Graphic Designer

Stride Treglown; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary 33k-35k

Holiday and BH

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Life Insurance

Cycle to Work

Career progression

Job summary

Stride Treglown is seeking a Graphic Designer to join our Marketing team and shape how our brand looks and communicates across campaigns, digital content, publications, presentations and pitches.

You’ll contribute to branding, design systems and cross‑team collaboration while delivering engaging work across print and digital media. The role offers hybrid working and opportunities to grow within a design-led architecture practice.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of graphic design experience in agency or in-house
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Cloud, especially InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Understanding brand and how to apply and evolve a visual identity
• Strong eye for typography, layout, composition and colour
• Curious about contemporary graphic design and new creative approaches
• Able to interpret briefs and develop concepts to production-ready artwork
• Organised and detail-focused with collaboration and deadlines

Responsibilities

• Shape the next chapter of our brand and evolve visual identity
• Turn ideas into campaigns and digital content for social, email, web and other channels
• Design publications, reports, events, exhibitions and print communications
• Collaborate on photography and film projects; support motion graphics capability
• Help win new work through client-facing materials and creative responses
• Maintain templates and design systems for brand consistency across presentations and documents
• Provide cover for Graphics team on client-facing design and wayfinding

Skills

Graphic design

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Brand identity

Typography

Layout design

Project management

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

We’re looking for a Graphic Designer to join our Marketing team and help shape where our brand is heading.

Joining at a moment of growth and change, you’ll influence the way Stride Treglown looks and communicates, bringing a contemporary perspective and compelling design ideas to everything from campaigns and digital content to publications, presentations and pitches.

Drawing on inspiration from the built environment and beyond, you’ll help turn our ideas, expertise and stories into work that feels engaging, on the pulse, and distinctly Stride Treglown.

Alongside creative projects, you’ll help make great graphic design easier to deliver consistently across the practice by developing tools and systems that help colleagues communicate the brand with confidence.

The team around you

You’ll be part of Stride Treglown’s Winning Work team (Marketing, Graphics, Events, Business Development, Bids, and Data). The team supports nine studios across the UK, 12 specialist services and 15 industry sectors.

This is a permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours per week). You’ll ideally be based in our Bristol studio and we're also open to the role being based in another studio (Bath, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Plymouth, Truro or Winchester) provided you’re able to travel to Bristol for team meetings and collaborative work.

Key Responsibilities

What you’ll do

Shape the next chapter of our brand

• Evolve our visual identity, finding new ways to express who we are and where we’re heading.
• Bring your own ideas and perspectives to the team, challenging briefs and helping shape creative approaches.

Turn ideas into campaigns

• Create digital content for social media, email, web and other marketing channels.
• Design publications, reports, events, exhibitions and other print communications.
• Collaborate on photography and film projects and help develop our motion graphics capability.

Help win new work

• Work on major private-sector bids and other client-facing materials, helping to shape the story and creative response to each opportunity.

Champion design

• Maintain templates and design systems that make it easier for colleagues to apply the brand across presentations, documents and other communications.
• Share knowledge and new ideas that help raise the quality of design across the practice.
• Provide occasional cover for the Graphics team on client-facing graphic design and wayfinding

You’d be a great fit if you:

• Have at least 3-5 years’ graphic design experience, working in an agency or in-house within a creative practice.
• Are confident using Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, with experience across both print and digital formats.
• Understand brand and how to apply and evolve a visual identity.
• Have a good eye for typography, layout, composition and colour.
• Are always curious about contemporary graphic design and new creative approaches.
• Can interpret a brief and develop ideas from an initial concept through to production-ready artwork.
• Are organised and detail-focused, with a collaborative approach and the ability to manage several projects and deadlines.

Nice to have:

• Experience or interest in motion graphics, animation or video, using After Effects, Premiere Pro or similar.
• Knowledge about basic web design and content management systems such as WordPress.
• An understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
• An appreciation of how AI and emerging technologies can support the creative process.

What We Offer

• Salary: £33,000 - £35,000 (Depending on Experience)
• Paid Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Flexible and Hybrid working
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Cycle to Work SchemeCareer progression and opportunities for technical development

Stride Treglown is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and is committed to inclusive recruitment practices. We will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
Applicants will need to have the right to work in the UK, as this role is not eligible for sponsorship.

We’d also like to see a portfolio that shows how you think as well as the quality of your work. We’re particularly interested in brand and campaign work and getting a clear sense of your creative voice. We’re interested in strong, original, and well executed design, rather than examples of work in a specific sector, so built environment industry experience is not essential.