Company of Animals
Graphic Designer
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Reports To: Graphic Design Manager
Company Overview
The Company of Animals is a leading global developer, manufacturer and distributor of premium pet accessories, with subsidiaries in UK, US, Netherlands and Australia, and sales in over 50 countries. Our award-winning portfolio includes Pet Head, Halti, Coachi, Baskerville and Pet Corrector.
Position Overview
The Graphic Designer is a key role in a rapidly evolving marketing team and will be responsible for assisting our Graphic Design Manager to evolve and support on a variety of projects. Ranging from packaging to POP, improving the visual appeal and polish of our branding across print and digital.
This role would suit an early-career Graphic Designer who is looking to develop their skills within a busy, fast-paced marketing team. You will work closely with the Graphic Design Manager across a variety of projects while having the opportunity to develop your own creative ideas and capabilities. The graphic designer will consistently help to innovate our brand presence and be a stakeholder in the successful delivery of the Marketing team’s objectives.
Job Responsibilities:
Key areas of accountability are:
- Produce highly engaging and aspirational creative work that consistently communicates our brand values to our customers. This will include:
- Designs and update for packaging across the range
- Marketing collateral including consumer and trade adverts
- Point of purchase visuals and displays
- Online content for our website including homepage updates and editorial content
- Effective and shareable creative designs for social media marketing material to inspire our customers and help to grow our social channels.
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Inspire internal and external stakeholders’ ensuring that our purpose and spirit comes across in all our creative, so our customers feel a connection to our brands, regardless of how they chose to engage with us
- Contribute and/or lead idea-generating sessions
- Support and steer content creation (social media when required)
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Keep our asset and design creation fresh and evolving, maintaining our global assets library
- Help act as the guarding of our graphic assets library setting up a simple storage and maintenance system, making it easy for the marketing team to access and navigate and keeping it always up to date
- Assist drive and maintain style guides, ensuring that they are adhered to
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Support marketing and sales team creating collateral content for selling in presentation and pitches
Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- A relevant qualification, portfolio or equivalent practical experience in graphic design.
- Previous experience within a creative studio, agency or in-house design environment.
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- Good working knowledge of Apple Mac.
- Strong understanding of typography, layout, colour and visual communication.
- Experience creating artwork for both print and digital applications.
- Excellent attention to detail and a strong eye for design.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and work effectively to deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders at different levels.
- A proactive, positive and adaptable approach, with the ability to remain calm and organised in a fast-paced environment.
- A willingness to learn, develop and take ownership of creative projects.
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Desirable
- Experience in consumer design, packaging, corporate design or information graphics.
- Experience creating presentations in PowerPoint and/or Keynote.
- Familiarity with project management platforms such as Monday.com, Asana or Wrike.
- Experience using AI tools to support creative development and content production.
- Working knowledge of HTML, After Effects, Cinema 4D, video editing or planogram software.
- Experience working within the consumer goods, retail or pet industry.
- A genuine interest in animals and the pet industry.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Creative, with a strong passion for design.
- Organised and able to manage competing priorities.
- Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- Confident contributing ideas while also taking direction and feedback.
- Commercially aware and able to understand the purpose behind creative projects.
- Keen to develop their skills and grow within a global business.
- Passionate about producing high-quality work that delivers against business and brand objectives.
Location & Working Requirements
This is an office-based role in Chertsey, Surrey, and the successful candidate will be required to work from the office on a regular basis. Candidates should therefore be able to commute to the Chertsey office as required for the role.
To Apply
To apply for this role please send your CV to JPike@wearecoa.com
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