Creative Assistant, Brompton

• We’re looking for a confident, motivated, conceptually minded, and well organised Creative Assistant who wants to join a fast-moving marketing team at Brompton Bicycle
• You’ll ideally have industry experience in both print and digital design, strong layout skills and the ability to maintain a consistent graphic look and feel across all channels. Alongside this your Creative Suite skills will be solid
• A plus would be photographic skills
• Well organised, keen and able to learn about the company quickly
• A good team player, able to build rapport with people at all organisational levels
• Customer-focused
• Culturally aware and able to interface well with our global network
• Able to work and thrive in an agile and entrepreneurial environment that moves at a fast pace
• A proactive, self-starter who uses their initiative
• Professional in both their attitude and manner
• Flexible in terms of enjoying a variety of tasks and willingness to work flexibly
• Interested in Brompton as a form of transport and lifestyle
• Proactive in taking responsibly
• Initiate and execute ideas
• Long term solution thinking
• Enthusiastic to learn
• Confident to make the right decisions
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and with different levels of stakeholders
• Expert level with Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, lllustrator, Photoshop etc
• Experienced a using Figma and/or Sketch
• A meticulous eye for detail and organisational skills; A structured and organised approach for file structures, naming conventions and versioning
• An enthusiasm and interest in photography (and knowing your way around a camera) – we don’t expect you to be a working pro but it should be something you have a love for, even as a hobby
• Previous experience working with creatives and stakeholders, studio or client-sde
• Ability to edit and deliver photography in required formats
• An understanding of print-workflows
• Comfortable working with both animated graphics and images
• A keen eye for typography and implementing visual styles from guidelines

Desirable

• This role will get exposure to many different elements of the creative and communication teams, so will suit someone who is keen to jump in and learn on the job
• Creating compelling content throughout the year, including social first assets, PR product photography, and internal event coverage
• On top of this, you’ll also have the chance to support the rest of the brand communications team, from supporting at Global events, to social media influencer content shoots
• Working with Senior Creative including but not limited to creative and art direction, ad-hoc commercial work and artworking when appropriate; liaising with freelance artworkers or junior designers to ensure timely, high quality delivery of projects
• Support creative team (brand strategist, campaign manager, senior creative) to develop well-rounded campaigns that promote the companies values whilst keeping the brand culturally relevant, and creatively fresh in its visual aesthetic
• Enforcing updated brand guidance on all key touchpoints, internally and externally
• Working with the creative team to ensure the digital asset management system content is available, tagged and searchable
• Confidently communicate and support concepts, both internally and externally
• Be a key player in the creative team supporting all aspects of the brand, including in-store POS, sales literature, marketing and digital collateral and working with our various regional teams to enable them to deliver locally
• Support events team on large Global events such as Eurobike and Brompton World Championships
• Lead product logistics across brand communications team
• Desirable: photographer for ad-hoc content creation for social and performance marketing
• Sustainability and Health & Safety Responsibility:
• Use socially and environmentally responsible practices while in the workplace and accept and follow relevant training, policies, and procedures, complying with all applicable laws, and regulations
• Cooperate with management to ensure the Company remains compliant and sustainability and H&S performance continuously improves
• Report all hazards, near misses, incidents and/or injuries to management immediately by complying to local incident reporting requirements
• Use tools, equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required by job role and as instructed
• Take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and of any other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work