Historic Houses: Design & Brand Officer

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Location: London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary: £30,000
Closing date: 12th September 2018
Ref: DBO18

Historic Houses are looking for a smart, creative designer with an eye for story-telling to join their in-house marketing and development team and help raise the profile of their organisation and its individual members.

To apply please send your CV and a covering letter to james.probert@historichouses.org.

Essential skills and experience:

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Proficient with desktop design and publishing software – ideally Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign and Photoshop
  • Able to work quickly without compromising quality and accuracy
  • Highly literate with superb written and spoken communication skills
  • Willingness, on occasion, to work irregular hours, attend evening/weekend events, etc

Preferred:

  • Experience or interest in heritage
  • Experience or knowledge of image and IP licensing and production of merchandise for commercial purposes
  • Experience of employment in a design role
  • Experience of using a website CMS to a high level
  • Experience of writing including websites, articles and blogs
  • Knowledge of how best to use SEO when writing digital content

Interviews:
First round Friday 14 September
Second round 20/21 September

Do not delay your application – Historic Houses want to fill this position as soon as possible, so if early applicants are promising they may invite them to interview sooner (by mutual arrangement) and appoint a candidate before the deadline.