Graphic Designer

MCS Group; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

MCS Group in Belfast is seeking a talented Graphic Designer to join an award-winning team. This role focuses on social content and creative craft across campaigns, digital content, and print, including pitches and brand applications.

You will craft visually compelling assets for social platforms and collaborate with account teams and creative leads to deliver high-quality campaigns. The ideal candidate has strong craft, a passion for social formats, and the ability to work quickly while

Qualifications

• An experienced Graphic Designer with 4+ years' professional experience.
• Highly creative, commercially aware and confident in developing visual ideas.
• Passionate about social media and contemporary visual culture.
• Experienced in designing content specifically for social platforms.
• Confident working across both digital and traditional design formats.
• Comfortable working within brand guidelines while also finding creative ways to evolve and apply them.
• Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.
• Experienced with InDesign and able to produce polished presentation and print-ready artwork.
• Comfortable using Premiere Pro and CapCut for short-form video editing.
• Collaborative and comfortable working alongside account, creative and other specialist teams.
• Able to work at pace, manage multiple briefs and respond positively to feedback.
• Curious about emerging social trends, formats and creative techniques.
• Highly attentive to detail and committed to producing exceptional creative work.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging and visually compelling content for social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn.
• Develop static and motion-led social content, including Reels, short-form video, carousels and campaign assets.
• Apply strong design fundamentals across typography, layout, grids, composition and visual hierarchy.
• Develop creative work across a variety of formats, from social campaigns and digital content to print, presentations and pitch decks.
• Work confidently within established brand identities, applying brand guidelines consistently while bringing creativity and originality to the execution.
• Collaborate closely with account teams, creative leads and other specialists to develop and deliver high-quality campaigns.
• Respond quickly and creatively to briefs, feedback and changing requirements.
• Contribute ideas and visual concepts throughout the creative development process.
• Stay up to date with emerging social formats, creator trends, visual culture and platform best practices.
• Ensure creative assets are technically suitable for each platform, including aspect ratios and safe zones.

Skills

4+ years experience

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe After Effects

InDesign

Premiere Pro

CapCut

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Graphic Designer - Social & Creative

Belfast
Full time

MCS are delighted to be working with a leading creative agency who are looking for a talented and experienced Graphic Designer to join an award-winning creative team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a versatile, culturally aware and highly collaborative designer who has a passion for social content and strong creative craft. You will work across a broad range of projects, from social campaigns and digital content to brand applications, presentations, print and creative pitches.

Key Responsibilities

• Create engaging and visually compelling content for social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn.


• Develop static and motion-led social content, including Reels, short-form video, carousels and campaign assets.


• Apply strong design fundamentals across typography, layout, grids, composition and visual hierarchy.


• Develop creative work across a variety of formats, from social campaigns and digital content to print, presentations and pitch decks.


• Work confidently within established brand identities, applying brand guidelines consistently while bringing creativity and originality to the execution.


• Collaborate closely with account teams, creative leads and other specialists to develop and deliver high-quality campaigns.


• Respond quickly and creatively to briefs, feedback and changing requirements.


• Contribute ideas and visual concepts throughout the creative development process.


• Stay up to date with emerging social formats, creator trends, visual culture and platform best practices.


• Ensure creative assets are technically suitable for each platform, including consideration of aspect ratios, safe zones, formats and user behaviours.

Essential criteria

• An experienced Graphic Designer with 4+ years' professional experience.


• Highly creative, commercially aware and confident in developing visual ideas.


• Passionate about social media and contemporary visual culture.


• Experienced in designing content specifically for social platforms.


• Confident working across both digital and traditional design formats.


• Comfortable working within brand guidelines while also finding creative ways to evolve and apply them.


• Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.


• Experienced with InDesign and able to produce polished presentation and print-ready artwork.


• Comfortable using Premiere Pro and CapCut for short-form video editing.


• Collaborative and comfortable working alongside account, creative and other specialist teams.


• Able to work at pace, manage multiple briefs and respond positively to feedback.


• Curious about emerging social trends, formats and creative techniques.


• Highly attentive to detail and committed to producing exceptional creative work.

MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, if you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.