Graphic Designer / Content Strategist

The Careers Department; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Careers Department in Sydney is seeking a creative Graphic Designer / Content Developer who can turn briefs into engaging work from concept through to final delivery. This role blends design with strategic thinking and offers room to shape content ideas as part of the position.

You will design digital and social assets across formats, translate ideas into compelling visuals, collaborate with stakeholders, and manage production details to ensure polished outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong graphic design experience with a portfolio demonstrating excellent visual judgement and digital-first work.
• A strategic and conceptual mindset: think about the problem behind the brief, not just the output.
• Confidence taking projects through the full creative process, from ideation to delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience working with Wix or similar website platforms.
• Experience creating digital and social-first creative across formats.
• Strong attention to detail, typography, layout and brand consistency.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and take ownership of projects.
• Collaborative mindset and confidence presenting or explaining your creative thinking.

Responsibilities

• Take briefs from initial idea through to final execution and delivery.
• Develop original creative concepts that respond to objectives.
• Design digital and social assets across formats and channels.
• Create brand and campaign assets, including social content, web assets and collateral.
• Work in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and Wix to deliver high-quality creative.
• Translate ideas into compelling visual executions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to refine briefs and improve outcomes.
• Manage production details to ensure polished, ready-to-use work.
• Contribute ideas beyond the initial brief and identify opportunities to strengthen the creative.

Skills

portfolio

Strategic thinking

Project management

Concept development

Digital design

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Wix

Social content

Detail orientation

Independent work

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Wix

Job description

We’re looking for a creative, strategic Graphic Designer / Content Developer who can take an idea or brief and turn it into thoughtful, engaging work from concept through to final delivery.

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong design with creative problem-solving.

For the right person, this role can also extend into content strategy and concept development. If you enjoy thinking about what we should create — not just how it should look — there is plenty of room to shape the role around those strengths.

What you will do:

• Take creative and design briefs from initial idea through to final execution and delivery.
• Develop thoughtful, original creative concepts that respond to business and audience objectives.
• Design digital and social assets across a variety of formats and channels.
• Create brand and campaign assets, including social content, digital graphics, presentations, web assets and other marketing collateral.
• Work in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and Wix to create, adapt and deliver high-quality creative.
• Translate ideas, messaging and content themes into compelling visual executions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand briefs, refine ideas and improve creative outcomes.
• Manage the details of production and delivery, ensuring work is polished, consistent and ready for use.
• Contribute ideas beyond the initial brief and identify opportunities to make the creative stronger.

Skills:

• Strong graphic design experience with a portfolio demonstrating excellent visual judgement and digital-first work.
• IMPORTANT: A strategic and conceptual mindset. You think about the problem behind the brief, not just the requested output.
• Confidence taking projects through the full creative process, from ideation and concept development to execution and delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience working with Wix or similar website platforms.
• Experience creating digital and social-first creative across different formats.
• Strong attention to detail, typography, layout and brand consistency.
• An ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and take ownership of projects.
• A collaborative mindset and confidence presenting or explaining your creative thinking.
  

OPTIONAL, but of interest:

We’d particularly love to meet candidates who enjoy developing content ideas as much as designing them.

Depending on your experience and interests, this role could evolve into a hybrid Content Strategy + Design position. This could include:

• Developing content concepts, themes and campaign ideas.
• Helping shape social and digital content calendars.
• Identifying creative content opportunities based on audience, brand and business objectives.
• Turning broader marketing objectives into content series, formats and creative executions.
• Contributing to messaging, storytelling and creative direction.
• Helping determine not only how our content should look, but what we should be creating in the first place.
• We’re open to shaping this part of the role around the right person and where they are in their career. You may be a designer looking to move further into creative strategy, or a multidisciplinary creative who already enjoys working across both.