Summary of the Graphic Designer job at Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Brand and Content Manager in building, maintaining, and evolving the organisation's brand identity. 
• Apply brand guidelines consistently across all creative assets, ensuring high-quality, on-brand communications for internal and external audiences. 
• Champion best practice in visual storytelling and brand design throughout the organisation. • Contribute to the ongoing development of brand assets, templates, and design standards. 

• Create and deliver multi-channel print, audiovisual and digital assets for websites, email campaigns, and paid media 
•  Produce creative concepts from brief through to final delivery, ensuring work is aligned with strategic objectives. 
• Develop visual assets for video, animation, motion graphics, and multimedia content. 
• Prepares artwork and files to the required technical specifications. 
• Collaborate with content creators and marketing teams to deliver engaging audiovisual campaigns. 

• Work with teams to understand requirements and deliver effective creative solutions. 
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met. Creative management 
• Act as the organisation's design specialist, providing expert advice on creative approaches, design trends, and emerging technologies. 
• Identify opportunities to improve creative processes, efficiencies, and design output. 

• Work in a hot desk environment, at least two days of meaningful time a week in the Foundation’s office, plus time within hospital sites as required 
• Will occasionally be required to attend events in the evening and at weekends. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Excellent people skills with an ability to build strong working relationships across teams 
• Committed to constant learning and improving, including openness to feedback 
• Willingness to engage in problem-solving in other areas 
• Committed to embedding diversity, equity and inclusion 
• Ability to prioritise, balance deadlines and to work independently 
• Confidence to identify and move on when the work is ‘good enough’ 
• Resilience to work independently and deliver in uncertain environments 
• Ability to use data to make recommendations that deliver results

•  Demonstrable expertise across digital, print, and audiovisual design. 
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, and Premiere Pro. 
• Expert knowledge of graphic design principles, including typography, layout, colour theory, visual hierarchy, and accessibility standards.
• Comprehensive knowledge of print production processes, specifications, materials, and supplier management. 
• Strong understanding of digital design best practices, including mobile-first layout principles, conversion-focused landing page UI, accessible email design asset limits, and ad platform creative constraints 
• Experience managing projects from concept to delivery. 
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities. 
• Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of external and internal stakeholders, including people from a wide range of backgrounds. 
• Experience of managing basic budgets. 

Benefits

• Contributory Pension
• Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
• Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
• Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities. 
• Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit. 
• Shower facilities and bike lock area. 
• Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
• Subsidies for glasses
• Employee Assistance Programme