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Arcadis UK, a newly appointed Superbrand, is recruiting a Senior Designer to cover maternity leave. The role will be based in our Cardiff St Mellons office and will require travel to other Arcadis offices on occasion.

As a Senior Designer you will work directly with our award winning UK Marketing team and support the Global Arcadis marketing team to provide creative direction, oversee and execute (where appropriate) the implementation of creative projects, using both internal and external resource, on time and to budget. You’ll be responsible for ensuring our brand is appropriately represented in the market through monitoring and brand guidelines. Our award winning Marketing and Communications team is 14 strong, structured around campaigns, comms/media, internal comms and design. This role reports into the Head of Corporate Communications UK and you will be responsible for the line management of an Assistant Digital Designer.

Working relationships and contacts: UK Marketing team - to coordinate and support in the creation of artwork for marketing campaigns External suppliers (e.g. printers and agencies) – to liaise and negotiate with to ensure anything we produce is as cost effective as possible Wider UK business – to support and pass on information with regards to brand/ guidelines and creation of collateral

Key responsibilities: Manage the day-to-day design workload to ensure marketing collateral is delivered on time and to a high standard Working with external suppliers as appropriate to deliver projects on time and to budget Delivering projects according to established SLAs for the UK and ARCADIS marketing and communications teams and managing own workflow accordingly Working with the marketing team to provide creative input as part of the campaign (internal and external) planning process Delivering high quality and innovative creative content in line with marketing and communications plans Working with the digital executive to ensure content is created that is fit for an online audience and the team are sought as a centre of excellent for new technologies and formats Ensuring our brand is appropriately represented in the market through monitoring and brand guidelines Ownership in delivery of standard marketing collateral e.g. Case Studies / EVP / Internal newsletters Working as appropriate with the Arcadis design team centre of excellence (when established)

Dimensions of the job: Ability to manage projects within budget to set timescales Experience of monitoring brand guidelines Ability to manage projects within budget to set timescales Ability to develop and apply creative approaches to briefs Ability to interact with project stakeholders

What you have to offer: Relevant experience of working in a creative B2B environment Experience of working with external suppliers including strong negotiation skills Ability to prioritise workload in line with business priorities and establish clear lines of communications with key stakeholders Ability to adhere to SLAs and manage internal clients’ expectations Experience of working in a matrix organisation including sharing ideas and innovations Desire to seek out new ideas and knowledge from outside sources Ability to develop and apply creative approaches to briefs Ability to interact with project stakeholders Experience of monitoring brand guidelines Ability to manage projects within budget to set timescales Graphics design degree qualification essential Proficient in the use of design related packages Knowledge of working with campaign management tools

What We Offer:

About Arcadis: We’re hard to pin down as a business. But while our work spans many disciplines - from consultancy to engineering and architecture to cost management, it’s united under a common vision. We see people where others see projects, and we recognise that when we design environments we impact lives. We’re here to show the magnitude of that opportunity to the world. To bring it to life for our clients and the customers they serve.

A career for the big thinkers Our vision needs people who see the bigger picture. Who bring their expertise to life with spark and imagination. And see possibility where others see limits. Finally - and most importantly - you’ll be offered an environment where you can go anywhere. A highly competitive remuneration package; a pension scheme that matches to 8%; the best development programmes in the industry; and a working culture where you can finally put your ideas and potential into practice.

If that speaks to you, talk to us.

Please send your CV and pdf portfolio to [email protected].

We are unable to consider applications without a pdf portfolio.

The proposed start date for this role is w/c 21st August 2017