Creative Artworker (12 months FTC)

About the job

Are you passionate about transforming concepts into captivating visuals? We’re looking for a Creative Artworker on a 12 month fixed term contract to join our in-house studio team, where you’ll help bring ideas to life across multiple channels in ways that inspire and engage. Working closely with senior creatives and marketers, you’ll turn concepts into compelling, high-quality visuals that align with our brand and enhances the overall user experience.

In this role, you’ll be crafting everything from landing pages to digital assets for marketing campaigns, ensuring consistency across internal and external communications. Your strong eye for colour, typography, and layout will help maintain a cohesive visual identity that enhances the overall user experience. You’ll excel at interpreting briefs, implementing feedback swiftly, collaborating proactively and managing multiple creative projects efficiently.

We’re especially interested in candidates with strong execution skills. Your keen eye for detail and artworking expertise will be put to good use, translating art direction into impactful outcomes alongside senior creatives. Together, we’ll develop marketing communications and experiences that captivate users and elevate our brand.

Creativity within brand guidelines is key, as you craft digital assets, design UI landing pages, and leverage design systems. Efficiently managing a wide range of marketing materials for both internal and external audiences will be part of your responsibilities, ensuring consistent and impactful representation. Join us to create compelling visual experiences that make a difference.

You might believe that a passion for cars is a requirement, but guess what? It’s not! At Auto Trader, you’re welcome just as you are.

What we’re looking for

• You’ll have experience in graphic design/creative working either in-house (clientside) or agency with a focus on digital media
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite is a must with the ability to create and optimise digital assets
• Strong skills in layout design are required including websites, emails and social media assets with the ability and experience to follow brand guidelines meticulously
• You must possess both speed and accuracy in your work including proof-checking to ensure quality and consistency
• A keen attention to detail is crucial and an eye for design to bring concepts to life
• Excellent time management skills are expected to meet project deadlines
• Consistently delivering digital work to defined specifications

Every candidate brings a unique mix of skills and qualities to the table. We’re all about inclusivity and embracing diversity at Auto Trader. If you meet some of the requirements but not all of them, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Your distinct perspective and strengths could be a fantastic addition to our team. Whether you’re a close match or have a few pieces that fit, we’re genuinely excited to hear from you and explore the potential you could bring to the role.

Benefits

We’re offering a salary of £26,000 – £35,000, plus an additional 10% of your salary awarded to you in shares each year. These awarded shares will become yours in yearly instalments over the next three years, and you can choose to either sell them or keep them as shares. And you’ll receive 29 days holiday, plus bank holidays and comprehensive private medical cover.

That’s not all. We have employee pension contributions up to 7%, enhanced family leave provisions, a car salary sacrifice scheme, share-save options, and much more.

We always want to give you the support you need and help prioritise your wellbeing, that’s why we provide access to 24/7 online GP and dentist, as well as specialist support for assisted fertility, gender dysphoria, menopause, period care plans and lots more.

On top of all that, our hybrid model, Connected Working, combines the best of both worlds – office and home working. You’ll have two fixed weekly office days for team collaboration and one more of your choice to suit your work-life balance.

Additionally, during July and August, along with two weeks in December, we have our remote first periods. During these times, you can work remotely, whether that’s from another location in the UK or even from certain locations abroad.