Visual Designer

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled Visual Designer to help produce engaging and appealing graphic content for University of the Arts London's (UAL) online course provision.

Joining our UAL Online Production team, you will assist with the design and development of online learning material and marketing content for online courses, which will require you to create original graphics, infographics and illustrations which inspire students and reflect the creative character of UAL. Your work will help to drive the creation of engaging and on-brand visuals that support marketing campaigns and student retention initiatives.

You will also support our Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), contributing relevant content and selecting images to ensure that the look and feel of UAL Online content has clarity and consistency.

This position offers the chance to utilise your graphic and visual design skills and expertise in an innovative role that provides exciting opportunities to explore typography, infographics, data visualisation, illustration, animation and other aspects of graphic and communication design.

About you

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally in a design-based subject. You will pair this with an in-depth knowledge of good graphic and visual design practice, including a detailed understanding of digital accessibility and inclusive content.

You will also demonstrate strong communication skills, with the ability to reproduce complex concepts and information in a clear and visually appealing manner.

You will possess experience of designing digital materials to agreed style guides and will be capable of designing and developing a consistent visual look and feel across varied media types and platforms.

You will also be proficient with design software such as the Adobe Creative suite and related packages.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities - UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We're made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world's creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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Closing date: 8th December 2024, 23:55.

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn - a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.