Senior Graphic Design Executive - FTC 1 year

The world of investment is changing. Our vision at Legal & General Investment Management is to create a better, more sustainable future through responsible investing. We work in partnership with our clients around the globe to deliver positive long-term outcomes, while rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. To meet our clients’ complex and evolving investment needs, our investment strategies cover a broad array of asset classes and styles, including equities, bonds, property and alternatives, as well as multi-asset funds. We’re focused on continuously innovating our investment products, maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes, and striving to build a more responsible and sustainable future.

In this role, you will be responsible for providing a top-quality design service to the UK Institutional team within LGIM - creating visually impactful marketing literature, supporting on new business sales opportunities, thought leadership, advertising, events collateral and client communications.

We are looking for a creative, experienced, and dynamic Senior Design Executive to play a key part in the brand & creative team at LGIM.

In this fixed term contract for 1 year role, you will be working closely with the Head of Design and supporting with the creation of marketing materials and sales support for all kinds of various print and digital formats for our UK Institutional business. This may include marketing literature, PowerPoints, advertising, assets for online and in-person events, social, video editing and animation. You will play a lead role as brand champion for design across LGIM, ensuring that the brand visual identity is applied consistently and effectively. Ideally, you will have experience of working in the financial services industry.

Key Accountabilities:

Design and update marketing materials for all kinds of various print and digital formats. This includes marketing literature, advertising, assets for online and in person events, social, video editing and animation.

Create and develop RFP and pitch templates and work on ongoing new business opportunities and submissions for the UK Institutional team

Help apply, monitor and promote the brand across all communications created

Contribute to the on-going development of LGIM’s visual identity

Support the Head of Design on larger projects

Regularly check LGIMs social media channels and ensure the visual identity is consistent

Build, maintain and promote positive, collaborative and close working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Act as the first line of defence to ensure that materials comply with current regulations– in particular ensure that all designed items are clear, fair and not misleading, and adhere to brand guidelines

Liaise with agency partners, printers and suppliers where required to produce and print materials

Ensure the Brand hub is kept up-to-date with guidance and brand assets

You will be: 

• Fully proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (mainly Adobe InDesign, Illustrator,          Photoshop)
• Fully proficient in Microsoft Office (mainly PowerPoint)
• Proficiency of Adobe After Effects and Acrobat DC
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and work on several projects at a time
• Strong understanding of the print and digital production process
• Have great attention to detail
• Be able to work on own initiative and equally able to take verbal direction
• Have a strong understanding of brand guidelines
•  Be comfortable in reworking a core creative into a variety of multi-media     solutions
• Knowledge of UX/UI design
• Basic understanding of web-design
• Comfortable with following brand guidance, but when appropriate, seize the opportunity to improve or apply new creative executions based on brand guidance

Benefits 

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), an annual supplement for private medical insurance, generous pension scheme and life assurance, We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan, and then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.