Designer

Full Time, Permanent

Are you an experienced graphic designer, passionate about creating high quality, accessible and engaging materials? This is a rare mid-level opportunity to join Bristol City Council’s in-house team and use your skills and experience to make a difference to the people of Bristol.

We Are Looking For Someone To Join The Creative Team At The Heart Of The Council, Who Has The Following Skills And Experience:

• Strong design skills with professional experience delivering both print and digital products.
• A good understanding of accessibility in design
• Highly organised and flexible to manage multiple design briefs
• Confident collaborating and communicating in a professional environment
• Confident following processes to ensure high levels of accuracy
• Committed to learning new skills and incorporating the latest innovations into your work
  
  

What to expect from the role?

The Varied Nature Of This Role Means That No Week Will Ever Be The Same. To Highlight The Variety, We’ve Shared a Few Tasks To Give You a Flavour:

• Providing design advice to inform a new creative brief
• Creating an illustration-based social media graphic for a community event
• Designing an accessible and engaging report for print and digital publishing
• Working with signage suppliers to oversee a complex signage order
• Designing some pull-up banners for Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
• Supporting senior designers with generating ideas for a major campaign
• Typesetting a survey and creating maps for an upcoming transport consultation
  
  

What we provide?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving, friendly and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.

We Offer Excellent Professional Support Including:

• Opportunities for professional development and learning
• Good quality and regular supervision
• An extensive induction programme to understand fully the values of Bristol City Council
  
  

Opportunities for career progression including our Stepping Up leadership development programme, which aims to unlock potential and develop talented future leaders from under-represented groups and support them to contribute to a more diverse leadership landscape.

Rewards And Benefits:

• Membership of a Local Government Pension scheme
• Bicycle salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts for employees including the shopping, services and travel
• At least 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities
  
  

What The Team Does

Bristol Design support a range of council teams, by providing appropriate printed and digital materials to make sure they can communicate clearly with people. The services we support include sustainable travel, regeneration, museums, culture and public health.

How do I apply?

If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

Additional Application Information

Please see Job Description for further information. Your response must include a written statement outlining how you meet the Person Specification. We also ask that you supply up to three examples which best showcase your skills and experience. These must be as URL links within your Supporting Statement. Ideally include a mix of brands and products, with a short title and description for each example.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

Full Time, Permanent

Are you an experienced graphic designer, passionate about creating high quality, accessible and engaging materials? This is a rare mid-level opportunity to join Bristol City Council’s in-house team and use your skills and experience to make a difference to the people of Bristol.

Additional Application Information

Please see Job Description for further information. Your response must include a written statement outlining how you meet the Person Specification. We also ask that you supply up to three examples which best showcase your skills and experience. These must be as URL links within your Supporting Statement. Ideally include a mix of brands and products, with a short title and description for each example.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.