Digital Designer

Brand12; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Hybrid working from Manchester office

Ongoing training & development

Conferences & events

Job summary

Brand12 in Manchester is seeking a talented Digital Designer to join our growing creative team. You’ll turn briefs into work that looks exceptional across digital channels, collaborating with marketing and development to deliver high‑quality design for a variety of clients.

We require at least two years’ commercial agency experience and a portfolio that demonstrates strong creative thinking, typography and execution.

Qualifications

• Two years’ commercial design experience within an agency environment.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating high‑quality digital and creative work.
• Excellent typography, layout and visual composition skills.
• Strong experience with Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Good understanding of designing for websites, social media and digital advertising.
• Ability to work within existing brand guidelines while developing new directions.
• Strong attention to detail and a high standard of finish.
• Ability to interpret a brief, develop ideas and explain the thinking behind your creative decisions.
• Excellent organisation and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Collaborative approach and willingness to take feedback and contribute ideas.
• Genuine interest in design, brands, digital marketing and the creative industry.

Responsibilities

• Designing creative for digital marketing campaigns across paid social, display and other digital channels.
• Creating engaging organic social media content and campaign assets.
• Designing websites and landing pages with a strong understanding of responsive digital design.
• Developing creative concepts for integrated marketing campaigns.
• Creating and evolving brand identities and visual systems.
• Producing digital advertising assets across multiple formats and platforms.
• Translating client briefs and marketing strategies into strong visual concepts.
• Working with our developers to ensure website designs are translated accurately into finished digital experiences.
• Preparing and presenting creative concepts internally.
• Maintaining consistency across client brands and campaigns.
• Managing multiple projects, briefs and deadlines within a busy agency environment.
• Contributing ideas and creative thinking across the wider agency.

Skills

Digital design

Typography

Layout & composition

Adobe Creative Cloud

Branding

Collaboration

Project management

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Manchester, London / Full-Time, Freelance

• DOE

We’re looking for a talented Digital Designer to join our growing creative team at Brand12.

This is a hands‑on role for someone with a strong eye for design, great attention to detail and the ability to turn ideas and briefs into work that looks exceptional across digital channels.

You’ll work across a varied mix of clients and projects, from established brands and automotive businesses to ambitious SMEs and new ventures. One day you could be developing a campaign concept, the next designing a website, creating paid social assets or helping shape a new visual identity.

We’re looking for someone who already has solid commercial experience within an agency environment and, importantly, a portfolio that demonstrates excellent creative thinking and execution.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll work closely with our wider creative, marketing and development teams to deliver high-quality design across client accounts and Brand12 itself.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing creative for digital marketing campaigns across paid social, display and other digital channels
• Creating engaging organic social media content and campaign assets
• Designing websites and landing pages with a strong understanding of responsive digital design
• Developing creative concepts for integrated marketing campaigns
• Creating and evolving brand identities and visual systems
• Producing digital advertising assets across multiple formats and platforms
• Translating client briefs and marketing strategies into strong visual concepts
• Working with our developers to ensure website designs are translated accurately into finished digital experiences
• Preparing and presenting creative concepts internally
• Maintaining consistency across client brands and campaigns
• Managing multiple projects, briefs and deadlines within a busy agency environment
• Contributing ideas and creative thinking across the wider agency

You’ll thrive in this role if…

You’re a designer who cares about the thinking behind the work as much as how the finished piece looks.

You’ll need:

• A minimum of two years’ commercial design experience within an agency environment
• A strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality digital and creative work
• Excellent typography, layout and visual composition skills
• Strong experience with Adobe Creative Cloud
• A good understanding of designing for websites, social media and digital advertising
• The ability to work confidently within existing brand guidelines while also developing new creative directions
• Strong attention to detail and a high standard of finish
• The ability to interpret a brief, develop ideas and explain the thinking behind your creative decisions
• Excellent organisation and the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• A collaborative approach and willingness to take feedback, challenge ideas and contribute your own
• A genuine interest in design, brands, digital marketing and the creative industry

Agency experience is essential for this position.

A strong portfolio is also essential. Applications without a portfolio or link to relevant work will not be considered.

More than making things look good

We’re looking for someone who understands that great design has a job to do.

Whether we’re creating a new website, launching a paid campaign or developing a brand, we want our designers to think about the audience, the objective and the result we’re trying to achieve.

You’ll have the freedom to bring ideas to the table, challenge briefs and work with specialists across the agency to create work we’re genuinely happy to put our name to.

We’re an independent digital marketing agency with an ambitious team and a growing portfolio of clients.

You’ll receive

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Annual performance bonus
• Hybrid working from our Manchester office
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Opportunities to attend industry conferences and exhibitions
• Regular company events
• Apple hardware and the creative tools you need to do your best work
• The opportunity to work across a genuinely varied mix of brands, sectors and creative disciplines
• The chance to have a real influence on the creative output of a growing independent agency

About Brand12

We’re a digital marketing agency helping ambitious businesses grow through strategy, branding, websites, paid media, SEO, social media and content.

Our work brings creative, marketing and technology together. We don’t believe design should exist in isolation, so you’ll work alongside people specialising in strategy, development, paid media, social and digital marketing to create work that performs as well as it looks.

Please note: at least two years’ commercial agency experience and a strong portfolio are essential for this role.