Monday, February 1, 2010

JOB VACANCY UK - graham & brown

Graham & Brown are a successful, privately owned company with a turnover of £100 million, who have been supplying innovative wallcoverings to leading retailers around the world for over 60 years. they currently require a
Home CAD Designer

The Purpose
Reporting to the Studio Manager the successful candidate will design and manipulate Wallart for our Home business that are commercially viable across our global markets in response to specific design & colour brief.

 To manipulate, re-size & re-colour existing artworks on CAD
 To produce CAD artwork within the time allocated by the brief & in line with the critical path
 Image searches & uploading and collating of imagery to brief
 Mock up and creation of graphics, packaging & roomsets
 Create story/mood boards for all new collections to show brand development & design/colour direction
 To produce original artworks from design concept / mood boards.
 Presentations will be the norm, as is some travelling.

The Person
 PC literacy and knowledge of Adobe photoshop , Illustrator & AVA software is essential for this role
 The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent drawing skills.
 You will have an acute sense of colour, the ability to mix and balance colours.
 The candidate will be self-motivated, detailed, creative and passionate about their work.
 Team worker but also ability to work alone
 They will have the ability to communicate ideas and design concepts to broader groups across the business
 You will possess the ability to develop ideas and produce creative solutions.

The Conditions
 The salary is circa £21K to £26K dependent upon experience
 The working hours are 40 hours per week over Monday to Friday. This role is covered by Flexi-time.
 Money Purchase Pension Scheme and life assurance.

Apply by sending CV, & quoting current salary in writing to :

Anne Hubbard, Human Resources Manager, Graham & Brown, PO Box 39, India Mill, Harwood Street, Blackburn, Lancashire. BB1 3DB, Email: human.resources@grahambrown.com
Website: www.grahambrown.com/uk/careers

Closing date for applications is 24th February 2010