Senior Digital Designer

Ardent Communications; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Communications is seeking a Mid–Senior Creative Superstar to lead our creative team and own the studio workflow. You’ll design campaigns across social, display, and video while guiding priorities and freelancers to ensure smooth delivery from brief to final output.

You’ll collaborate with Strategists, Communications and Media specialists to connect with client audiences and achieve campaign results. A background in advertising and a passion for high-performing design are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in design or creative agency role, advertising background preferred.
• Strong skills in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro).
• Experience in video, animation and motion graphics.
• Familiarity with AI tools in creative production.
• Ability to deliver across digital and traditional formats (social, display, print, video).
• Understanding of clients and audiences and what makes advertising effective.
• Experience managing studio priorities, workflow and timelines.
• Bonus: hands-on experience in video production and editing.
• Collaborative, proactive attitude and passion for design that performs.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualise and design digital campaigns across social media, display and video.
• Create assets for multiple platforms and adapt visuals for each channel.
• Deliver high-impact creative for print, outdoor and brand activations.
• Develop or refresh brand identities including logos, colours and typography.
• Collaborate with the creative and media team to align with audience insights and strategy.
• Edit engaging content using Adobe Premiere Pro; produce short-form video for social.

Skills

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Video editing

Motion graphics

Branding design

Campaign design

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Canva

Job description

We're on the hunt for a talented Mid – Senior Creative Superstar looking to step up and lead our creative team. This role is perfect for a designer with an advertising background who thrives on creating compelling campaigns across multiple platforms – and who's ready to take ownership of studio workflow and priorities.

As a mid to senior creative, you'll work closely with our Strategists, Communications and Media specialists to design creative campaigns that connect with clients' audiences and deliver results. Alongside hands-on design work, you'll also manage the studio – overseeing priorities, balancing workloads, managing freelancers and ensuring projects move smoothly from brief to delivery.

If you're passionate about design that doesn't just look good but actually works in the market – and you enjoy keeping a studio running at its best – we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Conceptualise and design digital campaigns across social media, display, and video.
• Create and roll out assets across platforms, adapting visuals for each channel.
• Deliver high-impact creative for print, outdoor, and brand activations.
• Develop or refresh brand identities, including logos, colour palettes, typography, and usage guidelines
• Collaborate with the creative and media team to ensure design aligns with audience insight and campaign strategy.
• Edit engaging and well-pace content in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Experience editing short-form video and image content for social media platforms
• Experience editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and Canva

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years’ experience in a design or creative agency role (advertising background highly regarded).
• Strong skills in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro).
• Experience in video, animation, and motion graphics.
• Experience and understanding of AI tools in creative production.
• Ability to deliver across digital and traditional formats (social, display, OOH, print, video).
• Strong understanding of clients, audiences, and what makes advertising effective.
• Experience managing studio priorities, workflow, and project timelines.
• Bonus: Hands-on experience in video production and editing.
• A collaborative, proactive attitude and passion for great design that performs.

Interested?