Web Designer (6 Month Contract)

DK publishes award-winning, bestselling and visually stunning books, apps and ebooks for adults and children. From travel guides and activity books, through to food, history, film and more, DK makes ideas come to life. As part of a truly global business, you'll be working with colleagues in New York, Delhi, Toronto, Munich and Melbourne and day-to-day across the DK Marketing and Publicity team in the UK.

DK is looking for an experienced Web Designer (maternity cover) to support the Marketing team in the delivery of our digital marketing materials including email, website banners, web pages, social media images and online search advertising.

The Web Designer will work across the whole of the DK's extensive illustrated non-fiction list including children's, adults, travel and licensing (Star Wars, Disney, Marvel, LEGO) books to produce creative solutions to meet the business's digital marketing needs.

This design-led role requires a technically-minded individual who demonstrates a high standard of creativity. You should be organised, proactive and keen to learn and share new design and digital developments with your marketing colleagues.

Skills and Knowledge

- Educated to degree level or equivalent in design and/or a digital media discipline
- Excellent working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
- Experience of designing and building HTML emails and confidence working within email client platforms is key to this role
- Sound working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and other design programmes
- Proven working knowledge of CSS and HTML authoring
- Ability to learn new software/technologies with an understanding of social media and open source sites such as Wordpress
- Ability to work under pressure, on several projects at one time
- Excellent attention to detail combined with ability to successfully execute site plans and content briefs
- Ensure that DK's core brand values are faithfully translated into the online environment and work closely with brand guidelines for DK and partners, especially licensing
- Ensure a high standard of design integrity and quality control is maintained
- Demonstrate a high level of creativity
- Work on the design and technical consultancy aspects of DK's web design with DK's web solutions team
- Awareness of design across various platforms eg tablets/smart phones
- Experience of reporting data eg traffic, open rates and responses, and using the findings to improve design and output

You should have a proven track record in design and/or digital media and be enthusiastic, hardworking, and not daunted by a challenge - or a short deadline!

The ideal candidate will preferable be able to start the second week of September.

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Closing date for applications: 28 August 2015.

DK is a Penguin Random House company. Penguin Random House believes in equality of opportunity and employs people solely on the basis of their abilities.