Creative Artworker

The Creative Artworker role sits within the Graphics team which is part of the larger Property Store Development Team. The team’s primary focus is to design creative and on-brand environmental graphics, wayfinding signage, permanent VM display solutions for new and existing retail stores. It’s imperative that our physical store environments look fresh, on brand and are commercially competitive to ensure we offer our customers an immersive, tailored shopping experience. The Graphics team also provide support to the Groups global expansion by designing various presentations and communication collateral to help inform landlords of our unique proposition.

·Job Title – Creative Artworker - Store Development Team

·Location – JD Group, Hollins Brook Way, Pilsworth, BL9 8RR

·Working rota – Monday to Friday, full time onsite.

·Working hours – 8:30am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

The Store Development Team is responsible for driving innovation and design excellence across all of the JD Group brands on a global scale. The department delivers inspiring, commercial retail environments for our customers to maximise their shopping experience, whilst maximising profitability for the Group. This includes the strategic direction of large, complex store build programmes consisting of new, up-size and refurbishment projects with a specific focus on cost, time, and quality parameters. The team are continually reviewing processes to improve value, reduction of costs and optimisation of all store design and build programmes

What You'll Be Doing:

• Creating innovative and inspiring environmental graphics and signage solutions for UK and International store projects
• Delivery of design updates for signage and graphics within the existing store portfolio 
• Production of on-brand presentations and communication collateral 
• Creation of print ready/manufacturing artwork 
• Liaising with key project stakeholders from the internal departments (retail, marketing, multichannel, merchandising etc.) 
• Image manipulation and retouching
• Offer assistance and support to all team members

What We're Looking For:

Experience:

• Practical experience within Graphic/Industrial Design or signage sectors 
• Past experience of working within a Retail environment or has understanding of Retail process, or may have knowledge and experience of working with a retailer client within a manufacturing capacity 
• Some proven experience at various stages of the design process, from concept to implementation 
• Experience of having worked on multiple design projects at any one time 

Desirable Requirements:

•  Ability to generate 3D renders using Sketch Up and V-Ray plug in
•  Ability to create digital content using After Effects or equivalent
•  Experience of working within the signage industry 

Qualifications:

 Degree in Graphic Design/Industrial Design or other relevant qualification

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.

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