Brand & Creative Executive

Swindon, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

You will own the delivery of the Smiths News brand refresh, transforming concepts into production-ready assets and guiding governance across channels.

  • Lead artwork production and template governance
  • Coordinate asset libraries, accessibility, and cross-channel brand compliance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Deliver the implementation of the Smiths News brand refresh programme.
  • Create and maintain corporate templates across PowerPoint, Word, email and communication materials.
  • Produce artwork for digital, print and presentation materials.
  • Convert creative concepts and campaign assets into production-ready artwork.
  • Support the Communications & Marketing Leads & Marketing Executive with campaign and event collateral production.
  • Review and update existing communication assets to ensure brand consistency.
  • Lead accessibility improvements across communication materials and templates.
  • Manage asset migration, version control and document standardisation projects.
  • Maintain digital asset libraries and brand resources.
  • Support the implementation of brand governance processes and approval frameworks.

Requirements

  • Experience in an artwork, brand execution or creative production role.
  • Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills, particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
  • Experience creating and maintaining corporate templates and branded assets.
  • Strong understanding of print and digital production processes.
  • Experience applying and governing brand standards across multiple channels.
  • Understanding of document accessibility and inclusive design principles.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and quality control.
  • Experience managing digital asset libraries and version control processes.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Company funded Health Cash Plan – providing cash back for everyday healthcare costs such as dental, optical and physiotherapy
  • 5% match pension
  • 25 days holiday plus holiday buy scheme
  • 24/7 E-Learning modules, Training and Development opportunities
  • Sharesave Scheme, Cycle to work schemes, Health cash plan
  • Colleague Assistance Programme & Colleague referral scheme
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Smiths News plc

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The UK’s leading newspaper and magazine distributor, Smiths News currently has a 55 per cent share of the UK market and distributes c.21m items each week. Reliably delivering the news and more every morning, Smiths News enjoys a 200 year-old distribution heritage and serves 22,000 customers from its 34 nationwide distribution centres. Operating in the world’s fastest-moving supply chain, Smiths News distributes a diverse range of products and services to general retailers and smaller independent newsagents.Our vision is to be the UK’s leading provider of early morning end to end supply chain solutions. Looking ahead, we’re focusing our ambitions and building on our early morning capabilities.

Founded in 1792
Blunsdon St Andrew, Broad Blunsdon, Haydon Wick, England, GBR
675 employees (17 in marketing)
0% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Salaries

Brand Marketing median pay in the United Kingdom

£48K/yr

Most pay falls between £37K and £65K. Based on 97 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
17 (3% of company)
Median Tenure
3.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
17.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$7M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.5%
Direct
23.2%
Referral
26.6%
Social
0.3%
Paid
0%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~675
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Brand & Creative Executive

Smiths News plc · Swindon, UK · Hybrid