We're looking for a Digital Designer to join our team in London as part of our Design function.

Your Role: You will work on creative projects from brief to delivery for all our products, awards and events. A creative all-rounder, they will deliver high quality creative across a wide range of executions and touchpoints, and be a brand guardian for the globally known LIONS brand and our portfolio, which includes LIONS Learning, The Work, Cannes Lions and more.

You will display confidence and enthusiasm working within an international organisation and supporting teams across the business. They will handle a wide variety of briefs and their direct contribution includes, but is not limited to, production of high-quality digital content and communication materials, product and support documents, and events assets, that adhere to brand guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Producing branded collateral for a range of formats with a specific focus on digital executions and communications including email, social and web. Bringing a fresh eye and enthusiasm to each creative project.
• Collaborate with the product team to develop website content and structure ideas that create a clear user experience, whilst supporting marketing targets.
• Reimagine existing and future brand guidelines for a digital landscape.
• Encourage and implement innovative ideas and approaches to keep the brand's creative output fresh and competitive using a digital-first approach.
• Ensure the consistency and responsiveness of content shared across multiple platforms, i.e desktop websites vs. mobile app.
• Realising the ideas of a brief by designing and testing work to make sure each element is completed in full, on time, and in line with company/brand standards as well as brainstorming new concepts through cross functional working sessions.
• Ability to work independently but also collaborate with Art Directors and support Junior Designers, while continually sharing progress with stakeholders on the Marketing team.
• Produce creative executions for a variety of projects across marketing activities including, email, social media assets, web assets, marketing and sales supporting collateral and advertisements.
• This role involves close collaboration with all current and future members of the LIONS Marketing team, including copywriters, digital producers and other designers, as well as marketing managers and colleagues in other departments.
• Ability to thrive in an exciting and busy environment, working for an iconic brand. Strong problem-solving skills and collaborative qualities. Supports and collaborates with the team around them. Confidence to take ownership of BAU digital responsibilities with the guidance of the Associate Art Director and Creative Director.

Your Experience

• Conceptual design thinking and a high level of consistency.
• You have versatile creative abilities to deliver brand consistency across many digital touch points including an understanding of web best practices, email marketing and social media design trends.
• The experience to collaborate with Senior Designers and the wider Creative Team in everyday tasks.
• The experience to support Junior Designers with peer-to-peer feedback on BAU tasks.
• Self-driven, proactive and keen to learn new skills.
• Proficient working knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Confidently navigate CMS (Content Management System) software for content population across event and intelligence sites.
• Demonstrate an ability to positively interact with both creative and marketing teams.
• A keen interest in current industry trends & techniques.
• Excellent organisational skills required; must be able to handle multiple projects and produce a high volume of quality work within tight deadlines via cross functional workflow streams and project management tools.
• Self-motivated, a team player, comfortable with following directions and receiving feedback on their work as required.
• Experience as a digital creative in the industry. Relevant experience working in a team based environment is ideal

If you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply. At LIONS, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role we would still like you to apply.

Who are we?

The LIONS brand is probably most synonymous with Cannes Lions, The International Festival of Creativity, the definitive meeting place for the global creative communications and advertising community. It’s five days of inspiration, aspiration, unlimited magic and potential. The Festival has been championing creative excellence since 1954 with the goal of providing a global destination and the definitive benchmark for creativity that drives progress.

LIONS is going through an exciting time as it’s recently repositioned as The Home of Creativity, supporting those in the business of creativity at every step of their journeys with an extended portfolio of new advisory, learning and intelligence services. Our purpose is to drive progress through creativity for an incredibly diverse and talented global creative community.

You will join a team of change makers. The team’s purpose is to champion change to create the most powerful global creative community and drive growth for the brand.

LIONS is part of Ascential plc. Ascential takes the world’s leading brands to the heart of what’s next for their industries. We do this through our events, intelligence products and advisory services. Our 700+ people serve a global customer base from more than 100 countries in the large and growing Marketing and Financial Technology sectors. Ascential plc is listed on London Stock Exchange.

Why Choose Us?

Two divisions. Three continents. One great culture - we want working for Ascential to be the best career move you’ve ever made.

Ascential is a people-powered company, and we’re committed to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion. We publish an annual DEI Report, setting out our goals and progress. We invest in Employee Groups including Able to Thrive, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and Empower Women’s Network. And our inclusive recruitment practices and early talent programmes help us to bring curious, passionate people from every walk of life into our team.

We’re committed to ensuring that the impact of our business on our environment - and the communities we operate in - is a positive one. That means making sure that each event we run is the most sustainable it’s ever been. We also default all of our pension plans to sustainable options, so that our people’s savings are invested in ways that help rather than hinder our planet.

Helping people to connect and drive progress isn’t a business-only goal. We know that the world is a better place when we lead with heart, so we support charitable causes that make a difference. We provide opportunities to give back through Volunteer Days and our charity partnership with Media Trust.

We value output, not hours. Most of our roles ask for 1-2 days a week in your nearest office. But if that’s not possible for you, let’s talk. Flexible work conversations are actively encouraged here.

Only you know what’s most important to you. That’s why we offer a benefits and wellbeing package that you can tailor to your needs. Some of these include:

• 25 days of holiday per year  - with an option to buy/ sell upto 5 days
• Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
• Access to either our commission, bonus or profit share schemes, dependent on the role
• Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and the Ascential Shares Scheme
• Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
• Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
• Learning and development opportunities, to encourage and empower everyone to grow

We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

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