Working closely with the Graphic Designer and colleagues across the organisation, the role will produce and adapt artwork for print and digital channels, prepare accurate files for production, manage competing deadlines and help maintain an organised library of creative assets.
Duties & Responsibilities
Design Delivery
- Create clear, engaging and brand-consistent design assets for campaigns, events, venue activity and organisational communications.
- Support the development of show campaign visuals, working from supplied artwork, production imagery, brand guidelines and campaign briefs.
- Prepare artwork for print and digital delivery, ensuring files are accurate, accessible, correctly formatted and delivered to deadline.
- Retouch, crop and resize images where required, maintaining quality, consistency and appropriate usage across channels.
- Help maintain an organised library of design assets, templates, imagery and artwork files so materials can be found, reused and adapted efficiently.
Brand, Campaigns & Content
- Work within Soho Theatre’s brand guidelines while bringing creativity, care and attention to detail to each piece of design work.
- Support campaign rollouts across Soho Theatre various activity, ensuring assets are consistent across multiple touchpoints.
- Collaborate with Communications colleagues to understand campaign objectives, audience needs, accessibility requirements and channel-specific formats.
- Create design content for social media, email, website and paid digital advertising, adapting assets for different platforms and audiences.
- Support the creation of materials for artist development, fundraising, hires, community activity, press, internal communications and stakeholder presentations.
- Contribute ideas for how design can strengthen campaign impact, audience engagement and the overall visual identity of Soho Theatre’s communications.
Workflow, Production & Collaboration
- Take briefs from colleagues clearly and proactively, asking questions where needed and agreeing realistic timelines for delivery.
- Manage a varied workload of design tasks, balancing quick-turnaround requests with longer campaign timelines and recurring production deadlines.
- Work closely with printers, suppliers and internal teams to ensure finished materials are accurate, on brand and suitable for their intended use.
- Proof and check artwork carefully, ensuring their facets are accurate before publication or print.
- Keep colleagues updated on progress, flagging any risks to quality, deadline or delivery as early as possible.
Digital, Accessibility & Good Practice
- Use design software confidently and appropriately, particularly Adobe Creative Cloud applications, to produce professional-quality artwork and assets.
- Apply good design principles across layout, typography, hierarchy, image use, colour, composition and accessibility.
- Create assets that support accessible communications, including clear legibility, appropriate contrast and inclusive approaches to audience information.
- Export files correctly for different uses, including print-ready artwork, web images, social formats, email content and venue digital display screens.
- Stay aware of current design, digital and arts marketing trends, bringing relevant ideas and references into the team’s work.
Sustainability
- Support Soho Theatre’s environmental and sustainability objectives across production activity.
- Encourage sustainable approaches to production and visiting-company activity.
- Support the reuse, recycling and responsible disposal of scenery, props and production materials where appropriate.
- Contribute to Soho Theatre’s implementation of Theatre Green Book principles.
General
- Support the aims and objectives of Soho Theatre both internally and externally, including promoting diversity in the workplace and cultivating an inclusive work environment.
- Work collaboratively with the Graphic Designer and wider Communications team to ensure consistency across both venues.
- Participate as a member of the team and attend relevant internal meetings and training sessions as required.
- Undertake any other duties as appropriate to the role and as agreed with Line Manager or senior leadership.
This is a guide to the nature of the work required of the role. It is not wholly comprehensive or restrictive and may be reviewed with the post holder and the line manager from time.
Person Specification
Qualities & Skills
- Ability to work at pace in a dynamic live performance environment
- Collaborative, positive and adaptable approach
- Creative, curious and visually aware, with enthusiasm for developing design ideas and learning from feedback.
- Highly organised and detail-focused, with a careful approach to accuracy, layout, file preparation and deadlines.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to understand briefs, ask clear questions and respond constructively to feedback.
- Ability to manage time effectively and balance a varied workload of design tasks and deadlines.
Essential
- Good graphic design skills, including layout, typography, image use, colour, hierarchy and composition.
- Confident working with Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Ability to adapt designs across multiple formats, including print, social media, web, email and digital display.
- Strong attention to detail, including proofing, formatting, version control and preparing accurate artwork for production.
- Experience responding to briefs and producing design assets to deadlines.
Desirable
- Experience working with brand guidelines, templates or established visual identity systems.
- Experience working collaboratively with colleagues, clients, artists or suppliers.
- Experience working across multiple venues, sites or operational teams.
- Experience of working in a theatre, live performance, the arts or a comparable creative environment.