Design & Creative Manager

Design & Creative Manager

We are looking for an experienced design/ creative professional to manage our Design & Creative Team which sits within the wider Communications Team.

We want someone who can ensure our design/ creative is innovative, engaging and inspiring, think creative, not corporate!

The role is hybrid, this means approximately two days per week in the office with the team and three days per week working from home. We offer a variety of flexible work options and support to employees.

Our organisation, team and culture

We are Team Sheffield. Working across a hugely diverse range of roles, our employees are united by their passion for our city and their commitment to doing the best job they can for the people of Sheffield.

This is an exciting time to join the Communications Team.

You’ll be working within the newly created Social Media, Design and Income Generation Team on a wide variety of projects including developing visual brands, major events (this year including the Coronation and Eurovision party), place marketing, education and social care communications.

No two days are the same and you will never be bored!

The Communications Team culture is warm, friendly and supportive. We all love to help each other to be the best we can be!

The role:

• Day-to-day management/mentoring of two graphic designers
• Improve design workflow, efficiency and reduce climate impact
• Contribute to a culture of individual and team learning, delivering training
• Provide design and creative advice to colleagues, senior officers, elected members and other stakeholders
• Responsibility for developing and managing brand guidelines for the organisation and services
• Ensuring accessibility within designed assets and promoting EDI principles
• Work to deliver Council priorities and strategies, use SMART objectives

Essential Requirements

The Job Description attached to this page provides full details of the essential requirements for this role. We will shortlist applications based upon meeting these individual requirements where the right-hand column indicates AF (Application Form).

If you apply please ensure that you provide relevant evidence for each requirement as shown in the full Job Description.

A selection of key requirements are shown below:

• Line management/ leadership experience
• Able to produce a wide range of high quality, creative products; video, print, digital, animation
• Expert user of Apple Adobe Creative Suite
• Effective and efficient time/ workflow management
• Work with a wide variety of stakeholders at a variety of seniority levels
• Experience and education:
  • Educated to degree level in a design related subject or
  • Equivalent relevant experience or qualifications in graphic design, creation of creative content
  • Practical level of experience required for the role

Interviews

We will ask all those shortlisted for interview to undertake a practical task at the Town Hall on the day of interviews.

Interviews will be with a panel of 3-4 people.

If interviewed you will be asked to prepare a presentation in advance to deliver at the start of the interview.

There will be a series of questions asked at the interview, some of which will be provided in advance to enable you to prepare your answers.

Informal contact: louise.gibson2@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

Please read the full Job Description attached to this page before applying. This provides more detail on the role and person specification.