Junior Designer | Digital | London

About us

Hanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises institutions and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.

From our offices across Europe and the Middle East we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels audiences and issues.

Our collective of smart curious people think differently and live by a shared mission purpose vision and values. These shape how we work not just with our colleagues but with clients and partners too.

Our mission is to rewire communications for impact and harness its transformative power to advocate trailblaze and make a difference.

We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company recognising that each person is a unique spark capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people we can drive innovation foster an uncommon work culture and make a positive difference to society.

Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver world-class work.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Junior Designer to join the fast-growing Digital team.

The Junior Designer will be an integral part of the central Digital team and will provide high-quality creative and design services for client accounts across a variety of sectors including healthcare media technology manufacturing sport food & drink and financial services. A Junior Designer is expected to be skilled in the development of a variety of different assets including but not limited to video editing social media graphics reports & PowerPoint design.

Embedded within the central Digital team the Junior Designer will work closely with our Lead Designer collaborating with Account Managers and the Client Services team to deliver high-quality projects. The role requires a creative mindset and the ability to interpret and respond to briefs from clients across the Hanover Group.

They will also provide support for new business activity including innovative ideas asset development and pitch support. They will be a confident communicator capable of managing multiple projects interpreting client needs and translating feedback into effective creative solutions.

The successful candidate will join a team of bright consultants who know their stuff and arent afraid to challenge the status quo. They will also be expected to work with teams across Hanover receiving and supporting with briefs and clearly managing expectations and timescales with internal colleagues.

Requirements

• 0-2 years professional design experience
• Professional training education or work experience
• Ability to demonstrate a high quality portfolio
• Video editing & motion graphic experience required
• Ability to work well under pressure tight deadlines and to effectively manage their own time and delivery schedules.
• An excellent attention to detail composition and colour / branding.
• Contributing to the development of creative and assets across the business including campaign materials social media collateral branding toolkits and video.
• Demonstrate a social first approach demonstrating a thorough understanding of current social media and campaign trends.
• Strong design fundamentals across typography layout composition colour and hierarchy.
• Produce mock ups and presentation visuals for internal and external presentations and collateral.
• Proficiency in Adobe creative suite (Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Premier Pro) and other design tools.
• A keenness to participate in creative ideation sessions drawing on wider cultural influences and trends to inspire and motivate the wide client teams and push creative boundaries.
• Ability to support client teams to communicate effectively on briefing delivery and project management for clients design and asset needs.

Bonus experience:

• Website design and build experience
• Print design experience
• Illustration skills
• Figma

BENEFITS:

In addition to a competitive salary your core benefits package will include:

• An annual performance-related bonus plus additional bonus potential linked to recruitment new business and long service
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Private healthcare and dental insurance
• Travel insurance
• A company pension plan including 5% employer contribution

Youll also have access to a wide range of opportunities and initiatives including:

• Flexible working policies plus eligibility to apply for a sabbatical after 2 years service
• Summer Fridays finish (3pm) early Friday finish the rest of the year (4pm)
• The Hanover Academy which incorporates training coaching mentoring and reverse-mentoring opportunities to support personal development and career progression across all levels with a generous training budget
• International secondments as well as the opportunity to collaborate with all offices across the AVENIR GLOBALs network
• A wellbeing programme featuring (but not limited to) pre- and post-maternity leave coaching a working parents group subsidised gym membership
• Our Culture Club with a robust social calendar all year round and CSR activity

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement

Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating and ensuring a fair inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that equality and diversity are essential to high performance and a thriving culture.

We maintain a strict no-tolerance stance against any form of discrimination and harassment ensuring all individuals are treated equitably irrespective of their race ethnicity religion beliefs age sex gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin disability marital or pregnancy status genetic background or any other attribute safeguarded under our company policies or federal state or local laws and legislation.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please send an email to with the nature of your request.

We are committed to transparency about how we collect and use your data including ensuring we comply with legal obligations relating to data protection. You can view our data privacy policyhere.

Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBALs powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America. Collectively we rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world.

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