In-house Web/Graphic Designer, The Bazaar Group

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Job Description

The Bazaar Group is an online UK retailer specialising in soft furnishings, gaming, baby and pet products, and the winner of the 2009 North East Business Internet & ICT Award. The Bazaar Group has experienced strong growth over the last 12 months bucking the current economic trends; large growth is once again expected for the upcoming year.  The company is looking for an experienced and talented in-house graphic designer to work alongside the marketing and product departments for their brands and websites.

The candidate will play a lead role in building the growth and brand development of the following online retail websites:

www.beanbagbazaar.co.uk
www.purelypetbeds.com
www.iexgaming.com
www.brilliantbeanbags.co.uk
www.crazy4baby.co.uk 

and our corporate site www.thebazaargroup.com.  

 
Responsibilities:
The Bazaar Group is looking to grow and would like to find a candidate that wants to grow with them.  The key responsibilities of this role are to:

• Design various creative elements to our business;
  Branding
  Front-end website design
  Web graphics
  HTML/CSS
  Web & affiliate banners
  E-newsletters
  Flash animation
  Print design (leaflets, catalogues etc)
• Prepare product photography for websites using Photoshop
• Interpret & work to prepared briefs for any of the above elements
• To achieve and maintain brand objectives
• Work alongside and support the Digital Marketing Manager
• Liaise professionally & efficiently with our web programming company
• Working across the marketing mix you will be exposed to branding, direct marketing, email marketing, PR, advertising, catalogues, reports, and digital marketing

Candidate Requirements

Desired Attributes:
The successful candidate will be a fully qualified and experienced graphic designer with experience of web design.

• Approximately 2 years experience
• Educated to a relevant degree or HND level
• You will need to have plenty of web design experience with an understanding of principles and application of web accessibility, navigation and usability
• You should be confident working across a range of disciplines. Software skills should include; Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver and InDesign
• Digital photography skills desirable, in particular product photography
• Basic knowledge of print production & preparing creative for print
• Creative thinker with a practical approach & sound commercial understanding
• Close attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills & experience in liaising with website programmers
• Good time management skills  and the ability to work to tight deadlines
• A good understanding of brand design
• Excellent listener with experience of interpreting a brief
• Ability to take initiative and bring creative and commercially viable ideas to the business
• A high standard of written and verbal communication skills are important
• You will have a portfolio that reflects your experience working on creative campaigns which could range from banners, micro sites, social networking to online advertising
• Passionate about all things online and digital, full of ideas and strategic creativity and ready for a challenge

The Bazaar Group offers appealing working hours and a friendly environment with 23 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays). An attractive salary is available for the right candidate.

Contact / Application Details

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Link: www.thebazaargroup.com

To apply:
Please send your CV, a covering letter stating your current salary, and details of your portfolio to , outlining your suitability for the role.

 

CLOSING DATE: 6 APRIL 2010