Bid Graphic Designer

Our head offices based in the beautiful village of Hook Norton near Banbury. Here you will find our teams of finance, HR, purchasing, marketing & creative that support all of our locations across the Thomas Franks family. There is ample parking space available when visiting.

As Graphic Designer you will be required to work alongside the sales team and help secure new business with your bid design talents. As well as this you will contribute to the wider creative department and help promote and market Thomas Franks Ltd. This is a Hybrid role with travel to locations / Head Office on occasions. 

The role will encompass elements of Sales, Marketing and Communications. This will involve producing creative design concepts for prospective clients including brand identities, marketing campaigns, web development and server layout, producing digital artwork for tender documentation, designing online advertising campaigns to raise brand awareness and to create digital media and print campaigns to promote Thomas Franks both internally and externally.

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Bid document and presentation design.
• Experience in creating digital and printed material
• Competent Mac skills are essential, excellent skills are preferred
• Fluent in the Abode creative suite (Mainly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop)
• High attention to detail
• Team working abilities, listening skills, the ability to work on own initiative, to interpret briefs and take direction. Being a self-starter is key
• The ability to communicate with the Senior Management Team regarding updates on marketing activities and promotions.
• The ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively (may result in additional hours)
• Reliable, honest and able to demonstrate an openly attentive approach to managing workload
• Willingness to develop skills to create more innovative practices

 Knowledge / competencies:

 

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer 

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.