careers
If there’s one thing we know, it’s that we owe our success to our people and the special culture they’ve helped us build.
We work hard, we celebrate our success, we develop and nurture our people and we know how to have fun. It’s one of the reasons that people love working with us, and our clients will tell you that we have some of the most talented and creative people in the business – and we’d agree.
We make no apology for boasting about our brilliant team and the great work we do. We are ambitious and made up of diverse personalities, each of whom shares our passion for delivering healthcare communications with a human touch.
We are building an agency for the future, if you’re interested to learn more about Virgo, we’d love to hear from you.
Midweight Designer (up to £40K,DOE)
London, England, United Kingdom
Who are we?
Welcome to the Pharmacy+, the dedicated full-service creative studio situated within Virgo Health and Golin in London. We are a passionate group of designers, illustrators, art directors, motion designers, videographers, artworkers and presentation designers who are dedicated to raising the creative bar for leading global brands and healthcare clients.
We apply our work across a broad range of platforms, from social media to multi-channel integrated campaigns, creating award-winning creative.
What is the role?
This is a great opportunity for an experienced designer looking for a varied role, as due to the nature of the work, tasks will be different and across a broad range of media. A strong portfolio demonstrating your skill as an integrated designer and creative thinker is a must.
You’re still reading? Good, this is what a typical week in this role could look like. When we say this role is varied, we mean it.
What will you be doing?
- Day-to-day design and art working
- Data visualisation development
- Infographic design
- Illustration
- Animation and video editing
- Front-end digital/web design
- Presentation design and production
- Social asset creation (static and motion)
- Branding (could be an event or campaign)
- Conceptual ideation, everything from campaigns to theming an event
- Alongside all the usual design jobs of image re-touching, stock image searches, icon drawing and internal work.
What are we looking for?
- Around 3 years of design experience
- A degree in graphic design/related subject or relevant work experience
- Highly motivated to work of their own initiative
- Outstanding design ability
- Ability to take concepts from initial brief through to final print-ready artwork
- Ability to prioritise and work within tight time frames
- Artistic eye, original thinking and creative ideas
- Expert knowledge of Adobe CS (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator a must)
- Expert knowledge of PowerPoint
- Proficient Ae animation and Pr editing skills – C4D experience is a bonus
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
What do we offer?
- Flexible working (2 days a week in the office)
- 2 volunteering days
- Monthly well-being allowance
- A dog-friendly office in the heart of Shoreditch
- Industry-leading gender neutral family-friendly policies
- Clear career progression and excellent training programmes developed by our L&D Director
- Many other perks!
At IPG we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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