Bid Graphic Designer

Our head offices based in the beautiful village of Hook Norton near Banbury. Here you will find our teams of finance, HR, purchasing, marketing & creative that support all of our locations across the Thomas Franks family. There is ample parking space available when visiting.

As Graphic Designer you will be required to work alongside the sales team and help secure new business with your bid design talents. As well as this you will contribute to the wider creative department and help promote and market Thomas Franks Ltd.

As a Graphic Designer within the Bid team, you will work closely with the Sales team to support the creation of high-quality tender submissions and presentations that help secure new business for Thomas Franks.

The role will have a strong focus on long-form document design, requiring the ability to take large volumes of information and turn them into clear, engaging and well-structured documents. You will be responsible for maintaining strong visual consistency, creating effective page layouts and information hierarchies, and ensuring documents are both visually appealing and easy to navigate.

You will work across a range of tender and business development materials, including large bid submissions, presentations and supporting documentation. You may also contribute to wider design projects for Thomas Franks where required.

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Strong experience in long-form document design, ideally with experience producing tender submissions, proposals, reports or other substantial business documents.
• Excellent understanding of layout, typography, grids, visual hierarchy and information structure, with the ability to make large amounts of information clear and accessible.
• Experience designing both digital and printed materials.
• Excellent working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud is essential, with InDesign being a core requirement. Strong proficiency in Illustrator and Photoshop is also required.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Word is desirable
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to design and document production.
• Ability to work as part of a team while also being confident working independently and taking ownership of projects.
• Ability to interpret briefs, follow brand guidelines and respond positively to feedback and direction.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and tight deadlines effectively.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to liaise with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
• A reliable, professional and proactive approach to managing workload, with the ability to remain calm and organised under pressure.
• A flexible approach to working hours when required to meet key submission deadlines, including the occasional early start or later finish.
• Willingness to develop existing skills and contribute ideas that improve the efficiency, quality and consistency of our document design processes.

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.