Role Purpose:
Apprenticeship role to create and implement designs for web pages, email, mobile sites, online advertising and other projects as required across the portfolio of more than 30 live websites across Europe. This role is principally a visual and graphic design role working in a close team of designers with different strengths and backgrounds and offers a great opportunity to develop commercial web design experience in a major eCommerce organisation.
Design functionality to deliver against provided business requirements, working with product managers and web developers to create and refine optimal design
Ensure that the user interface designs fulfil the business requirements and that the architecture supports them
Create and design graphic elements to support email and online promotional purposes
Support for projects/work streams in the absence of other creative team members
Help obtain business stakeholder buy-in for the proposed designs
Meet the objectives and performance goals as defined in the business requirements document. Ensure that other team members understand the implications of functional and usability requirements.
Ensure designs are brand compliant, confirming to the overall TC group and individual brand identity and strategy, which could include logos, icons, and documents and other asset templates.
Essential
Strong 'can do' attitude
Works confidently without constant supervision yet is aware and works within internal processes
Able to think outside the box, innovate, constructively challenge the status quo and see the bigger picture
Accepts responsibility for own workload, planning, scheduling and prioritising work effectively
Proven excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Flexible and happy to working in a pressured environment, to tight deadlines and often juggling many tasks at once
Comfortable and flexible with ambiguity that comes from working in a fast paced environment
Enthusiastic, self-confident, positive and energetic team player
Design background and strong portfolio in e-commerce design with a thorough understanding of typography, layout, colour, user interface and navigation
Confidence working with other design staff and vendors
Ability to work from rudimentary briefs to deliver a creative solution for what can be complex business requirement
Excellent understanding of web usability, accessibility and email best practice
Extensive experience designing pages for a significant consumer e-commerce presence
Proven track record of using data to drive design
First-hand experience with usability testing of designs
Desirable:
Design background in online travel preferred
