Wickes are a digitally led, service enabled organisation with a project in every home.

Are you looking for your next opportunity within Marketing as a Designer?  Would you enjoy the pace and energy of a retail environment which is collaborative, fun and inclusive where people feel part of a winning team? Do you enjoy the benefits of working together in person as a team blended with the flexibility of remote working?

If the answer to the above is ‘yes’ then Wickes is the place for you!

As a designer you’ll assist the Studio Manager in the day to day delivery of  marketing creative design  for Wickes 

Key Accountabilities:

• Deliver campaign graphics and imagery for all marketing communication while pushing the boundaries for the brand.

• Work closely with the Marketing Managers to deliver campaigns in line with the marketing strategy

• Creating, preparing, proofing and checking print ready artwork of POS, brochures and digital assets across various formats

• An ability to work on a number of projects at any time, prioritise and deliver ‘right first time’ output

• Work with Studio Coordinator and brief owners to ensure briefs and feedback are delivered on time and drives the Wickes brand forward

• A great understanding of digital and print requirements and their role in ensuring that final print ready artwork files are delivered on time, and ready to go

• Maintenance of file management to allow effective file location, back-up, archive and transfer

What are we looking for:

• Degree in design

• Ideally 3+ years experience of working a busy creative department

• Expert in Adobe Suite.

• Able to storyboard ideas to convey response to brief and flow the storyboards in to ideas

• Skilled at creation of new artwork and assets and building them out to print ready artwork

• Print experience - understanding and knowledge of preparing artwork for print, along with the different printing processes

• Knowledge of dynamic creative tools.

• Understanding of creative best practice across print and digital format

• Keen creative eye, able to recognise how to drive engagement and look at ways to push the brand forward 

• Understand the results delivered through the creative, what works, what doesn’t and what we should do next time as a result of that.

• Keen attention to detail, continually striving to deliver ‘right first time’ creative

• Organised, able to manage time and project delivery 

• Able to get to the root of feedback to quickly understand what needs to subsequently be done

• Passion for social media and marketing, constantly seeking out new creative ideas

• Able to seize initiative 

• Multi-tasker, able to remain calm under the pressure of tight deadlines

• Resilient, able to accept feedback and move forward

What can we offer you?

You’ll be supported with fantastic learning and development and have the opportunity to grow and develop your career with us 

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that includes 

• Competitive bonus

• Save-as-you-earn scheme

• Life Assurance

• Contributory pension scheme

• Colleague discount 

• Discount platform including savings and cash back at numerous retailers, savings on gym membership, cycle to work scheme

Our widely recognised wellbeing strategy is something we’re proud of at Wickes. As part of this, we offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits and support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, financial education & loans, and access to parental, menopause and fertility support. 

We have recently re-opened our Support Centre in Watford, where our Studio  team are based, along with our other support functions.  We recognise the value of bringing our teams together to collaborate, support each other and build on our amazing culture.  We are also encouraging our teams to work flexibly, with a blend of remote / office working. 

About Us: 

Wickes is a multi-channel retailer operating in the home improvement market.  With 40 years in industry, Wickes now generates revenue in excess of £1.3Bn across 230 stores delivered by 8,000+ colleagues.  

But it is the Wickes’ culture that is considered its best kept secret; it’s a collaborative, down to earth, fun and inclusive environment where people feel part of a winning team. All our colleagues come from different backgrounds, but what we all have in common is a determination to succeed and a passion for being the best we can be. If that sounds like you, we’ll make you feel right at home.