Graphic Designer in Northwood

Graphic Designer

Company: Skanska – Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Description and Requirements

At Skanska Building Services, we pride ourselves on delivering top‑tier facilities management solutions across a wide range of sectors. From hard services like M&E maintenance to comprehensive soft FM offerings (stores, administration, security helpdesk etc…), our team is committed to excellence, sustainability, and client satisfaction.

We are currently seeking a Graphics Designer to join an onsite creative team who provide our MoD and NATO client with a comprehensive graphics service.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with the client face to face – to ascertain their graphic design needs.
• Offer graphic‑design‑related advice to the client.
• After consultation with the client and the establishment of the client’s needs, create appealing design work according to the client’s specific requirements.
• Liaise with graphic designer/creative team leader for guidance/advice if needed and colleagues in the print room and other departments to ensure the final design work is printed to a high standard and completed within the suggested timescales for the client.
• Provide support to other team members if necessary to ensure excellent service is always delivered, including photography.
• Ad hoc office duties to include ensuring email server is checked, collecting deliveries, stock checking or recording serial numbers for managers’ reports, etc.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Industry experience, preferably in an in‑house studio or corporate environment.
• Proficient in IT (Mac & PC).
• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator & Acrobat) – intermediate level.
• Creative and attention to detail with good knowledge typography & layout.
• Proofing, IT admin and filing using server.
• Excellent customer service skills, time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as a team member.
• Ability to prioritise workloads with multiple ongoing projects.
• Some experience in working with brand guidelines.
• Use of large format printer, mounting and laminating (full training will be given).
• Photography – to assist the photography department with basic tasks (full training will be given).
• Note: This role requires a minimum level of security clearance and may also require a higher level of National Security Vetting. Applicants must meet UK residency requirements where applicable.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high‑performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk.

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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