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Assistant Designer

United Kingdom

Salary

£25,000 per annum

Success Partner

Head of Marketing & Chief Designer

Job Description

We’re looking for an ambitious, hardworking and creative superstar to join us in the docVinci team and help us to continue to grow our small but mighty design agency.

About You

You need to be:


  • A person with the right attitude. We love working with people who say ‘yes, no problem’ and get on with the big picture.

  • Somebody with ambition and optimism about their own future.

  • Willing to work hard and go beyond what is expected of you.

  • Able to make new friendships and build strong connections with financial planning businesses.

  • Open to being creative, curious, and using your initiative every day.


Skills required:


  • Essential - An in-depth understanding of Canva and/or other design   tools

  • Essential - Creative flair and ability to simplify complex   issues/topics

  • Essential - Great interpersonal skills and the ability to build and   maintain relationships

  • Essential - A good eye for documents and how to make things look fresh & modern

  • Essential - The ability to use initiative and come up with new ideas

  • Essential - The aspiration to get stuck in with marketing and help the   business grow 

  • Essential - An excellent understanding of social media and digital marketing tools


The following skills are desired, but not essential:


  • Desired - Ability to design & build websites on Wix.com

  • Desired - Super-duper copywriting skills and the ability to write   engaging website copy

  • Desired - An understanding of the world of financial planning

Your Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:


You will be assisting the Chief Designer at docVinci and the team at NextGen Planners to offer a world class service to the next generation of financial planning businesses in the UK.


This will involve the following:


  • Building relationships with docVinci clients and managing projects with the Chief Designer.

  • Revamping existing documents that financial planning businesses use with their clients and making them look fresh & modern.

  • Creating brand-new documents for financial planning businesses to use with their clients.

  • Keeping track of projects and liaising with the Chief Designer at docVinci.

  • Coming up with new templates that can be used by financial planners with their clients.


Plus, you may sometimes be:


  • Aiding in designing sponsor packs and pitch decks for our parent business, NextGen Planners.

  • Helping NextGen Planners with design of events and collateral for conferences and community events.

  • Assisting the Chief Designer in building websites for financial planning businesses.

  • Assisting the Chief Designer in creating digital marketing plans for financial planning businesses.

Benefits

As part of this role, you will receive:


  • Macbook and office setup

  • Employer pension scheme

  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

  • Flexible working policy


Why work with us?


  • From day one, you will be shown the route of where we want you to get to. This isn’t a dead-end job.

  • We believe that attitude is just as important as competence. If you don’t have the skills just yet, but you’ve got the guts, we are happy with that.

  • We expect you to work hard and to get stuck in. If you’re somebody who won’t go the extra mile, this role isn’t for you.

  • We laugh every day and have fun at work!

How to apply

Send us your CV, along with no more than 500 words on why you think you’re the right person for this career.


Please email your CV and application to clare@nextgenplanners.co.uk.


TIP: If you want to go the extra step and show your creativity: Send us an example of a PDF one-page financial plan template for a made-up financial planning business.

Closing Date

CLOSED

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