Midweight Designer

One Day Agency; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £30k–£38k

Flexible Working: WFH Fridays + 20 WFH

Up to 30 days annual leave

Training and development budget

Quality equipment and tools

Job summary

One Day Agency is seeking a Midweight Designer for our Manchester HQ. You’ll work across client and agency projects including paid social, digital campaigns, OOH, motion and internal creative output.

This hands-on role requires at least 3 years in an agency environment, taking briefs from concept to final execution and adapting ideas across channels while maintaining original intent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking as well as high quality execution across real client work.
• Experience working across a mix of campaign, digital, social, motion and brand led creative.
• Confident taking ownership of projects from brief through to final delivery.

Responsibilities

• Work across a broad mix of client and agency projects including paid social, digital campaigns, OOH, motion, video and pitch decks.
• Take briefs from initial thinking through to final execution with ownership.
• Develop ideas and adapt creative across channels, formats and markets.
• Collaborate with wider creative, media and client teams and manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Conceptual Thinking

Campaign Design

Figma

Motion Graphics

Graphic Design

Video Editing

Adobe Creative Suite

Generative AI

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

One Day Agency is an international, integrated advertising and marketing agency with offices in Manchester, London, Warsaw and Paris. We’re a team of 21 working with brands of all sizes across the globe, from growing ecommerce businesses to F1 teams. We bring creative, media and strategy together to develop integrated campaigns across OOH, TV, radio, digital and social, helping brands grow through stronger and strategic integrated marketing.

The Role

We’re looking for a Midweight Designer to join our creative team at our Manchester HQ.

You’ll work across a broad mix of client and agency projects, including paid social, digital campaigns, OOH, motion, video, pitch decks and One Day Agency’s own creative output.

This is a hands on role for someone with at least 3 years of experience working within an agency environment, who’s confident taking a brief from initial thinking through to final execution.

You’ll be expected to develop ideas, explore creative routes and turn them into well crafted campaign work across both static and motion. You’ll also adapt creative across different channels, formats and markets while maintaining the strength and consistency of the original idea.

You’ll work across multiple clients and deadlines at once, collaborating closely with the wider creative, media and client teams. We’re looking for someone who can take ownership of their work, make good creative decisions independently and know when to bring others into the process.

For a better perspective on the kind of work we produce, take a look at the Creative section of our website.

Core Skills:

• Conceptual Thinking: Strong ability to interpret a brief, research, generate ideas, build moodboards and storyboards and develop creative routes
• Campaign Design: Experience developing and adapting creative across multiple channels, formats and placements
• Figma: Strong working knowledge and confidence building, adapting and managing creative. (Must Have)
• Motion Graphics:Strong After Effects skills across digital, social and campaign creative. (Must Have)
• Graphic Design: Strong typography, layout, composition and visual design across digital and print
• Video Editing: Confident editing and adapting video content using Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe Creative Suite: Confident using After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• Generative AI: Comfortable using current AI tools to support research, ideation, visualisation and creative production

What We're Looking For:

• Minimum 3 years of professional design experience within a creative, advertising, marketing or integrated agency
• A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking as well as high quality execution across real client work
• Experience working across a mix of campaign, digital, social, motion and brand led creative
• Confident taking ownership of projects from brief through to final delivery
• Able to develop ideas rather than relying solely on supplied creative direction
• Comfortable working across both static and motion
• Strong eye for typography, composition, hierarchy and overall visual craft
• Able to manage multiple clients, projects and deadlines in a fast moving agency environment
• Confident explaining the thinking behind creative decisions and responding constructively to feedback
• Able to work independently while collaborating closely with the wider team
• Curious, proactive and willing to challenge a brief or suggest a stronger solution where appropriate
• Strong attention to detail and consistency across multiple formats
• Comfortable learning new tools, platforms and workflows as the creative landscape evolves

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Please include a link to your portfolio with your application.

Salary: £30,000 to £38,000 depending on experience

Flexible Working: WFH every Friday plus 20 additional WFH days per year

Annual Leave: Up to 30 days

Professional Growth: Unlimited training and development budget

Office Setup: High quality equipment and creative tools

Additional Perks: More benefits listed on our Careers Page