Designer

Job Description

This role is based in our 5 Howick Place office 

Contagious, part of the LIONS Division, is a creative and strategic intelligence firm that supercharges marketing for agencies and brands. Through our IQ intelligence platform, consulting services, training and events, we inspire and enable marketers to deliver brave, effective and contagious creativity. Find out more at contagious.com.

The Role

As Designer at Contagious, you'll be the creative force behind our visual communications, working within our Creative Services team to deliver standout design across our Intelligence, Advisory, Events and Learning products.

Your sharp eye for detail and strong sense of craft will help us produce materials that demand attention, convey clear messages, and strengthen the Contagious brand. You'll translate creative strategy into compelling communications with originality, clarity and consistency.

What You'll Do

• Create engaging visual designs across digital and print that maintain brand consistency while pushing creative boundaries
• Design marketing collateral including newsletters, social media assets, and event materials
• Support Content, Advisory and Sales teams with high-quality presentations and branded materials
• Transform complex ideas into simple, striking visuals with strong conceptual foundations
• Provide creative input during campaign planning, shaping ideas from a design perspective
• Collaborate across departments to fulfill design needs throughout Contagious and the wider LIONS Division
• Contribute to brand guidelines, templates and design systems development
• Present multiple design routes with confident rationale
• Prepare final assets correctly for production across channels
• Champion inclusive, representative design reflecting diverse perspectives

Qualifications

What You'll Bring

• Previous experience in a professional design role
• A portfolio showcasing creative, effective design across digital, print and social channels
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, especially InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Experience with Premiere Pro and After Effects (desirable)
• PowerPoint expertise for client presentations; Figma experience beneficial
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, color and composition
• Ability to develop concept-led design solutions aligned with brand strategy
• Experience working within and evolving established visual identities
• Excellent organization skills and ability to manage multiple projects
• Clear communication skills and confidence presenting ideas
• Collaborative, proactive approach with strong creative judgment
• Current knowledge of design trends and the wider creative industry
• Commitment to inclusive, representative design

Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

Additional Information

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at an Informa event – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say LifeAt.Informa.com

Our benefits include:

• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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