Middleweight Designer

M&S Food is changing, and fast! We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business.

From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that's unbeatable on flavour and innovation.

We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just food… This is M&S Food.

We are looking to have a Digital Designer join our team. Working as part of the in-house design team, you will be responsible for crafting assets across email, web, social media and print, ensuring all work is delivered to the upmost standard.

A highly creative, proactive and enquiring individual who will be good at communicating and sharing their ideas and work, whilst also working well as a team and collaborating with others.

What will I be responsible for?

• Owing projects from brief through to final delivery whilst working alongside partners including; Account Managers, Copywriters and Developers
• Crafting engaging email campaigns
• Crafting digital design assets for our website, microsites and digital advertisements
• Working with the social media team to build engaging assets for social media platforms, using animation.
• Working on print projects, including direct mails
• Be responsible for making sure all work is on brand as per our brand guidelines, and being responsible for maintaining channel-specific guidelines where vital
• Having awareness of best practice in designing for web, UX and responsive design
• To bring ideas and approaches, as well as being knowledgeable of current industry trends
• Introduce trends from design, including digital and CRM by sharing best practices from brands & retailers

Key skills:

• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Aftereffects)
• Knowledge of UX principles
• Basic knowledge of CSS/HTML
• Experience using Sketch and prototyping tools (an asset, not crucial)
• Highly creative with a good eye for detail
• Passion for design
• Excellent communication skills
• Initiative - able to work well independently, as well as within a team
• Collaboration – working with multiple teams and partners
• Ability to balance projects and timelines
• Experience working in retail an advantage

Key relationships and partners:

• Design team
• Developers
• CRM & Loyalty
• Brand comms – social, online and editorial
• Food & local marketing
• External agencies - Whippet
• UX