Designer, Marketing

As a Designer in Marketing at Nexus Studios, your primary responsibilities will include creating and delivering creative marketing materials across various digital channels. You'll maintain visual standards across our brand while designing content for social media campaigns, websites, newsletters, and award submissions. Additionally, you will be involved in maintaining the website's content and collaborating with internal teams for project promotion and coordination.

To apply for the Designer position at Nexus Studios, a background in graphic design through education or experience is essential. A demonstrable interest in marketing and film is crucial, as well as familiarity with design software like Adobe Creative Suite and WordPress. Skills in video editing and motion graphics are desirable, but what matters most is your passion for design and eagerness to learn and grow within our team.

Key skills for a Designer at Nexus Studios include a keen eye for layout, color, and typography, along with strong communication and organizational skills. Attention to detail is paramount, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment is essential. Familiarity with design software and an interest in animation and video editing will also set you apart in this role.

Nexus Studios is committed to the growth of its designers. In this role, you'll receive mentoring from experienced professionals within the studio. There are also on-the-job training opportunities available for learning film editing and motion graphics software, alongside access to a dedicated training and development budget to enhance your creative skills further.

At Nexus Studios, we offer a flexible hybrid working model, allowing you to work from the office in Shoreditch for three or more days a week. We understand the importance of work-life balance, and we also provide options to work from anywhere in the world for two weeks each year, ensuring that our Designers can perform at their best while enjoying flexibility.

When answering this question, outline your step-by-step approach, starting from understanding the project's requirements, gathering inspiration, sketching ideas, and eventually creating digital drafts. Emphasize the importance of collaboration with team members and taking feedback to refine your designs.

Highlight your experience with brand guidelines and mention how you incorporate them into your workflow. Discuss how staying consistent with visual elements like typography, color palette, and imagery ensures that your designs resonate with the brand identity.

When addressing this question, provide specific examples of projects you've worked on using Adobe software. Mention the tools you're most comfortable with, such as Photoshop for graphics or Illustrator for vector graphics, and explain how you've utilized them in past experiences.

Demonstrate your openness to feedback and learning. Explain how you view constructive criticism as an opportunity for growth, and share a specific instance where you received feedback and successfully improved your design as a result.

Choose a project that showcases your design skills and creativity. Explain the challenges you faced, how you overcame them, and the positive feedback you received from stakeholders or audiences. Ensure to tie this back to how this experience is relevant to the Designer role at Nexus Studios.

Address your time management skills and the systems you employ to prioritize tasks. Share techniques such as setting milestones, breaking down projects, and using design tools to facilitate quicker decisions, ensuring that you can deliver quality work even under tight deadlines.

Talk about your go-to sources for inspiration, whether it's design books, online platforms like Behance or Dribbble, or real-world experiences. Discuss how you curate ideas to spark creativity in your own design work at Nexus Studios.

Discuss the impact that well-executed design has on a brand's marketing success. Explain how visual elements can capture attention, convey messages effectively, and enhance user experience, making a case for how design contributes to achieving marketing goals.

Emphasize your collaborative spirit and willingness to work with different teams. Share examples of past experiences where you have successfully collaborated with marketing, production, or other creatives, showcasing the importance of teamwork in achieving cohesive design outcomes.

Share your passion for design and the elements that inspire you, whether it's the challenge of creating something new, the impact of design on storytelling, or the opportunity to work with innovative technologies. Express how that passion aligns with the vision at Nexus Studios.