RT Studio – We are hiring!

Job Title: Freelance Creative Administrative Assistant

Location: UK remote position (ideally based in the North/North West of England)

Salary: Competitive freelance rate

Hours: Part time freelance position (hours can range from 16 – 32 hours a month – subject to flexibility & change at busy times)

Application Deadline: Tuesday 7th April 2015

Start Date: As soon as possible

About Us:

Rachael Taylor is a fun and energetic British surface pattern designer and illustrator who creates ‘patterns to make you happy’! Since graduating from university in 2005, the designer has been lucky enough to work for a number of prestigious clients. Rachael also runs her own design label along with successfully licensing a number of global branded collections. Her designs feature on fashion, home decors, greetings, gadgets and ceramics.

In addition Rachael is the sole author and designer for ’20 Ways to Draw a Doodle’ with Quarry Books! It is the perfect creative book and resource for illustrators, cartoonists, doodlers and anyone who loves to sketch. She is also co-founder of the groundbreaking e-course called ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design’ in which the esteemed designer teaches and shares her expertise and knowledge in surface pattern design. The success of the e-course lead the brand new ventures ‘Make it in Design’ and ‘MOYO Magazine’. Rachael is also regularly hired to deliver seminars around the UK and USA.

The Rachael Taylor studio was formed in early 2008. The textiles brand has since gone from strength to strength. We are a fun, energetic and fast-paced studio looking to build on our freelance support team.

Studio clientele examples include: Artistic Britain, Artscase, MPIX, AM Universal, American Greetings, Card Crazy, Card Making & Papercraft Magazine, Creative Tops, Collage Greetings, Concept Merchandise, Creative Converting, DENY Designs, Design Design, Flowercard, Graham & Brown, Hallmark, Hanes, Immediate Media Co, IMGS Wallcoverings, Jelly The Pug, Kelly Rae Roberts, Landor, Marian Heath, Milton & King, Mudpie, Oneida, Oxfam, Oopsy Daisy, Paper Magic, Paperchase, Quarry Books, Redwood, Regent, Seascape Lamps, Safeway, Summar Infant, Tailormade, Target, TeNeues, Trend Bible, Tigerprint, Topflight, UK Greetings, Verbaudeut, Wallpapered.com, WH Smith & Zutano.

Details of Role:

We are looking to recruit a part-time, freelance based team member.*

*Please note that this is mainly a *remote, administrative role with a small amount of design formatting and layout work. We require a Creative Administrative Assistant to support our busy and flourishing studio.

The candidate must have excellent social media skills, a friendly approach and must show good common sense and initiative. They will also need to be confident working remotely – the perfect opportunity for a recent graduate or someone with a creative interest who is looking for an additional income.

The candidate must be UK based and be willing to travel for occasional studio meetings based in Leeds/Liverpool.

Key Skills:

Experience with WordPress and blogging software
Proficient in both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Knowledge of design formatting and artwork layout experience
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Understanding and experience of social platforms including: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and LinkedIn
Good English, spelling and grammar

Personal Attributes:

Passionate about design
Highly organised
Can work remotely
Self-motivated
Willingness to travel to studio/city meetings
Polite, courteous and friendly
Shows initiative
Patient and calm
Willingness to learn

Online Draft Brief Request:

We would like you to demonstrate your flair for design blogging, using no more than 12 images and 200 words to draft a creative and innovative blog post to sell the Rachael Taylor brand
Draft a promotion of your favourite product for Twitter
Show a draft of how you would share an inspirational image on Instagram
Draft a Facebook status update promoting a Rachael Taylor product or project

Please note this a dummy, trial brief – you do not need to publish the requirements online (e.g. on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram). Please draft them on a Word Document or PDF & follow the application process below.

Application Process:

Please submit the following by email to [email protected] by Tuesday 7th April:

Attach your completed online draft brief (Word document or PDF format please)
Copy of your CV (Word document or PDF format please, no more than one page)
A 100 words describing why you are perfect for the role (Word document or PDF format please)