Digital Designer (Email) (Maternity Cover)

Job Introduction

When you join Saga we welcome you with open arms and we fuel your career possibilities. We support. We encourage. We champion you to reach your full potential.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Digital Designer (Email) – Maternity Cover up to 12 months to join our Saga Marketing team based in Enbrook, Folkestone.

You will be joining a team that is responsible for producing emails, landing pages and other digital assets for all divisions of Saga. You will collaborate with other designers, marketers and content producers to improve existing email designs and develop new campaigns.  Your designs will incorporate UX principles and best practice in digital and email design.

You will bring experience of using Adobe Campaigns and email broadcast platforms.

And in return, you can look forward to all of the responsibility and involvement of an integral role, providing you with a rewarding and fast paced career with an excellent benefits package including life assurance, pension, high street and online discounts, and concessions for holidays and travel.

If this sounds like a role for you then keep reading...

Role Responsibility

Responsibilities

• Developing existing email creatives and producing new designs and templates in conjunction with digital designers and content producers.
• Coding, bug checking and testing emails.
• Loading designs into the email broadcast platform and resolving any technical issues with the both the email and its delivery.
• Working with marketers, designers and content producers on ideas for email designs that improve the customer journey and drive conversions.
• Looking at email results to find areas that require improvement.
• Rolling out successful design elements and techniques to other emails for other products in the Saga brand.
• Actively taking part in meetings and projects that help to develop Saga’s email marketing and digital practices.

The Ideal Candidate

Capability, Knowledge and Experience:

• An understanding of email deliverability.
• Experience using Adobe Campaign.
• Experience using email broadcast platforms.
• Skills in Javascript and JQuery.
• Experience of using data to make design decisions and optimise your designs (eg, A/B testing and analysis).

Education and Qualifications:

• A degree or qualification in a discipline related to digital design OR experience in a digital design role OR an aptitude for designing websites/emails which can be demonstrated by an extensive portfolio of work

Personal Characteristics:

• Enthusiastic and keen to develop their skills and knowledge
• Passionate about design and all things digital
• Adaptable - we’re about to embark on a lot of changes and while it will be an exciting and challenging time, we need someone who will grow with the team

Package Description

The standard benefits when you join Saga include:

• Option to purchase a further 5 days annual leave per year
• Free private medical insurance after 1 years service
• Pension
• AXA Be Supported
• Apples Nursery (Folkestone only and on a waiting list basis)
• Free fruit 
• Give as you earn
• Free eye tests
• Honeymoon benefit
• Sharebuy
• Salary finance
• Discounts on Saga holidays and insurance products
• A range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
• Long service awards

About the Company

When you join Saga you will see that we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement. 

We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better. Creating a culture in which everyone feels welcome and offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement is incredibly important to us. Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities. If you need support at any point with your application please let us know as we will be happy to help.

Learn more about the Saga business by watching our Saga plc Interim results for the six months ended 31st July 2018

To all recruitment agencies: Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the HR Recruitment Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.

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