• Job Description

  Req#: R0260453
  Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom

  In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

  Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

  Graphic Designer

  Location: Open to basing role out of any Thales location - must be willing to travel

  We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Graphic Designer to join our Proposal and Creative Solutions team.

  As a Graphic Designer, you’ll provide graphic design support to bid activities and projects, communications, marketing and functional campaigns for businesses throughout Thales in the UK. This is a networked role that will require you to work under pressure in order to meet strict deadlines and provide cost effective support across a range of disciplines and domains.

  Key responsibilities

  On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be involved in:

  • Providing innovative design solutions to a diverse range of communications and marketing campaigns.

  • Developing the design solution for corporate publications. Produce promotional displays and marketing brochures for Thales products, services and events. Design and develop environmental graphics, material for intranet web pages, interactive media, multimedia projects and compelling business winning graphics to support bid submissions.
  • Providing expertise and a creative input from the inception stage of design through to final production, where necessary co-ordinating work with other team members and undertaking liaison with customers to ensure the solution is explored, developed and delivered to the expected level.
  • Applying the latest graphic design techniques in order to maintain and enhance the increasing expectation and requirements of customers, fully using the potential of design packages and the skills of other team members.
  • Understanding and managing individual work packages across a number of related areas e.g. Engineering, Communications, Sales and Marketing.
  • Supporting activities across the company as required including Bid activities, Conferences, Exhibitions, site branding etc. – this includes some adhoc travel

  
  About you

  Ideally, you’ll:

  • Have demonstrable expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, in particular In-Design, Illustrator and Photoshop alongside a proficiency in PowerPoint
  • Have knowledge of Premier Pro and After Effects – desirable
  • Have experience and understanding in developing a brief from concept to final design
  • Have the ability to work within the confines of strict brand standards and applying these to internal and external facing campaigns
  • Possess a creative and imaginative skillset with an understanding of modern design principles and practices

  Benefits at Thales

  We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include a pension plan, healthcare cash plan, life assurance, income protection as well as an employee assistance programme.

  In addition, our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefits to suit your needs. You can choose to add a number of optional benefits including: private medical insurance, health assessments, buying/selling annual leave, gym membership discounts + much, much more. You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site!

  Alongside a competitive base salary, we offer 27 days annual leave + 1 company day + UK public holidays as well as the opportunity to volunteer up to 3 days to support local charities/communities.

  Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to our success.

  This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

  To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

  For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

  #LI-DOM

  In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

  At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

  Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

  Great journeys start here, apply now!

• About the company

  Thales is a global high technology leader that designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security markets. The company investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology.

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