This role is for an immediate start, and the deadline to apply for this role is Wednesday 20^th November 2024.

Employees joining The Pack, which is an 18-month early careers programme that connects, supports and develops you to kick-start your career with us, initially start with an annual salary of £28,000.

With a history that dates back over 80 years,Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, we are the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model, with teams that span multiple disciplines across clients such as Aldi, P&G, P&O Ferries, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa.

We place a huge focus on our People and have driven flagship D&I and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work for three years in a row (2021, 2022 and 2023) and most excitingly, Media Week's Agency of the Year 2023!

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a bright and enthusiastic digital designer, interested in joining a growing team of specialists committed to delivering a very high standard of work.

As a Junior Designer, you would be supporting and working collaboratively together with a small (but experienced) design team across our entire portfolio of exciting and innovative clients.

The ideal candidate would have a genuine passion for design, digital advertising and technology, and any previous agency experience would be a bonus.

Key Responsibilities

• Concepting, design and development of digital creatives
• Production and ongoing content maintenance of digital banners
• Working across multiple ad building platforms to develop dynamic creative solutions for clients
• Working together with Media Planning and Buying teams to ensure creative strategy integrates seamlessly with media strategy
• Participating in internal and external meetings regarding current projects, future possibilities, briefs and brainstorms
• Following project management processes to ensure work is delivered on time and to the highest standards
• Pro-actively helping your team deliver best in class creative work; bringing your energy, enthusiasm and ideas to the table
• Contribute towards new business pitches

What are we looking for?

• Personal skills
  • Enthusiastic and eager to learn
  • Natural attention to detail
  • Strong organisational skills and time management
  • Comfortable to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Able to articulate ideas/recommendations to colleagues with varying backgrounds and technical skillsets
• Technical skills
  • Adobe suite
  • HTML/HTML5 (bonus)
  • CSS (bonus)
  • JavaScript (bonus)
  • Experience of digital media and its processes (bonus)
  • Knowledge of ad servers (bonus)

Starcom has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Planswe also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).