Studio manager jobs in norwich, norfolk

if you're a strategic thinker with a design flair and a passion for making a tangible difference, we would love to hear from you!

• Position – Full time permanent post
• Hours – 36.25 hours per week
• Location - Homebased
• Salary £34,925.80 - £44,904.60

The Ideal Candidate will need:

• Recognised Graphic Design qualification to degree level or equivalent.
• A strong working knowledge and experience working on successful Direct Marketing campaigns to drive income and response and the whole end to end design processes and the printing process.
• Minimum of six years professional design experience in busy studio environment – working as part of a creative team in an agency or in-house.
• Ideally, experience of working in a direct marketing creative team
• Working in an Apple Mac environment, with a minimum of six years hands-on experience of the industry standard packages – InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, After Effects and Premier Pro.
• Managing projects from exploring the full potential of each brief through the creative process to completion including post project evaluation.
• Excellent working knowledge of Adobe CC as well as Microsoft Office
• Able to handle a number of projects at a time and to project manage multiple projects to deadline and budget, at any given time.

Some of the key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

You will need to efficiently and effectively project manage creative briefs from concept through to completion for a wide range of online and offline assets.  It will include leading on direct mail appeals, within agreed budgets and timescales, and ensure work meets agreed quality, budget and client service standards. Interpret stakeholder briefs into meaningful creative executions using exploratory evaluation through meetings or workshops.  You will need to work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to develop concepts and / or options. Deliver and create visual assets across online and offline platforms.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.