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It’s an exciting time within the AO Creative Studio, as we are beginning a journey of Creative Transformation. As such we need to expand our creative design capabilities with a Junior Designer, who is ready to step up to their next challenge.
Based out of our Manchester creative hub, you’ll be joining a great team responsible for shaping, evolving and raising creative standards across our on and off site content. With a great eye for detail and a real passion for design, you’ll work collaboratively across major projects and campaigns, helping to ensure our studio output reaches its full potential.
We’re looking for a team player with great communication skills, and in return, we’ll give you the opportunity to work on great projects and develop your career by working with our senior designers and creatives.
What you'll do
- Participate in creative "kick-off" sessions, collaborating with the creative designers and wider creative teams to constantly push the boundaries of our creations
- When required, work closely with copywriters, developers and stakeholders to understand project objectives, assist in the creation of concepts and produce highly engaging multi-channel artwork.
- Execute responsive web pages, emails, display, social media assets and print material for both manufacturer campaigns and the AO brand.
- Providing accurate updates and time estimates on projects
A few things about you
We are looking for someone who
- Minimum 1 years experience
- Demonstrates strong layout, design and typography skills
- Is able to work under pressure to deadlines and multi task effectively, taking
- Accountability for your own work.
- Obsesses about the detail and has a huge passion for delivering quality work
- Able to bring pre-defined assets and concepts to life.
- Displays an understanding of responsive web design and UX methodologies.
Essential skills
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Microsoft Office
Desirable skills (not essential, but nice to have)
- HTML 5, CSS
- Google web designer
- Adobe After Affects
About us
At AO, we want to make sure our customers are happy. When they have a smile on their face, we know we’ve done a good job. It’s at the heart of everything we do, and it’s why our logo is always smiling.
When it comes to appliances and electricals, we’ve got the lot. Washing machines? Yep. TVs? Check. Laptops? Absolutely. Everything except doorbells (just kidding, we’ve got those too).
We’re passionate, relentless and full of beans, determined to make a difference and change the world for the better. From massive changes to tiny tweaks - making a difference is what keeps us driven.It started at a pub in Bolton with a £1 bet and a belief that things could be done better!
Why choose AO?
Our people are our superpower, and that’s no accident. We’re looking for everyday heroes who want to learn and help other people achieve. Those glass-half-full-types who have an appetite for a better tomorrow.
With AO, the sky’s the limit. We’ll support you to be the best version of yourself and always drive your career forward.We keep things simple. We say things like "treat every customer like they’re your gran" and "make decisions your mum would be proud of" because we’re personal and act with integrity - every day in every action.
Our benefits
We’ve designed our benefits to cover everything from big moments to little helps. As well all as the essentials, like pensions and holidays, we’ve got our own "AO Perks" to help you with the little things that matter.
To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page.
- 25 days holiday (Excluding Bank Holidays)
- At least 5% contribution pension scheme*• Dedicated wellness initiatives that support your wellbeing, ranging from our 24hr employee assistance programme to subsidised gym membership.
