Digital Artworker - FTC

Digital Artworker

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract - until May 2025

Location: Hatfield - Blended working - 2-3 days in the office

Working hours per week: 40 hours

Level: Associate

Application closing date: Tuesday 22nd October

About us

Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivaled service, and reassuringly good value.

We’re Ocado Retail, a market-leading, joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S and the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket ocado.com. Not only is Ocado.com the only place to shop a full range of M&S food online, but it’s also the home to the widest online supermarket range in the UK and champion of small, independent brands. We’re also the brains behind Zoom by Ocado, our same-day grocery delivery service.

About the team and the role

We are looking for an energetic, knowledgeable digital artist to work in an in-house team in Hatfield.

What you’ll do

• Deliver consistent and considered artwork for Ocado’s banners onsite
• Working with the senior digital designer on monthly promotions onsite
• Collaborate with the creative team to develop and execute creative that drives customers to engage with our brands.
• Communicate with other teams and stakeholders to ensure that all artwork is delivered on time and to specification.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in digital design to ensure the creation of best-in-class assets.
• An understanding of creating print-ready work is a plus.
• This is predominantly an art working role
• To deliver pixel-perfect promotional banners for the Ocado site, working alongside the senior designer
• To provide a high-speed service in producing banners at a pace
• To work with style guides and templates on a daily basis
• To offer knowledge and skill to the E-Commerce team when producing assets for the Ocado site

Who you are

• You are a powerhouse in producing multiple onsite banners with attention to detail at speed.
• Excellent skills in Figma and design systems, Photoshop, illustrator
• A good understanding of design production, optimisation and preparing banners for onsite channels
• Previous experience in a similar role working in a busy agency/in-house studio environment.
• Attention to detail with an eye for perfection with a natural ability to understand guidelines.
• Previous experience working across E-coms/digital channels
• Excellent at Setting multiple SKU files up for designers
• Demonstrates Integrity, positivity, efficiency, thoroughness, tenacity and proactivity.
• Excellent presentation skills, passion and belief when presenting ideas to ensure buy-in.
• A brand guardian, ensuring all work fits within Brand Guidelines.
• Experience in dealing with processes.
• Outstanding skills across all design software.
• Understanding of working with HTML banners, set up and publishing, when needed (desirable)
• A strong portfolio
• Organised, resilient, self-motivated and dependable.
• Looking to be an integral part of an in-house studio.
• Advanced research and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work within a team as well as with clients.

What’s in it for you

By joining Ocado Retail you’ll have the chance to experience life at the world’s largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge what’s possible each day, and grow your skills and career in online retail.

If that’s not enough to tempt you, you’ll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal. Here’s a taste of what we offer:

Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance with the option to add your family, Digital GP appointments, market-leading family policies, mental health support, discounted gym memberships, dental insurance, and more.

Spend & Save: Recognition with reward platform, up to 7% matched pension contributions, 15% Ocado discount, 20% M&S discount, free breakfast every day in the office, electric vehicle leasing scheme and free shuttle bus from Hatfield station to the office.

Never miss the moments that matter: Blended/Hybrid working, 26 days holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays, options to buy an extra holiday, 2 weeks work from anywhere, and lifestyle break opportunities.

Our Hiring Process

Lucky for us, we get loads of great applications and we really appreciate that so many people put the time and effort in to apply. To recognise that, we treat all applications respectfully and fairly. So, if yours stands out, you’ll follow our standard hiring process - one of our Talent Partners will talk you through this in an initial call.

Everyone’s welcome

We’re an equal opportunities employer. That means that we make sure all potential colleagues are treated fairly and equally. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form.