Graphic Designer (Marketing & Brand Implementation)

Main Duties

Charcoalblue is seeking a detail-orientated and highly organised Graphic Designer for a high-impact, six (6) + month contract, to lead the global rollout of our new visual identity and website relaunch. Following a comprehensive rebranding process, we are ready to transition all company touchpoints.

You will be responsible for ensuring the brand kit is applied consistently and professionally across every facet of our business, and you will have the opportunity to creatively apply this to new sales and marketing assets and the full suite of launch collateral. You will also create and publish materials in line with ongoing sales and marketing activities and can bring your technical and design skills across typographic layout, graphics, stills and moving image.

This is an opportunity to work with a passionate and collaborative team to bring to life a fresh identity to the most innovative theatre, acoustics, and experience design consultancy in the world. The portfolio-worthy work will be widely promoted within the broad AEC, culture, arts and entertainment industries.

This is a four (4)- day-per-week / thirty-two (32)- hour hybrid working role, with the opportunity to work from either our studio in London, SE1, or in Bristol, BS1. We welcome conversations about flexible working arrangements.

Key Responsibilities [What you’ll be doing]

• Visual Identity Rollout: Lead the transition of all existing assets to the new brand guidelines, including the primary logo, colour systems, and creation of fresh layouts.
• Business Documentation: Overhaul high-priority InDesign and Microsoft Office templates, including slide presentations, proposal documents, technical reports, invoices, and letterheads, to ensure they reflect the new identity.
• Marketing & New Business: Create a suite of marketing collateral, including pitch decks, award and conference materials, and brochures. Create collateral for ongoing sales and marketing needs.
• Digital & Web: Populate a new WordPress-based website and social media channels with the new identity, ensuring high-quality asset placement, strong layout, and responsive logo usage. You will create bespoke content including case studies, social media posts, hero stills and gifs. Video editing and motion graphics a bonus.
• Asset Management: Establish a core brand kit and update the asset library. Maintain a robust asset tracking system to manage the versioning and distribution of new brand files, including all website assets, across global teams.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Work closely with the marketing and business development team and designers across the company to gather requirements and provide design support for department-specific materials.

Skills and Experience Required

Required Skills & Experience [What you’ll bring]

Essential

• Attention to Design Detail: Strong focus on typography, layout, and grid systems, and technical production requirements for both print and digital media.
• Software Proficiency: Expert working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint and Word template design).
• CMS Experience: Experience working within WordPress to update site assets and layouts.
• Brand Implementation: A strong background in branding and brand rollout or identity management is valuable.
• Organisation and document management: Ability to manage a high volume of assets and systematise and track progress across multiple workstreams.

Desirable

• Interest or background in architecture, theatre, and design.
• An interest in modernist/brutalist design and mid-century graphic history (e.g., Blue Note Records aesthetic).
• Video editing, motion graphics, and photography editing skills

Disability Confident Employer

We can confirm that we are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 1-3) who can welcome a wide-range of disabled applicants within our level of training.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibility. We are committed to offering a working environment where everyone is valued and feels appreciated.