We’re looking for a talented, detail oriented artworker to join the passionate creative team here at Oak Furnitureland.  The role is crucial to ensure our stores and website have all the assets they need for our promotional calendar. One day you may be producing tickets for the retail stores, and the next artworking the latest creative campaign for the website.

You will work within our creative team in Swindon and report into the Lead Graphic Designer. You will also collaborate with many areas of the business including Retail, eCommerce and Commercial.

You will be working across a broad range of projects in a fast paced environment. This is a very hands-on role, where you'll be working as part of a close-knit team with many different departments so you’ll need to be able to work collaboratively - we’re all one team, united in going above and beyond to showcase the very best of the Oak Furnitureland brand. Excellent communication and relationship building skills are a must.

This is a hybrid role, with 2 days at our Swindon Head Office (Tuesday and Thursday) and 3 days working from home.

Key responsibilities: 

• Creating digital assets across all platforms
• Maintaining the consistency of the brand and campaigns visual identity
• Collaborating with the e-commerce and marketing teams to ensure that all designs align with the brand image, while also meeting usability and website standards.
• Support the retail estate in creating pricing tickets for weekly events
• Provide artworking support to other business lines to create product graphics, logos, identity design, or other similar offline graphics. 

Skills & experience:

• Previous artworking experience with an understanding of print and digital requirements
• Good knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Strong skills in typography, layout and design
• Creative flair and meticulous attention to detail
• Willingness to learn and not to be afraid to ask for help
• Be able to manage multiple projects
• Desire to progress in your career
• Great interpersonal skills
• Ability to deliver excellent results against challenging time deadlines
• Proactive, enthusiastic and positive attitude combined with an open, honest and resilient approach
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

​​Benefits

•  Employee discount: amazing discounts available on all Oak Furnitureland products after successful completion of probation
• Life assurance: free cover of a minimum of two times your annual salary up to the age of 65
• 25 days holiday per year
• Birthday: an additional day off for you to celebrate your birthday
• Hybrid working
• Pension: 4% employee contribution matched by the company
• Employee Assistance Programme: gives all employees access to both telephone and face-to-face counselling services
• My Rewards Programme: offers discounts on everything from restaurants and supermarkets, to entertainment and holidays
• Free on-site parking