Graphic Designer

Job Title: Graphic Designer

Function: Communications and Marketing

Location: Hybrid/Nottingham

Contract type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Job Ref: 1040

Salary: £35,627 potential to rise to £39,585 over 3 years

Closing Date: Friday 10^th January 2025.

We have an exciting opportunity within NHS Supply Chain for a Graphic Designer. The role is responsible for developing graphics for communications or marketing campaigns, editing video content, designing collateral for events, and production of professional PowerPoint presentations.

The post holder will be a key member of our team developing materials and graphics to improve digital content on our websites. Our team is responsible for ensuring brand compliance when creating communications for both internal and external audiences.

The graphic designer will also support web developers and the web manager to design and optimise digital content, to include consideration of both page layout and a consistent user experience (UX).

Every day you will … 

• Develop graphics for marketing campaigns, emails, social media or other digital content.
• Work collaboratively with the web and digital team to deliver the appropriate design, style, format, print or digital production to agreed deadlines.
• Carry out brand checking for presentations and corrections / improvements for both colleagues and senior managers, including board executives and the CEO.
• Work collaboratively to determine design requirements and budget on various projects.
• Develop concepts, graphics and layouts for innovative product presentations, presentations, websites and events (including stands, posters, rollups, animations etc).
• Create or edit video content or animations to help simplify and illustrate or communicate complex information, including adding subtitles and branding.
• Develop engaging visuals for social media content.
• Organise, manage and store project files, for easy access and collaboration.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
• We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%).
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

 NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

Skills that will help you thrive in this role

• Experience working as a graphic designer developing digital materials for web content and social media, and, ideally, of designing and developing websites.
• Video editing and animation creation or story board creation.
• Experience using Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Capability to collaborate, influence and engage with team members across functions, including senior management and other key stakeholders, to achieve desired results and ensure a joined-up customer experience. 
• Experience in event collateral design, including exhibition materials, signage and presentations.
• Strong organisational skills with a focus on managing design files, ensuring proper storage, version control and file naming conventions.
• Knowledge of effective campaigns and events activities and, ideally, of NHS Supply Chain and the stakeholders we work with.

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk 

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.