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Student Beans about 2 years ago
designuk
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About Student Beans

Student Beans is the world's leading student loyalty network and accredited ‘Great Place To Work’ . We produce our award-winning technology for the biggest retailers on the planet, connecting them with the youth market. Featuring in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 2020, a list of the fastest-growing private tech companies in Britain, Student Beans consistently innovate to offer new solutions that satisfy our consumers, drive ROI for our clients and create an empowering workplace for our employees.

 

About the role

Student Beans are recruiting for a Design Studio & Project Manager to join our growing Brand and Creative team! This role sits within the the Design department, and will require you to work closely with the Creative Brand Lead, Creative Managers and Designers. You will be responsible for the planning and day-to-day delivery of design projects, working in partnership with Creative Managers and Department Heads, to focus on continuously improving the quality and delivery of work here at Student Beans! Our studio’s projects range throughout integrated assets including Print, OOH, Digital, Social, Emails, video, presentations, events and internal projects and documentation.

 

We would love to hear from you if you have experience in designs studio and project management, and if you enjoy being hands on and pro-active in your role.

 

Responsibilities include:

  • Taking in briefs and assigning it to the designers, whilst maintaining a good handle on what is urgent and what is not
  • Looking at larger design projects and assigning critical project pathways to designers
  • Lead weekly/fortnightly planning meetings with department heads, to ensure all briefs are allocated to the right people and for the appropriate timeframes
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  • Prioritising the smooth and effective running of our busy Brand Design Studio.
  • Planning and day-to-day delivery of design projects, working in partnership with Creative Managers and Department Heads to focus on improving the quality and delivery of work.
  • Managing designers time, discussing and delegating projects with the Creative Brand Lead and Creative Managers whilst managing communication to internal stakeholders out of the studio for turn around times.
  • Being an advocate for the Design team, giving them ample support to complete their assignments on time and ensure it's up to business standards.

Requirements

We'd like it if you have experience in the following:

  • Familiar with Asana or a similar tool
  • Time tracking and estimation tools (we use Streamtime)
  • Has utilised principles of Project Management (Agile methodology preferred)
  • Experience working with cross functional teams
  • Managing projects scopes, timelines and budgets
  • Experience working to tight deadlines and juggling multiple business critical projects at once
  • Managing stakeholders across the business so that they are aware of the expected delivery dates, as well as reporting on team workload and project status
  • Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, reactive environment
  • Must be self-motivated, solutions driven with a positive, can-do attitude.
  • A problem-solver and creative-thinker, who is able to work independently.
  • Pushing for things to get done - managing a critical pathway .

Benefits

Life at Student Beans

Here are just a few things that make Student Beans an awesome place to work:

  • Unlimited Holiday - We strongly believe in a healthy work life balance, and by not capping the number of paid time off days you take, we hope this will help promote a sustainable way to work while maintaining your health and well-being.
  • Quarterly L&D budget for courses, books, conferences & more
  • Accredited 'Great Place To Work’ company in three categories - https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/workplace/item/3545/Student+Beans
  • Remote first working environment, meaning you are not obligated to come into the office, you can choose the environment you think you excel best in!
  • Flexi-time, including Flexi Fri-yay which gives you an opportunity to finish at 1.30pm!
  • Focus on welfare - gym membership, wellness challenges, Mental Health First Aider and health cash plan
  • Incredible partnership discounts for the biggest brands in the world: Google, Apple, TopShop, Ted Baker, GymShark, Domino's, Uber … to name a few!
  • Commitment to personal development and career growth - Learning budgets, coaching workshops and progression plans

Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet 60% of the requirements, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply when they tick every box. So if you think you have the skills, but don't meet every single bullet point above, please still apply. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could still be a great fit.

For more information about starting a career with Student Beans, check out our career site below:

https://partner.studentbeans.com/about-us/careers/

 

 

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