Designer - Communications in London

This is an exciting opportunity to join Isio’s fast growing Employee Benefits business, which spans strategic benefit design, workplace health & wellbeing consulting, DC pensions, benefits technology and employee engagement & support.

About Isio Engagement and Support

We develop communication programmes for large blue chip and medium sized businesses in the UK. We help employers and the sponsors of pension schemes creatively communicate their valuable employee benefits programmes to their people. We’re committed to widening the engagement with employee benefits and pensions beyond the norm – bringing benefits to life for everyone no matter their situation, goals or priorities for the future. We encourage people to take the action that matches their life goals and priorities through a whole range of print, digital and face to face communication channels.

The role at a glance:

• Delivering high quality and creative communication campaigns for our clients.
• Working alongside our other creatives and consultants in the development of creative strategy, interpreting the client’s brief to ensure our campaigns create the impact and results our clients are seeking.
• Translating creative concepts and brands into engaging visual communications across digital and traditional channels.
• Supporting in the development of the creative strategy for our products and services to allow us to bring those to a wider range of clients across the UK.

Key responsibilities

• Developing visual concepts and presenting your creative work and rationale to our clients and other members of the client team.
• Working with design assets and templates, ensuring brand and narrative consistency to create final artwork for campaign material – from conception to delivery. Acting as brand guardian for the concepts we develop.
• Contributing to the development of creative ideas for a whole range of Isio communication clients.
• Supports in the creation of both bespoke and ‘off-the-shelf’ communication solutions.
• Delivers solutions across multiple channels (e.g. print, digital).
• Supports with training (internal and client) around best practice approaches and shares knowledge across the team.

Core skills & required experience

• Confident in the use of graphic design and digital content creation software to develop engaging communications and digital campaigns across multiple channels and brands.
• Confident using Adobe Creative Suite and in delivering pre-print processes and digital asset production.
• A portfolio demonstrating your visual storytelling and brand/concepts/layout application in a range of digital and traditional media.
• Experience in the creation of templates & brand libraries.
• Strong visual communication skills (typography, hierarchy, readability etc.).
• Collaborative and receptive to feedback - good communication skills and happy to present your work in front of clients supported by other members of the team.
• Accuracy and attention to detail, strong organisational skills to manage time, budget and deadlines.

The successful candidate

You’ll thrive in bringing new ideas and innovation to your work. You’ll have good attention to detail and be collaborative in giving and receiving feedback to get the best results for our clients. You will be strong in working to deadlines and have good experience in planning your time and scoping work for a client and you’ll have an eye for detail.

You might also have:

• Experience of Figma.
• Experience of client-facing relationships and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of financial education/services or the UK pensions industry.
• Understanding of accessibility requirements for both print and digital.
• Video software skills.

Why Join Isio

Isio is a fast-growing professional services business, which offers career development through diverse and meaningful work, nationwide opportunities, and a culture that rewards high performance and accountability. We hold ourselves to the highest standards and our values guide how we advise our clients, how we operate as a business and how we work together as a team. We call it the Isio Attitude. We encourage our people to be bold, to communicate with conviction, and to deliver work that matters. Here, growth brings opportunity - more responsibility and work that stretches and develops you. We invest in training and development so you can expand your skills and explore different career paths across diverse markets to make your mark. Isio is a place to realise your potential and build a career with impact.

About Isio

Isio is a progressive and fast-growing advisory firm, partnering with clients of all sizes to deliver expertise in pensions, employee benefits and wealth advisory services. Working with pension trustees, employers, individuals, families and their offices, we are supported by talented colleagues across 10 UK offices. Our culture shapes our work; we foster a supportive environment where we develop our people to grow and fulfil their potential. We invest in our services, products and technology, and provide clear, expert solutions for our clients. This brings clarity, confidence, and better outcomes for everyone.

At Isio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, in which our colleagues feel they belong, regardless of background or difference. We uphold the values of respect, fairness, and inclusion in our actions and decisions. We believe that by adhering to these principles, we will create a stronger, more innovative, and supportive environment for all, as well as ensuring that the advice and support we provide to our clients is more creative, more insightful and leaves a lasting impact.

We can offer a hybrid, flexible approach to work, supporting a work-life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

If you think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for any reason at any stage of your recruitment process, please ask us hrrecruitment@ISIO.com.