Digital Designer

Harrods; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrods is seeking a Digital Designer to craft social-first digital content that elevates our luxury brand across organic and paid channels. You will translate evolving social trends into premium visuals, collaborating with creative and content teams to bring campaigns to life with high-quality assets.

You will contribute ideas for campaigns, adapt assets for multiple platforms, and apply brand guidelines to ensure a consistent, premium experience.

Qualifications

• Proven experience creating motion graphics and editing video content for digital and social media channels.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop and After Effects, alongside strong working knowledge of Figma.
• Experience developing short-form social content, including Instagram Reels, TikTok or similar platform-first formats.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver impactful creative assets across organic and paid social media channels.
• Design social-first content that aligns with brand guidelines, using existing templates and developing bespoke solutions where required.
• Contribute creative ideas and concepts for campaigns, helping shape engaging content across multiple platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture, create and adapt assets that support marketing and commercial objectives.
• Use performance insights, audience data and industry trends to optimise creative output and share best practices with the wider team.

Skills

Motion graphics

Video editing

Photoshop

After Effects

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Join our Creative Studio as a Digital Designer, creating innovative, social-first content that captivates audiences and brings our luxury brand to life across organic and paid social channels.

About the Role

As a Digital Designer, you will play a key role in developing engaging digital content that reflects evolving social media trends while maintaining a consistent and premium brand identity. Working closely with creative and content teams, you will help bring campaigns to life through compelling visual storytelling, producing high-quality creative assets that drive audience engagement and support wider business objectives.

Depending on your role, you may be fully on-site or have a mix of on-site and home working – this is what we refer to as ‘Hybrid’. Our hybrid working policy allows colleagues to work from home for part of the week, with a minimum of three days on-site, depending on business needs. Please see our Hybrid@Harrods policy on our Career Site for more information or speak to a member of our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions regarding the requirements for this role.

Key responsibilities

• Create and deliver impactful creative assets across organic and paid social media channels.
• Design social-first content that aligns with brand guidelines, using existing templates and developing bespoke solutions where required.
• Contribute creative ideas and concepts for campaigns, helping shape engaging content across multiple platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture, create and adapt assets that support marketing and commercial objectives.
• Use performance insights, audience data and industry trends to optimise creative output and share best practices with the wider team.

About You

You are a creative and digitally minded designer with a passion for producing content that resonates with modern social audiences. You will have a strong understanding of platform-native content and know how to adapt your creative approach across different channels while maintaining a consistent brand experience. You are confident working in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines without compromising on quality. You will bring a keen eye for detail, strong visual storytelling abilities and an enthusiasm for staying ahead of emerging trends. You are equally comfortable collaborating with others and taking ownership of your work, contributing positively to both projects and team success.

You must also have

• Proven experience creating motion graphics and editing video content for digital and social media channels.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop and After Effects, alongside strong working knowledge of Figma.
• Experience developing short-form social content, including Instagram Reels, TikTok or similar platform-first formats.

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you.

As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.

Uniquely You

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply.

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods.

Additional Information

Time Type: Permanent Department: Creative Content (Melissa Livingston) As one of the world’s most prestigious brands, and a highly sought-after employer within luxury retail, we aim to provide a working environment in which we can exceed both our customers’ expectations and the expectations of each other. To maintain our high standards, we invest as heavily in our people as we do in our products and store. As well as offering an unforgettable experience for our customers, we offer an exciting, challenging and motivating environment for our employees. We demonstrate how we value our team through an extensive pay and benefits package, as well as through a number of programmes that reward and recognise employees for exceptional performance. Our employees can also accelerate their careers through opportunities to work with talented people, development training, and chances to raise their profile in the luxury retail sector.