Midweight Designer, Horse Racing - Sky Creative

Full Job Description

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe’s leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.

“We're looking for an experienced designer to join Sky Creative in the Sports Design team, dedicated to the Sky Sports Racing channel. It’s a great opportunity to work closely with the horse racing industry and our award-winning sports design team” – Harry Ward, Creative Director

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What you’ll do:

• Be an integral member of the team, working alongside the rest of the design team whilst being dedicated to Sky Sports Racing.

• Self-manage day-to-day requests, from live reactive broadcast graphics to promos, studio assets and social posts.

• Own bigger, longer-term projects whilst being a brand guardian for Sky Sports and Sky Sports Racing.

• Help evolve the Sky Sports Racing brand as we continue to grow our audiences across all platforms.

• Be a confident communicator, able to clearly sell and defend ideas.

• Be proactive, positive, and inspiring to those around you, especially to junior colleagues.

What you’ll bring:

• A keen interest in sport and horse racing with at least 5 years design industry experience in a design related role.

• A passion for high-end graphic design and animation.

• Hands-on design experience in motion design, information design and branding.

• A comprehensive understanding of the Adobe Creative Suite (Cinema4D knowledge is a bonus).

• Good creative and conceptual skills.

• Ability to think cross-platform: TV, mobile, web, social media and print.

Team Overview

Sky Creative is Sky’s European Brand and Creative hub providing Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Advertising, Promotions, Broadcast Creative and Digital Design for multiple partners across our European Markets.

From rebranding Sky Sports to designing key art and creating large-scale ATL campaigns for Sky’s commissions and original productions, we are uniquely placed to offer our people a huge range of exciting and diverse opportunities.

We believe that an in-house agency is the best of both worlds. A great portfolio of work with unrivalled proximity to our clients, programme makers and commissioners alike. We are passionate about what we do and share first-hand in the success of the brands, shows and content we help create, promote and market.

We’re committed to delivering brilliant creative, made by people that love what they do.

The rewards:

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky : the perks. Here’s a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Where you’ll work:

Osterley

Our Osterley campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There’s also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

On campus you’ll find six subsidised restaurants and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.