Creative Designer

Hello. We’re Severn Trent and we think water is wonderful. And we’re pretty keen on people, too.

Our people are what makes Severn Trent a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. We’re a team of over 7,000 people with a purpose to deliver one of life’s essentials. We do it all while thriving in our unique culture and making a lasting difference to our planet, society, and careers.

If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Within our highly engaging Communications team, we’re on the lookout for a Creative Designer to join us, becoming an integral part of our in-house creative agency.

In this role you will oversee our design projects from conception to delivery. You will work closely with the team to drive and deliver our brand strategy across Severn Trent Group, ensuring there is an identity throughout the business and being the custodian of our brand and ensuring it is delivered consistently in all the work we do.

Working in a team of experts you’ll guarantee that all of our creative content engages and excites both customers and colleagues alike, keeping us at the forefront of creative content.

Key Accountabilities for the role include:-

Design, develop and execute high quality, print and digital content.
Take ownership of the design process, from creative concepts through to delivery across all channels
Collaborate with the wider Comms and Marketing team to develop and deliver customer-focused campaigns across a range of channels
Design and effectively implement external and internal communications content (including event collateral) across key printed and digital touch-points
Manage relationships with key colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, including external agency partners
Provide a best in class service to all internal customers, regularly seeking feedback to continually improve our offering

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We employ thousands of people from across our community who really care about what they do. Because that is how we do what we do.

To be a success in the role, we’ll be looking for you to be a creative thinker who is as comfortable with conceptual development as you are with executional detail and have a portfolio that demonstrates work on integrated campaigns and skills in multi-disciplinary design. Technically we’d like you to be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and have experience in video editing and motion graphics (After Effects + Premiere Pro).

We’d love you to be like us and have a passion for Design and the adoption of new ideas and ways of communicating our brand, with exceptional attention to detail and care for the quality of your work, striving to add value to the smallest of jobs.

Most important of all, as our new Creative Designer you’ll have effective cross team collaboration and the ability to work across multiple creative projects at one time. Exceptional time management and organisation skills will be key, as will relishing working in a fast-paced, high volume workload environment and be able to manage multiple project deliverables to tight deadlines.

And when it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity; who help us do just that.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate

10% monthly discount with Busy Bee Nurserys, and one-week free childcare
Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Family friendly policies
Two volunteering days per year

WHAT’S NEXT

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV, your current portfolio and about five minutes to spare. PLEASE ENSURE YOU UPLOAD BOTH YOUR CV AND PORTFOLIO.

If your curiosity has been piqued and you're wanting to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media.

Ps. we’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails!