Senior Multimedia Designer

Senior Multimedia Designer (up to £40,000 per annum)                                                                   

At Immediate, we’re home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food and Gardeners World. Our trusted, quality content reaches millions of people a month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events.

We’re the destination for people looking to get more from the things they love. We help inspire them; deepening their knowledge, skills and fuelling their passions, to enjoy more of what life has to offer.

Whether it’s the big things, or the little things; from reaching fitness goals to savouring good food, cultivating outdoor, or indoor, spaces, or enjoying the latest TV sensation with loved ones – we help bring our audiences joy!

About the role

The Food Group Design Hub produces world-class, multimedia content for Britain’s leading food media brands, Good Food and olive, working across print and digital platforms with a focus on key verticals – recipes, family and health, along with trends, reviews, drink travel and restaurants. You'll play an important role in the continued growth of both brands, from the magazines and social channels to live events.

This role is for a detail driven, motivated design hub member to design and send pages to press for the Food Groups, Home cooking series and Bookazine collection, along with assisting on all other Food Group brands. This cross-platform role will involve generating eye-catching content, visuals and presentation materials in both print and digital formats, including websites, digital editions, email templates, graphics for web and social media and video, as well as print. The successful candidate will maintain a steady workflow of pages through the editorial system, both within the design hub and the wider editorial team.

As a Senior Multimedia Designer, you will;

• Design pages for all Easy Cook and Home Cooking Series magazine editions and other Food Group magazines when required
• Be responsible for sending all Easy Cook and Home Cooking Series pages to repro and other titles when required
• Be responsible for keeping all Easy Cook and Home Cooking Series editions up to date in in-house production software
• Use the Dialogue system to check the final print-ready PDFs in accordance with best practice procedures
• Make sure that all Easy Cook and Home Cooking Series editions has been signed off for press. (Dialogue training will be given.)
• Meet the agreed editorial production schedules, and will liaise with Immediate Media Co’s production department to make efficient use of in-house repro operations.
• Liaising with the repro team and updating images returned from them
• Working with the Good Food and olive Art Directors to create website graphics, email templates, social media graphics, digital edition templates, brand campaigns, video and audio idents when required
• Working with the brand Art, Editorial and Marketing colleagues to create print assets, including magazine layouts, brand adverts, point-of-sale merchandising material, artwork for live events, magazine paper wraps/packaging, brand-related products (inc posters, calendars, supplements, magazines etc), and campaign logos
• Briefing and art directing photo and video shoots when required
• Filming and producing behind the scenes video content when necessary
• Developing graphic identities for key campaigns that help us to meet business objectives
• Working with the Picture editor to source appropriate imagery for publication on all brand channels, in full compliance with rights agreements
• Ensuring all graphic output reflects brand values and design guidelines, both in print and online
• Liaising with brand stakeholders to ensure all design projects are thoroughly briefed, with clearly defined objectives
• Processing and editing images for publication in print, on website and other platforms as required
• Creating templates that colleagues can use to easily create consistent, brand-appropriate graphics
• Devising effective graphic templates for our social media when required
• Working with our Marketing and Editorial teams on campaigns that drive audience engagement across all platforms e.g. print, online, social, audio
• Contributing to delivery of Subscriber Club promotions, interpreting brand teams’ briefs and liaising with our Print & Digital Subscriptions and Marketing teams
• Responsible for raising purchase orders and managing commission payments accurately and in line with agreed terms.

• The job holder must have at least 7 years’ experience within a magazines environment
• A demonstrable interest in the editorial content of the brand
• A portfolio of design work that demonstrates proficiency in print and digital design
• Fully competent in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to drive deadlines with both internal and external partners
• Highly organised with good time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload to meet tight deadlines

• A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
• Immediate Community webinars, well-being initiatives and Mental Health First aiders
• 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
• Tailored training and development through our Love Learning platform
• A progressive and transparent culture with clear career progression

• Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
• Cycle to work scheme

• Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
• Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance

• A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces

We pride ourselves on our open, collaborative, and dynamic culture. This encourages our people to thrive, and give their best whilst being supported, developed, and nurtured. As we care about our people, our environment, and the impact we make, we have an active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well-being programmes, and clear sustainability strategies.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of all our values and leadership behaviours to ensure Immediate remains a place where everyone feels included and empowered;

We care

We succeed together

We enjoy the ride

We are bold

We never settle

We get on with it

People are at the heart of our business and creating a diverse and inclusive working environment is extremely important to us. Immediate is an equal opportunities employer. We’ll never treat anyone less favourably because of their sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marital/civil partnerships, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability. We’re also committed to supporting applications from those who are returning to work following a career break, maternity leave or caring responsibilities.