Job Description

About The Role

Currie & Brown is one of the leading International physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network.

Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way.

The role - what is it we would like you to do?

The successful candidate will be a key member of our newly formed Group Marketing & Communications function, as we seek to set-up our creative and design capabilities in-house to best support teams across the globe.

The role will lead on and is responsible for the design and graphic process, from initiation of concept to the delivery of high quality, consistent and effective designs, including digital assets, marketing materials, and multimedia graphics. We are looking for a creative thinker who can translate strategic needs, messages and values into engaging and stand-out content for the Currie & Brown brand.

As a Graphic Designer, your core duties will involve:

• Working with the global team to establish a process to enable the initiation and development of design concepts to completion of finished campaigns.
• Lead and maintain integrity of Currie & Brown global brand guidelines and support development of the guidelines as the business progresses.
• Design of information graphics, capability statement and reports, exhibition displays, marketing collateral and signage.
• Develop a suite of design templates to support and enable a consistent client journey
• Support development of rich media including video, animation, interactive tools and microsites.
• Creation of content for PowerPoint presentations.
• Create storyboards for videos and support with the filming of videos and editing of filmed footage including adding graphics, creating new visuals and concepts to develop video styles where required.
• Provide design support for bids, ensuring messages and solutions are clearly communicated, when required.
• Research and maintain a library of imagery which can be used in marketing materials and associated licencing.
• Maintain database of design, photography and video.
• Source, engage and manage external creative agencies where appropriate.
• To continually develop skills in the latest desktop publishing, printing and graphic design techniques, apply these as necessary and share knowledge with members of Marketing team.
• To evaluate the need for software/hardware training, purchasing and upgrading and to implement these when agreed.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with agencies. Managing performance and production of materials to ensure delivery on brief, deadline and budget.

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you

• A Bachelor\'s degree in graphic design, art, or similar discipline, with at least 5 years graphic design experience
• Experience of working in the professional services or Built Environment industry desirable
• Experience or knowledge of setting up a new creative function and developing design process from brief to delivery, with the marketing teams across the globe
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (5.5 or above) (InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, WordPress and Photoshop)
• Working knowledge of website structure/functionality and basic HTML skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Knowledge of digital marketing and social media
• Be a creative and innovative thinker that takes a collaborative approach to project delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong layout and design skills, attention to detail, accuracy, creativity.
• Ability to work with multiple strict deadlines, and under pressure.
• Good understanding of corporate branding, layout, colour theory and typography.

About You

About Us

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people\'s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage - providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don\'t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader - Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world\'s most prestigious projects and for some of the world\'s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be fundamental in creating a successful work force.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.

Currie & Brown