Creative Designer

Creative Designer
Grade F £31,296 Min - £37,692 Max
Contract Type: Permanent
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Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.

Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.

For more information about Staffordshire Police please click the below link:

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About the Opportunity

Are you a talented, experienced, and confident Creative Designer ready to make a real impact? Join our dynamic team and use your design skills to support two blue light services – Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

As the Creative Designer, you will play a crucial role in creating content that helps keep the people of Staffordshire safe, informed, and engaged. Your work will directly impact both the public and internal employees, assisting both services in communicating vital messages effectively and efficiently.

We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has the creativity and confidence to turn briefs into compelling, visually engaging designs. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in graphic design, strong knowledge of design software, is up-to-date with the latest industry trends and has a passion for supporting services that make a real difference in the community.

In this role, you'll be responsible for producing a wide range of creative outputs, from internal communications to public-facing digital and print materials. You’ll follow our corporate brand guidelines to ensure consistency and clarity across all design work, making sure that every project reflects the values of both services.

There’s a shared sense of pride across our team – it comes from different people with different talents working together to better serve local communities. Every person, in every role, has a valued contribution to make. We’re exceptionally proud of our heritage and have an equally exciting journey ahead of us. Join us and play your part in that future.

Interested? Further details of the key tasks, responsibilities can be found within the role profile.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Closing date: Friday 14 February 2025 Midday 12:00

In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
Flexible / Agile Working
Sick pay scheme
Fostering friendly policy
Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
Access to health and wellbeing support
Eye care vouchers
On site Gyms
Staff associations
Reward and Recognition
Blue light Card
Flexible working options
Training and development opportunities
Car lease scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Free Parking at selected sites
Onsite catering facilities
Access to Staff Networks
Union support
Financial products and services

Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.

Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.

We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.

For more information on Positive Action please email the team on positive.action@staffordshire.police.uk

For any Recruitment queries please email hrrecruitment.team@staffordshire.police.uk

Please note if you are successful at interview and commence pre-employment checks this will include vetting, please see what this involves and the process via the below link:

Police vetting process | Join The Police (joiningthepolice.co.uk)