Job Description
Are you an imaginative, thoughtful, self-motivated designer who prefers creating real-world experiences over digital work? Someone who understands how ideas translate into experiences on the ground?
We’re looking for someone to join our small but mighty team, working on environmental graphics, heritage and landscape interpretation, and visitor experience projects across the UK.
You are a passionate and talented person with a few years of experience working in-house or agency side in a fast-paced studio. Being both conceptually creative and able to develop your projects through to delivery, you should have the confidence to take a brief from concept stage through to production spec and even oversee completion, having the conversations needed with clients, partners and suppliers in order to get there.
You could be working on signage shaping behaviour on the England Coast Path one day, figuring out a low-tech, hands-on interactive for a museum exhibition the next, drawing a map for a nature reserve on another, and drafting a wildlife charity magazine the following day! Certainly no two days are the same in this job but it means we need someone adaptable, curious and with the motivation to keep up.
Knowledge of accessible and inclusive design is a bonus as making our special places welcoming to all is something we’re really passionate about.
Experience and/or knowledge of working in heritage interpretation, the public sector and museums and charities is a plus.
What success looks like:
• Confidently taking projects from brief, to concept, to approval and delivery
• Producing engaging, creative and clear design across multiple formats
• Working collaboratively with clients and specialists
• Designing experiences that are accessible, engaging and grounded in place.
If you’re looking to downsize for something more meaningful to apply your skills and talent to, we might be a great match.
Interested? See the job spec for full details and how to apply.
Required skills
Essentially, you will be:
- An exceptional designer, strong conceptual thinker and creative problem solver
- A confident communicator, able to articulate and defend ideas
- Comfortable leading projects creatively, from concept through to delivery, working with partners, clients and suppliers to get there
- Collaborative by nature
- Self-motivated, organised and able to manage your own workload and projects
- Full of ideas, curious, meticulous, always keen to learn more and improve
- Passionate about using design for good
Must haves
- Graphic design degree or similar
- 4+ years’ experience in a competitive agency or
fast-paced in-house team - A great portfolio showcasing your creativity, problem solving and breadth of experience
- Expert Adobe CC skills in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator on Mac
- High standards of execution
- Experience of working to existing brand guidelines for large organisations, and also creating them for smaller ones
- Strong typographic, layout and information hierarchy skills
- Full driving licence (required for site visits to remote locations).
- Experience working with various specialists on projects, such as copywriters, illustrators, ecologists, animators, AV specialists, craftspeople…
- Efficient and accurate maintenance of files and records
- Be comfortable using, or learning to use, AI as a tool to improve processes and workflows (not for creative work)
- Willingness to manage own projects and client comms
- A love of nature and the great outdoors!
Nice to haves
- Experience designing for places, including wayfinding, exhibitions, interpretation or other physical environments – UX IRL!
- Illustration skills
- Understanding of designing for physical environments, with experience across 2D, 3D or digital experiences such as exhibitions, signage or interactives
- Interpretation design experience
- Knowledge of public, landscape and environment sectors
- Experience of design for museums or heritage spaces
- Good artworking and print knowledge
- Ensuring design is accessible
- Digital design experience.
Benefits
- CPD training across a breadth of subjects, including conferences
- 20 days holiday PLUS birthday off and Christmas week closure
- Membership of wildlife, heritage or landscape organisation
- NEST Pension
More information and how to apply can be found on the job description.