crucial. You will need to be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Canva and confident using and creating PowerPoint presentations, laying out PDF reports, illustrations and data visualisation (that can also be passed on to animators) SharePoint and email headers.
For you, this role offers opportunities and autonomy to use your creativity and imagination, so if you are someone that loves producing fresh concepts and relishes a challenge, go ahead and apply! We are also on hand to provide any additional training to ensure you are fully supported.
Key skills and experience
- Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Express.
- Either a graphic design / illustration / similar qualification or relevant experience.
- Experience working with creatives and or creative agencies.
- Experience of delivering graphic design work from a brief with a deadline.
- Creative thinker and problem solver
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to manage and execute multiple projects.
- Portfolio evidence of excellent design work demonstrating creative skills.
We are constantly changing and evolving at Jisc, so this job description just gives a flavour of what the role involves. It will change as our operations develop.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box, so we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements, but you feel this role is perfect for you. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
Why work for us?
At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.
We believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working.
It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. Our hybrid working policy is flexible, and the frequency of time spent in your nominated office will vary across teams and job roles.
Take a look at our fantastic benefits
We offer:
- Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
- 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes an additional three closure days over Christmas plus the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days
- Generous flexible pension schemes
- Protection benefit – life cover
- Annual Jisc performance award
- A range of wellbeing lifestyle benefits including company paid health care cash plan, employee assistance programme, mental health first aiders and support
- A generous budget to support you with external learning and Continuous professional development
- Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
- Financial well-being support including access to preferential loan and savings plans, mortgage advice, will writing tools and support and resources to help you make the most of your money
- The opportunity to donate to charity tax-free with our Payroll Giving benefit
- Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech – spreading the cost of your everyday white goods and technology
- A wide range of discounts from retailers and big-name high-street stores and CSSC membership
- Family friendly policies including enhanced parental, maternity and paternity leave and opportunity for career breaks
- Support your volunteering with up to 3 days volunteer leave
- Cycle to work scheme and eye care scheme including free eye test vouchers and £70 towards new glasses for VDU use
- Free flu vaccinations
- Employee recognition awards and travel loans
- A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
Equity, diversity and inclusion
At Jisc, we don’t look for ‘sameness’, but to truly include people who can add unique perspectives and experiences to our culture, and we are working hard to achieve progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding principles which actively encourages us to bring our whole authentic selves to work. We believe that our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion is fundamental to our success.
Jisc believes our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. We work with passionate colleagues to strengthen knowledge and awareness, provide learning and development opportunities, and foster multiple employee networks which create a sense of community and influence our policies and practice.
We work hard to create an equitable experience for our candidates and workforce which embraces all aspects of their identity including race and ethnicity, religion and belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, trans identities, age, class, disability, neurodivergence, or veteran status.
Application process
We want you to showcase your talent throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know how we can best support you to do that; for example, if there are any reasonable adjustments we may be able to put in place. We will be happy to help you.
Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application within 4 weeks of receiving it. However, you may hear from us a lot sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls!
Jisc has an active sponsor licence to recruit on a Skilled worker visa basis. Candidates wishing to apply who require sponsorship should determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant Home Office criteria. Jisc does not offer any financial re-imbursement towards the applicant costs, such as re-location, skilled worker visa and dependant costs or the immigration health charge.
