Designer- Homes - #1764059

Job Description

At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our Designer (Homes) to start the next chapter in your career.

We’re the UK’s leading premium publisher, and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Country Living. We’ve created a working environment that encourages everyone to pull together. We never stop looking for brave new ideas. We’ll always try to develop and improve, we trust each other to do our best, and we have fun as we build on our heritage to make history.

About The Role

You will design and support the team on Country Living and House Beautiful to maintain the quality of work. This is from initial design concept through to the final product. You will be responsible for supporting the Design Director to ensure the perfect execution of the vision of the Editor-in-Chief as well as working alongside other designers to liaise on style and ensure brand identity.

• Designing across both the Country Living & House Beautiful brands, including for: Print, Video, Marketing assets, Social Media and all multi-channel platforms
• All retouching of high resolution images
• Ensuring pages are of an excellent design standard and taking in all amends within the workflow system
• Attend art meetings and generate exciting ideas for layout of all features and regular pages
• Working within a content asset management system
  
  

About You

Ability to work effectively to meet deadlines

• Agile working – able to design across both titles on all multi-platform offerings
• Able to build close working relationships with the entire team and clearly understand the vision of each brand
• Enthusiasm and endless supply of new ideas
• A passionate approach to work
• The ability to think creatively
• A strong eye for detail
• Self-motivated
• Exceptional skillset using InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, plus a good working knowledge of Adobe After Effects and additional apps would be beneficial
• Some experience already working as a Designer on a publication in the consumer magazine market and digital experience
• Experience working within a Mac OS system
  
  

What We Offer

At Hearst UK, you can choose from a huge range of perks and benefits that can help you learn well, work well and live well including:

• 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days)
• Hybrid working – Four days per week in the office
• Discounted gym membership
• Healthcare cash plan
• Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause
• Life assurance and pension scheme
• Regular socials and more!
  
  

There’s more to your story than you imagine. And the next chapter begins right here.

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in – one that respects, protects, represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people. As a business, we recognise the significant benefits of creativity, collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do, but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why we’re working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.