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Bid Designer
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An award-winning UK business within the hospitality and service sector is looking for a talented Bid Designer to join its growing sales and marketing team. Known for delivering exceptional customer experiences and maintaining high standards across everything it produces, the business offers a collaborative, people-focused culture where creativity, quality, and attention to detail are highly valued.
Your new role
As Bid Designer, you'll sit at the heart of the sales and marketing function, producing high-quality bid and tender documents that help secure new contracts and opportunities.
- Designing and formatting tender submissions, RFP responses, and bid documents to an exceptional standard.
- Creating presentation decks, brochures, introductory materials, and supporting digital and print assets.
- Translating complex written content into engaging, visually compelling layouts.
- Applying established brand guidelines consistently across all deliverables.
- Managing multiple projects simultaneously while balancing competing deadlines.
- Collaborating closely with bid writers, marketers, account managers, designers, and senior stakeholders.
- Preparing final artwork and files to presentation-ready and print-ready specifications.
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What you'll need to succeed
- A minimum of 3 years' experience in bid design, document design, graphic design, or a studio-based creative role.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe InDesign, alongside strong Photoshop and Illustrator skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and artworking ability.
- A strong understanding of typography, layout design, and information hierarchy.
- Experience producing long-form documents and presentation materials.
- The ability to work within established brand frameworks and templates.
- Proven experience managing multiple deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills.
- A proactive, calm, and solution-focused approach under pressure.
What you'll get in return
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Daily meal allowance.
- Generous annual leave allowance that increases with length of service.
- Ongoing learning, development, and career progression opportunities.
- Travel support for office-based employees.
- Paid volunteering leave to support causes that matter to you.
- Access to a range of additional employee wellbeing, lifestyle, healthcare, and discount benefits.
- The opportunity to join a supportive, collaborative team where high-quality creative work is genuinely valued.
- Exposure to high-profile bids and business-critical projects that directly influence company growth.
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