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Graphic Designer/Illustrator – Inside IR35

Contract Term: 6 months

Contracting Authority: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Location: Glasgow/Remote

*Please note: This role requires active SC clearance

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID) merged on 1 September 2020 to form the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

The FCDO pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK’s security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

About the Role:

Rosa is a central government IT system that enables collaborative working at SECRET in a secure environment with the latest technologies. Rosa provides fixed and mobile SECRET collaboration tools and communications in 166 countries across the globe, allowing users to create and share data securely. This ground-breaking work is protecting our national security whilst enabling users to work in far better ways than any previous solutions have allowed in this space.

To ensure we are promoting the incredible ways that Rosa is improving the way we work at SECRET in government, we are temporarily expanding our comms and marketing team to deliver content that educates and engages audiences throughout UK Government.

We want an enthusiastic creative, with excellent digital skills, to support a wide range of design projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in implementing our design standards, and safeguarding our corporate identity and brand assets.

Responsibilities:

  • Produce high quality and engaging graphics, illustrations, videos and motion graphics that are on-brand and audience-focused for use across our channels, constantly looking for opportunities to improve.
  • Create new design templates and illustrations as required, ensuring accessibility standards are met.
  • Collaborate with colleagues across the Communications Department and wider organisation to advise on creative solutions.
  • Supported by the Content Manager, manage own workflow and take ownership for briefs and projects.
  • Translate complex data and information into appealing, easy-to-understand infographics for use across digital channels, including the website and social media.

Experience:

  • A working knowledge of graphics industry-standard software, with a high proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Experience creating high quality digital assets such as infographics, whitepapers, brochures and leaflets.
  • Experience of applying corporate identity guidelines and ensuring their consistent application.
  • Experience of implementing and advocating for an accessible and inclusive approach to creating digital assets.
  • Time-management and prioritisation skills, including the ability to maintain creativity and proactivity alongside organising and delivering a demanding workload.
  • Experience of translating complex information into appealing and easy-to-understand creative assets.
  • Be able to accept and act on constructive criticism of your work, and review other people’s work?

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or if you are a veteran, and you meet the essential criteria for the role, PSR provides a ‘Guaranteed Interview’ scheme whereby you will have the opportunity to discuss this role and your suitability with a member of our PSR Sourcing team.

If you qualify, please notify us on (see below) and we will be in touch.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.