Graphic Designer
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum, plus company benefits
Address: LS10 1AB, Leeds
Contract: Permanent, full time
Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri 10am-6pm with a 30-min unpaid lunch
Work model: Hybrid following successful completion of probation
Williams Lea seeks a Graphic Designer to join our team!
Williams Lea is the leading global provider of tech-enabled business and marketing services helping clients manage and transform processes through resilient, scalable 24/7 operations. We combine deep expertise, agentic AI-embedded workflows, and a global delivery model into a tech-enabled, seamless human expert-in-the-loop experience that helps clients achieve superior business outcomes.
Built on a strong heritage and great client relationships, we harness deep industry expertise, emerging technology and our global “Optishore™” delivery model to plan, build, execute and measure business processes, driving operational agility and digital transformation at speed and scale.
Williams Lea, an RRD company, serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has 15,000 employees worldwid
Overview
The Graphic Designer will be expected to work collaboratively alongside the client, members of the Document Production Team, the Senior Creative Lead and Management Team to drive quality and creativity and to help inspire and innovate the creative service offered to the client. They will work closely alongside the Document Production Team Leaders to ensure all processes and procedures are in place to ensure the smooth running of the department, this includes attending client briefings and sharing ideas. They will be expected to have the ability to prioritise and organise to ensure that client deadlines and expectations are met and maintained whilst delivering solutions that are of a high standard.
Purpose of the Role
Williams Lea is seeking a Graphic Designer to work in a fast-paced on-demand design studio within the banking sector. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years' experience working in either design agency or corporate in-house design teams, delivering innovative and creative solutions, while ensuring attention to detail and high-quality design output.
The successful candidate will work closely with client teams within business areas and departments such as Financial Advisory, HR and Global Communications, striving to provide creative design solutions that exceed the clients’ expectations. They must also have an intuitive in-depth understanding and appreciation of brand and the importance of brand consistency and adhesion across all communication materials.
We are looking for an experienced Graphic Designer who can communicate with clients in an effective and professional manner. They will be capable of working independently, as well as being able to collaborate with their Senior Creative Line Manager and the rest of the design team, to develop fresh ideas for PowerPoint presentations, events, social media, and marketing materials. Their focus will include high-quality design and artwork creation, with proficiency in using PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Cloud for deliverables including presentation template design, event collateral, internal communications, and digital assets such as branded HTML emails and web assets.
Key Responsibilities
- Confident in liaising with clients to discuss business objectives, requirements of the job, and able to advise on the creative brief
- Capable of understanding and interpreting the clients’ business needs
- Able to think creatively and provide fresh ideas and concepts that are both appropriate for the brand and audience
- Capable of demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches
- Experienced in working intuitively with multiple brands and understanding their purpose
- Able to create designs in a timely manner, from creative concepts through to final artwork delivery, working to both digital and print specifications
- Confident and articulate in presenting ideas and concepts to clients
- Capable of managing own projects, pre-empting production issues, and coordinating artwork, for both digital and print delivery
- Able to provide quality control of own work and others
- Capable of negotiating deadlines in a calm, professional and accommodating manner
- Competent in completing excel job timesheets daily and to give an accurate reflection of time spent on all projects
- Confident in liaising with external suppliers of services to ensure that work meets exact requirements as specified
Essential Skills:
- Over 5 years of professional design experience
- Formal training in design to degree graduate level or equivalent
- Ability to create and develop compelling concepts and offer innovative solutions
- Good brand awareness, working intuitively with or without brand guidelines
- Creative flair and confidence in presenting and articulating ideas to clients
and colleagues - Ability to balance work on several projects simultaneously
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Proactive in self-development, utilising online training materials and resources
- Strong on working well within a team and being supportive of the development of others
- Exceptional visual trouble shooting skills
- Ability to storyboard, comp visual ideas within the creative process
- Conceptual creative and production skills with a good understanding of layout principles, aesthetic design concepts and typography
- Experience creating campaigns and extending the look and feel through various marketing materials
- Able to complete tasks within tight schedules and under strict layout controls
- Strong verbal communication skills; dependable, detail-oriented, and well organized
- Strong presentation skills
- Web design experience is a plus
- Experience working in a corporate environment preferred
- Motivated, organized, and flexible
Technical Skills:
- Expert in PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
and Acrobat - Working knowledge of time-line based software such as Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere
- Strong skills in Excel and Word
- Highly experienced in pre-press, including checking files before sending them to printers, working with complex cutter guides, templates, measurements, and colour profile and setup
- Ability to learn new software and digital platforms where required
- Competent with using various AI tools, such as Claude, plus the ability to craft and generate AI prompts where required
Personal Attributes:
- Calm and mature personality with the ability to work independently and in a team environment, often under pressure and to strict deadlines
- Strong creative and technical knowledge
- Flexibility in working hours
- Client-focused approach, with personal commitment to the client and their business, building effective client relationships based on trust, flexibility, and professionalism
- Good people skills, keeping clients informed of progress and processes involved
- Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and work within time constraints
- Ability to take constructive feedback to help develop understanding of the
client’s brand
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Rewards and Benefits
We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time or fixed term roles)
Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
Life Assurance
Private Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Health Assessments
Cycle-to-work scheme
Discounted gym memberships
Referral Scheme
You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!
Equality and Diversity
The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.
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Skills Required
- Over 5 years of professional design experience
- Formal training in design to degree graduate level or equivalent
- Ability to create and develop compelling concepts and innovative solutions
- Strong brand awareness and ability to work with or without brand guidelines
- Ability to storyboard and comp visual ideas within the creative process
- Strong presentation and verbal communication skills; confident presenting to clients
- Expert in PowerPoint
- Expert in Adobe InDesign
- Expert in Adobe Photoshop
- Expert in Adobe Illustrator
- Proficient in Adobe Acrobat
- Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere
- Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Highly experienced in pre-press, colour profiles, cutter guides and print specifications
- Competent with various AI tools (e.g., Claude) and able to craft AI prompts
- Web design experience
- Experience working in a corporate environment
Williams Lea Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and prescription options, with the package characterized as comprehensive and acceptable in practice. Positive remarks highlight health insurance quality within the core offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement Support: A 401(k) with employer match is provided alongside company-paid life insurance and disability coverage. These elements establish a standard foundation for long‑term financial security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave & Time Off Breadth: Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid parental leave are part of the offering in many roles. This breadth supports time away for rest and family needs.
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What We Do
Williams Lea is the global provider of tech-enabled skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms, connecting people, processes and technology to streamline key business and administrative functions and helping companies adapt to a more virtual and digital workplace. Built on a strong heritage, great client relationships and a talented team, Williams Lea is the trusted global outsourcing provider to clients in highly regulated environments. Williams Lea serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has 7,000 employees worldwide. Williams Lea is backed by Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors.
