Job Type:
Fixed Term
Build a brilliant future with Hiscox
Group Senior Designer - 9 months Fixed Term Contract
Reporting to the Head of Group Design
London or York or Colchester - Hybrid - 2 days in the office
The role
A multi-disciplinary role supporting the Head of Group Design combining video production (in-house filming, video editing and storytelling, motion graphics and animation), design for digital (web design, animated banners) and design for visual communication (brand, print, photography and 3D modelling). The role also involves incorporating innovative designs and keeping-up with new trends/demands and how they can be incorporated within the brand.
What you’ll be doing
As our Senior Designer, you will present excellent visual design understanding and skills in the field. You will be creating new challenging visual goals, pushing the brand and design boundaries, leading your own projects, supporting the Head of Group Design with major projects - enabling the team to deliver on the Group’s strategy. You will plan, prioritise, present and deliver visual design solutions for all stakeholders and liaise with external suppliers. You’ll be leading client conversations within your specialties, making recommendations and guiding client choices.
About Hiscox Group Communications
The communications team is responsible for the management of Hiscox’s global reputation, working with leaders across the business to shape our narrative and position the company in the market and inside the business. A proactive, consultative function working across the breadth of the communications spectrum and in close partnership with Investor Relations and Marketing functions.
The candidate:
- 5+ years’ experience, preferably in corporate design, but not essential. Those with less years but the right level of knowledge will naturally be considered.
- Proficiency in the use of InDesign (advanced), Photoshop (advanced), Illustrator (advanced), Adobe XD (intermediate), After Effects (advanced), Premier Pro (intermediate), Adobe Audition (intermediate), Cinema 4D (basic)
- Video editing and in-house filming experience essential
- Animation and motion graphics experience essential
- Voiceover/podcast recording and editing experience essential
- Digital signage and video wall design experience
- Experience in web design – Drupal knowledge/experience essential
- PowerPoint (advanced) design essential
- Prior print production knowledge essential
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to push boundaries, articulate design ideas and present those ideas with confidence
- Ability to apply brand guidelines and house style effortlessly – advanced English language essential.
- Ability to solve complex design requirements and needs
- Project management for design and digital projects
- Able to manage stakeholders and prioritise workload according to business need
- Experience in managing external suppliers and designers
- Experience in reviewing and giving guidance on creative work produced by external design agencies
About Hiscox
As an international specialist insurer we are far removed from the world of mass market insurance products. Instead we are selective and focus on our key areas of expertise and strength - all of which is underpinned by a culture that encourages us to challenge convention and always look for a better way of doing things.
We insure the unique and the interesting. And we search for the same when it comes to talented people. Hiscox is full of smart, reliable human beings that look out for customers and each other. We believe in doing the right thing, making good and rebuilding when things go wrong. Everyone is encouraged to think creatively, challenge the status quo and look for solutions.
Scratch beneath the surface and you will find a business that is solid, but slightly contrary. We like to do things differently and constantly seek to evolve. We might have been around for a long time (our roots go back to 1901), but we are young in many ways, ambitious and going places.
Some people might say insurance is dull, but life at Hiscox is anything but. If that sounds good to you, get in touch.
Diversity and Hybrid working
At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success.
We have also learned over the past few years that working life doesn’t always have to be in the office, and now it is safe to do so we have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work life balance.
This hybrid working model is set by the team rather than the business to enable you to manage your own personal work-life balance. We see it as the best of both worlds; structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.
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