We are recruiting for a temporary experienced senior graphic designer to help us implement our marketing plans through national campaigns and locally supported operations. This is a 3 month interim contract for an agreed number of days per week.

Would you like to work for an organisation which is the market leader in its sector and contribute to its growing success?

Home Instead is an award-winning, North West based franchised home care business, specialising in providing the highest quality of senior care to older people in the comfort of their own homes.  We are proud recipients of many national awards for our innovation and quality of care and have over 230 locally owned and operated across the UK.

Our focus is on maintaining our No 1 marketing leader position and finding innovative ways to stay a the top of our sector. We do this by delighting customers and delivering exceptional service. We believe doing what we do well, success will follow. Our mission is to become the UK’s most admired care company and we aim to change the face of ageing, across the UK.

Home Instead continues to grow, our customers visual connection to and experience of our brand is critical to our success. We’re looking for a dynamic and creative senior designer to build our brand presence on and offline. You will be working closely with an agile, high performing, high energy Marketing Team and you will be fundamental in supporting the brand team’s path to achieve the wider business goals.

The main purpose of this role is to provide resources and assets across a range of channels and formats in support of our national campaigns and initiatives and also providing our network of locally owned offices with tools that will support them to grow their operation. Ensuring consistency of brand image in a multifaceted business environment is a key success factor.

This is an excellent opportunity to join our organisation at an exciting time in its development. Home Instead Senior Care is a young and dynamic company that is highly innovative in its sector. 

This is a temporary role working in a fast growth business and for the right candidate could present an amazing opportunity. We are also seeking a permanent Creative Production Manager, so if you have the right skills and cultural fit, this temporary role could lead to an offer of a permanent one. 

To provide temporary cover to manage the business and customer requirements for the creation and distribution of all Home Instead’s marketing collateral.

• Deliver against set KPIs across a range of projects which meet the creative brief and brand guidelines.
• Proactively monitor artwork quality, accuracy and consistency and work closely with the marketing team develop designs and artwork within guidelines.
• Take ownership of the web to print digital asset management system, liaising with the company’s preferred web to print supplier to generate live artwork files.
• Producing high quality artwork, within brand guidelines, across a range of media including print, literature, web and digital;
• Developing and managing the entire brand assets for Home Instead UK
• Introducing an effective and efficient workflow process to the management of workload as well as ensuring a well organised system of filing, storage and access.
• Managing the distribution, printing and delivery of marketing materials to relevant media owners
• Liaising with suppliers and our external agencies
• Assist with the design and production of video content and content
• Develop a strong working relationship with colleagues across the wider Home Instead team

• Demonstrable experience in design production environments including:
  • Creating and delivering against a brief for print and digital design and the delivery of print ready artwork
  • Digital experience is desirable - in particular html skills for editing email content, gif animation and flash media creation
  • Fully conversant in Apple Mac technology and software including the Adobe Creative Suite, with particular focus on InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash and Acrobat as well as having a high aptitude working in Microsoft Office programmes
  • A solid understanding of production techniques in the graphic design industry through your portfolio
  • Excellent planning and organisational abilities
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy is essential.
• Strong fit with Home Instead culture and values:
• Determined, focused and positive attitude
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work with colleagues and customers
  • Quickly integrate with the team, willingness to get involved with projects outside the usual remit of the marketing team
  • Demonstrating good people skills and keeping colleagues informed of the project’s processes and progress
  • A willingness to learn new skills and embrace change.
• Must be able to make logical decisions, considering the broader implications of proposed actions including any commercial considerations:
• Recommend the best solutions to meet Home Instead and its customers’ communication needs.

Great remuneration and benefits.