British Council
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.
Purpose Of Role
To manage regional design needs, working closely with the Head of Design and creatives in the Brand Team. The Design Manager will be responsible for implementing and managing a regional design roster on an ongoing basis, ensuring all creative assets align with our brand guidelines, and upskilling colleagues in the regional Marketing Operations Hubs on brand guidelines and training. They will drive a focus on standardisation and templating while still ensuring materials meet local needs.
Main Accountabilities
Consultancy, analysis and problem solving
▪ Manages creative discussions with agencies in regions, ensuring creative concepts are
delivered and making sure they comply with our brand standards and guidelines.
▪ Provides creative direction and guidance to the wider regional team to enable them deliver
successful marketing materials and communications.
▪ Manages regional permissions, copyright and asset storage as required.
▪ Manages regional agencies on an ongoing basis, updating them about new materials and
guidelines coming from the Brand Team.
▪ Works closely with the creative team in the Brand Team sharing and discussing creative
work, making recommendations around what is and isn’t working. Takes learnings back
into the region to drive quality and consistency.
Service improvement
▪ Ensures global brand training is meeting regional needs, gathering training requirements,
providing feedback and supporting the rollout of new training offers.
▪ Ensures new assets are uploaded to the Brand Hub to be shared with the wider network.
▪ Ensures brand training is delivered in region, engaging with the wider brand network.
▪ Reviews regional needs in terms of templating with the Head of Design.
▪ Maintains brand standards/creative quality in region, supported by the Head of Design.
▪ Continually looks for new ways to better use creative content, identifying new formats,
technologies and channels for presentation of content.
▪ Keeps abreast of production software and technology to ensure industry standards.
▪ Implement the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) framework for design by
demonstrating inclusion of diversity in creative across both print and digital and
implementing EDI recommendations.
Relationship and Stakeholder Management
▪ Proactively builds and maintains collaborative relationships with internal peers and
stakeholders to ensure integrated, joined up and future-proofed working.
▪ Promotes and champions best practice digital design through the Marketing Community of
Practice.
Subject/Sector Expertise
▪ Commissions content and assets to meet regional requirements.
▪ Provides advice and guidance to marketing colleagues on the best approach to their
creative requirements.
▪ Creates and manages regional agency rosters and frameworks, working with the Head of
Design in the Brand Team
▪ Manages freelance resources e.g., designers, copywriters, photographers, ensuring
everything coming from them is aligned with our brand and brand guidelines.
Leadership and management
▪ Acts as a Brand Ambassador, helping deliver a strong British Council brand.
Minimum/essential
Role specific knowledge and experience
Knowledge of modern graphic design technology and experience in aspects of graphic design.
▪ Understanding of modern production methods, including those in other countries.
▪ Experience in the management of corporate identity standards and branding
▪ Experience of managing external agencies and freelance staff
Further Information
Pay Band – 6 / G
Contract Type – Indefinite
Location – Romania, Poland, Czech, Spain, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia or Turkey
Requirements – Candidates must have the legal right to work in Romania, Poland, Czech, Spain, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia or Turkey
Closing Date – 5th of February 2024
A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.
Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement
The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.
The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.
We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.
Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.
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