• Role: Creative Services Manager
• Contract: 12 months in the first instance
• Pay Rate: Annual £64,500
• Location - Marlow
• Office based Hybrid or Remote: Hybrid

SRG are working with a leading pharmaceutical company based in Marlow. Our client develop and manufacture an impressive portfolio of aesthetics brands and products.

They are seeking a Creative Services Manager to join their team.

Job Overview

The Design Manager will efficiently manage creative graphics production. They will be both creative and artistic and apply this artistic nature in a corporate environment. Skilled and educated, they will collaborate with marketing, agencies and other content production teams to ensure designs succeed and messages are properly delivered to customers through multiple channels. They will combine art and technology to communicate ideas through images, videos, web pages and print pieces. They will follow briefs from cross functional teams and will be a valuable resource for a wide range of stakeholders. Time allocation will be split between internal ad-hoc (~75%) and external agency collaboration (~25%) but will be required to assist with strategic projects depending on workload.

Duties

• Develop or adapt images, video or graphics for promotional use - predominantly social, web and print
• Develop and implement successful design strategies, projects and materials, outlining how the design will be created to deliver and implement them for the project
• Work under the brief of the cross functional teams and adhere to brand and campaign guidelines.
• Collaborate with other teams, including external partners to ensure specific briefs are met.
• Effective presentation of design ideas.
• Track and evaluate feedback.
• Ensure materials created are 'on message', and audience appropriate
• Incorporate changes recommended by stakeholders into the final design.
• Review designs for errors before printing or publishing them.
• Decide how images and text will go together on a print or webpage, including how much space each will have.
• Transform statistical data into visual graphics and diagrams, which can make complex ideas more accessible.
• Work alongside the Senior Design Manager and Project Management teams to ensure materials are suitable for Veeva upload.
• Support marketing teams in formatting of PowerPoint presentations to a "house style"
• Maintain in-house filing systems and record keeping.

Requirements - Qualifications

• Design/Marketing qualification (or proven experience) in graphic design, visual arts, or other relevant fields.
• User experience, design principles, and design tools training.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in graphic design for marketing or advertising, including social media assets ideally with a healthcare agency background
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time & on budget
• Strong attention to detail
• Must be motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.

Essential Skills, Experience, and Competencies (includes Licenses, Credentials)

• Adherence to a brief - delivering audience appropriate materials according to brand campaign look and feel
• Negotiation skills - working with cross functional teams to implement changes to a materials design, design managers influence others, leading them to understand why certain design aspects matter more than others
• Deadline management - design managers ensure strict team and project deadlines are met
• Creativity - introduce artistic innovation into the projects they manage, thinking of new ways to create designs that have meaningful impacts on customers and consumers

COMPETENCIES

• Design tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Canva)
• 2D design
• Good video editing skills (Adobe Premiere) and working knowledge of After Effects
• Digital technology (HTML, CSS, UI design, no code platforms)
• Microsoft Office Suite with good PowerPoint knowledge

Additional desirable skills

• Prototyping tools (Adobe XD, Figma)
• 3D (Cinema 4D or similar)
• Pharma experience
• Veeva vault
• Agency/freelance background

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