Graphic and UI/UX Designer

About Admiral:

Admiral Group is a leading FTSE 100 Financial Services company with a presence in eight countries. The company was set up in 1993 as a car insurance specialist, but since then the Group has expanded in other countries and other insurance verticals such as household and travel insurance, loans, price comparison platforms, and has developed innovative products.

The Group has 7 million customers worldwide and employs over 11,000 people across its operations. Admiral is a growth story with an enviable track record of strong financial performances, ROE consistently over 50%, a turnover of £3.5 bn, and a profit before tax of £520m in 2019.

Admiral’s philosophy is that ‘people who like what they do, do it better,’ and Admiral is proud to offer an open culture where achievement is rewarded and recognised and where coming to work is exciting every day. In 2019, Admiral received a special award from ‘Best Companies to Work For’ as the only company to feature within their rankings since they began 20 years ago: a true testament to the Group’s culture.

About the Role:

Admiral Insurance (FTSE: ADM.L) is seeking a motivated and passionate Graphic and UI/UX Designer. Outstanding creativity and a keen eye for detail are essential, plus pro-level knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud applications and industry standard design software.

You will be joining a dynamic Creative team in a vibrant Marketing department. Responsible for all Admiral Group insurance products across multiple brands – you will report to the Creative Director and take on on a range of responsibilities including:

• Responsive web layouts
• Graphic and information design
• UI/UX design
• Landing pages
• Form design
• Emails
• Rich-media web advertising
• Social media assets

We’re looking for exceptional:

You enjoy working under your own initiative to produce full-fledged designs, illustrations, wireframes, and user journeys that engage consumers and improve the customer experience.

You’re an excellent communicator, have an appreciation of direct marketing copy, nudge theory, outstanding layout and composition skills, an insatiable need to simplify complex problems, and an enthusiasm to create compelling user experiences. 

Responsibilities:

• Designing compelling responsive web page layouts
• Working with content to improve customer experience and SEO
• Creating user-centric customer journeys and forms
• Developing ideas with storyboards, wireframes, process flows and sitemaps
• Designing user interface elements (menus, tabs and widgets)
• Creating original graphic designs (info-graphs, images, icons and illustrations)
• Adherence to style standards on fonts, colours and images
• Responsive email design and content
• Adherence to marketing brand styles
• Compliance with tone-of-voice, corporate and legislative standards
• Creative thinking / problem solving / challenging the status quo

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Graphic design
• UI and UX design
• Sound illustration and composition skills
• Comprehensive understanding of responsive web design
• Sound knowledge and experience of Apple Mac systems
• Figma, XD, Sketch, Affinity Designer, Illustrator, Adobe CC Suite, Pixelmator Pro
• Knowledge of HTML and CSS

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Animation and video
• Designing and producing artwork for print
• 3D illustration and animation
• Google Web Designer
• MVT and A/B testing

Education:

• A degree in design would be essential/mandatory

Your Portfolio:

We want to discuss a portfolio that demonstrates an understanding of end-to-end design, from brief through research, ideation and problem-solving to execution – all seasoned with real creative work experience.

We’d love to see exciting, contemporary, creative design solutions with a flair for typography, composition, illustration, information design, and maybe a touch of animation.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance:

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we're voted no. 1 in the 2019 Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

If you have any questions about this position, please contact the Recruitment Officer – lee.moore@admiralgroup.co.uk.

Please note, we are unable to accept CV's via email.

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