Role: Branding and Design Executive

Location: Bedford or Tresham Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary from £29,000 DOE and Qualifications, 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, Teachers pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Working Pattern: 37hrs per week (1.0 FTE)

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Branding and Design Executive to join The Bedford College Group based at either our Bedworth or Tretham campus, with travel between both sites.

As a Branding and Design Executive, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Drive the visual identity of The Bedford College Group brand and its sub-brands, aligning with the brand strategy to meet the Group's objectives through oversight and delivery of corporate design and visual identity work for online and offline communication materials.
• Lead the creative development and design for key campaigns and projects as agreed with the Group Head of Corporate Communications and PR.
• Oversee all aspects of brand management and visual identities across the Group, implementing new platforms to ensure consistency across all colleges.

About you:

Ideal candidates will have:

• Degree in a design discipline or equivalent work experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Proven expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects for motion graphics.
• Advanced operational knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and relational databases for producing and presenting information to diverse audiences.
• At least one year's experience of developing and implementing design campaigns that have measurable impact.
• Strong design and creative skills, including online communications campaigns, email marketing, and external signage.
• Experience of working in the education sector.
• Experience in developing motion graphics and video
• Capacity to travel independently to the Group's campuses, exhibitions, and events.

Interviews to be held on 25th September 2024

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:"Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and"Tresham"College"in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;"Shuttleworth"College,"a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport"alongside"Silverstone"race circuit."To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.