Salary: £25,742 – £28,759 pa (pro-rata)

Contract: Part-Time and Permanent

Location: Hybrid Working in Coventry (Fully remote may be considered)

Coventry University Students’ Union is a charity dedicated to improving the experience of students at the Coventry University Group, operating across 7 campuses in Scarborough, London and Coventry.

Do you have a talent for creating high-quality design work? Are you an enthusiastic individual with exceptional design skills? Do you have a passion for the student market? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to become part of our talented and friendly creative team at Coventry University Students’ Union.

You must be a creative individual who can work and collaborate with the wider team to produce high-quality, engaging and relevant designs. You will work on a wide variety of design briefs supporting both internal and external clients and should have experience of producing designs from initial concept through to final production (both digital and print-ready).

You should be highly skilled in graphic design, producing work across multiple disciplines, including illustration and typography. Experience in designing animation and motion graphics or photography and videography would be a bonus.

It is essential you are fully competent in using Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat and Lightroom. You should also have experience of liaising with clients and external contractors including printers, as well as creating print-ready files.

Experience of designing websites using HTML, CSS and Javascript, and Adobe XD is advantageous, although not essential.

We are looking for someone with excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and a proven track record of handling multiple projects, working under pressure to tight deadlines. You should hold relevant professional design experience and a strong and varied design portfolio showcasing your passion for all things creative.

Coventry University Students’ Union’s values are to be helpful, inclusive and ethical and these are reflected in our progressive and people focused rewards and benefits. We offer generous annual leave, an agile working scheme and place a high level of importance on staff support, development, inclusivity, and wellbeing.

Key duties will include:

• To produce high quality design concept, artwork, and production for publications, media, and communications, both physical and digital, across multiple disciplines.
• To liaise with SU staff members to propose creative solutions to submitted briefs and support on all aspects of design and print production.
  
• To ensure the implementation of relevant brand guidelines in all creative work, maintaining brand integrity across a portfolio of projects.
  
• To maintain and organise a concise production schedule implementing systems of tracking work to ensure deadlines are met.
  

Working hours and Location

This post is a permanent, part-time role working 22.5 hours per week. These hours would be worked across 3 full days, however we have a flexible approach and are open to applications from candidates that may require some variation to the contracted hours. As an organisation, we have an agile working programme which supports staff working from home; our head office is based in Coventry, but we are open to remote working within the UK with some limited travel to the Coventry office required on a small number of occasions across the year.

Salary Details

The salary is £25,742 - £28,759 (pro rata). 
It is usual to start at the bottom of the grade and will increase incrementally on an annual basis, however for a candidate with highly relevant previous experience an offer may be made within the grade range. The salary advertised is the full-time salary, but as the role is on a reduced-hour basis the salary (and holiday entitlement) will be calculated pro-rata accordingly.

Application Process

We encourage you to read the job description and person specification (accessible in the top-right of this page), which contains the shortlisting criteria for this role. The applications that most closely match our shortlisting criteria will be invited for interview. When you are ready to apply, please click "Apply for Role" at the bottom of this page.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process please contact hr.su@coventry.ac.uk.

If you have any questions or would like an informal conversation before applying please contact hr.su@coventry.ac.uk.

Application closing date: 09:00am on Monday 16th September

Interviews are intended to take place on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th September 2024 - if selected for interview you will receive further information at least 1 week prior to this date.

Focus on Diversity and Inclusion

We are an equal opportunities employer and actively committed to promoting equality and diversity, and expect all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are especially keen to encourage expressions of interest from people currently under-represented within the organisation, these include but are not limited to those from the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, and those from a Global Majority background.

We are a disability confident employer and candidates with a disability will be guaranteed an interview, providing they meet in full all of the essential requirements of the post.

Staff Benefits:

Our benefits offered to staff include:

• Occupational Pension Scheme, employer contributions matched up to 6%
• Generous annual leave; this role attracts 31 days holiday plus bank holidays (2 additional days after 2 years’ service and a further 3 additional days after 5 years’ service) per annum
• Free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential advice and support
• Mental Health First Aiders, colleagues who have received training to support others
• Life Insurance 3 x salary
• Discounted Gym membership (in Coventry)
• Eye care and Flu vouchers
• Staff reward and recognition schemes
• Agile working scheme
• Volunteer days, up to 2 paid per year

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Find out more about Your Students' Union here: https://yoursu.org/