Graphic Designer - Social-First

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency is seeking a creatively-led Graphic Designer to join their team. The role involves designing engaging social-first content, collaborating with various teams, and contributing to brand growth. Candidates should have a strong portfolio and experience with Adobe Creative Suite. The position offers a hybrid working model and various benefits, including paid holidays and a personal training budget.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday + bank holidays + Christmas shutdown

Birthday day off

Yearly personal training budget

Opportunity to grow fast

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of design experience in agency, brand, or freelance.
• Portfolio showcasing creative thinking and variety.

Responsibilities

• Design social-first content across multiple formats.
• Collaborate with strategists and content leads.
• Ensure all projects are managed and delivered on time.

Skills

Creative Thinking

Social Fluency

Confidence

Natural Curiosity

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

AI Tools

Figma

Squarespace

Webflow

Job description

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AND THE NEW is an award-winning social-first strategic marketing agency. We are defined by our obsession to inspire and engage audiences through their passions across sports, entertainment, gaming and culture.

We're looking for a creatively-led, digitally-native Graphic Designer to join our growing team at AND THE NEW.

This isn't just about making things look good (although we care deeply about that). We want someone who can bring creative ideas to life, help brands grow online, and work in lockstep with strategists and content creators to deliver design that performs. You’ll play a key role across our clients in sport, entertainment, and lifestyle—building brands, not just decorating them.

We're after someone who gets social-first design, has worked across brand worlds (not just sports templates), and has the confidence to stand by their ideas and pitch them into different stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design social-first content across multiple formats: statics, stories, reels, carousels, campaign visuals and more.
• Contribute to creative ideation and help bring pitch decks to life with impactful visuals.
• Develop design systems and templates that deliver consistency at speed.
• Adapt assets for different platforms and campaigns, always staying on-brand.
• Collaborate with strategists, content leads and editors to make ideas stronger and sharper.
• Take ownership of your output, while staying open to feedback and fast-moving priorities.
• To respond quickly to business and client needs (e.g. short timescale projects, last-minute requests and last-minute changes).
• Create designs for our clients on everything from YouTube thumbnails through to global campaign hero visual identities and support across complete rebrands.
• Proactively come to the table with new, exciting ideas for our clients that will help them achieve their objectives across social media and beyond.
• Ensure all projects are managed and delivered on time and to the highest quality.

YOU SHOULD HAVE

• 1–3 years of design experience (agency, brand or freelance).
• A portfolio that shows creative thinking, social fluency and variety.
• Experience working across multiple brands or industries (not just sports).
• Deep knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects).
• Awareness of how to use AI tools (e.g. Midjourney, Runway, Firefly) to enhance creativity, speed up workflows, and push design possibilities.
• Strong understanding of how to design for social—hooks, formats, pacing, dimensions.
• Confidence explaining your creative decisions to both team and clients.
• You are a digital and social native, with strong knowledge of social platform fundamentals, methodologies, and techniques. You are experienced in creating designs and assets to be used across these channels.
• Natural curiosity and willing to learn.

APPLICATION MUST-HAVE

• Attach a link or attachment of your design portfolio to this application. Any applications without a corresponding portfolio will not be considered.

BONUS IF YOU ALSO

• Have worked with web design tools (Figma, Squarespace, Webflow).
• Run a creative side project or have a passion brand of your own.
• Know how to storyboard and shape content ideas visually.

BENEFITS AND SALARY

• Salary range £25,000 – £30,000 (dependant on experience).
• Hybrid working (2 days/week in London office).
• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays + Christmas shutdown.
• Birthday day off.
• Yearly personal training budget.
• Opportunity to grow fast in a creatively ambitious and collaborative team.