Design and Media Assistant

  • Salary: £22.5k - £28.5k
  • Location: Cheltenham
  • Closing Date: 27 September 2024

About the role

We're looking for a Design and Media Assistant to support our internal team, customers and other suppliers with the design and media-related tasks associated with the production of print and digital learning materials.

You'll be joining our team of over 50 partners. As a co-owner of Haremi, you can advance your graphic design or publishing career whilst enjoying a range of benefits such as flexible working, wellbeing support, social initiatives and tax-free bonuses. Our working environment is a friendly and supportive one, and we actively promote a culture of learning and development – we’re sure you’ll love it here.

As a Design and Media Assistant you will be:

  • Using Adobe InDesign and InCopy at an advanced level to design and adjust book covers, book layouts and other printed resources
  • Producing and working with design templates
  • Producing high quality graphics and artwork
  • Producing and editing video, animation and audio assets
  • Carrying out editorial and design checks of proofs
  • Applying proof corrections to the required quality standards
  • Ensuring designs conform with branding, DEI, accessibility and cultural sensitivity guidelines
  • Preparing, packaging and approving print-ready and application-ready files
  • Managing fonts
  • Managing the storage, transfer and supply of digital assets across a variety of platforms
  • Guiding the work of external design and media suppliers and performing quality control on their work
  • Carrying out media/image research
  • Carrying out design and media logging and other admin tasks
  • Advising on matters of design as required

About you

The following skills and qualities are essential for the role:

  • A degree in a design-related subject (or equivalent experience) and a varied portfolio of previous graphic design work
  • A strong eye for detail and quality
  • A good knowledge of design theory
  • Practical experience using design-related applications, particularly Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Able to work in both PC and Mac environments unsupported
  • An open and honest approach
  • Able to work to strict deadlines, manage own workload and prioritise as required
  • Able to make decisions confidently, quickly and thoughtfully
  • Collaborative approach and excellent communication skills

The following are desirable:

  • An understanding of the print or digital production/publishing process
  • Editorial experience
  • Experience using InCopy
  • Familiarity with advanced design and layout features of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
  • Experience using content management systems
  • Knowledge of HTML and XML
  • Experience using Microsoft Teams

You’ll also need to be flexible and prepared to step out of role occasionally to help a team achieve their wider goals.

How to apply

We'd love to hear from you if you feel you are the right fit for our team. Please send both a CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to jobs@haremi.co.uk. Try and apply as soon as possible. We're expanding quickly and this vacancy will close once we find our new partner.

We can consider full or part-time applications. This role is based in our modern and well-equipped office in Cheltenham. Please state your preferred working pattern in your covering letter.

Other important stuff

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We encourage anyone who is qualified, to apply for our roles. We love individuality and know that diverse teams create more innovative and inspiring learning content, so we particularly welcome applications from people in underrepresented groups.

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