Midweight Designer

Cavendish Advocacy; Southampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working

Mentorship access

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Private Medical Insurance

Job summary

Cavendish Advocacy in Southampton is seeking a Midweight Designer to join a fast-paced, award-winning creative team. You’ll translate briefs into strong visual ideas across digital, print and campaigns, delivering concept-to-execution work with high standards of craft and typography.

You’ll work with AI-assisted workflows, collaborate with creative directors and copywriters, and adapt designs across formats.

Qualifications

• Proven portfolio with concept to execution work.
• Experience across digital, print, social media and campaigns.
• Ability to translate briefs into compelling visual ideas.
• Experience using AI in design workflows.

Responsibilities

• Translate briefs into visual ideas across digital, print, social and campaign work.
• Develop and deliver concepts with limited supervision.
• Execute work to a high standard of craft, typography and layout.
• Adapt and roll out creative across multiple formats and channels.
• Use AI tools to support ideation, iteration and speed while maintaining brand integrity.
• Manage multiple briefs simultaneously, balancing pace and quality.
• Collaborate with creative directors, copywriters, motion and account teams.
• Respond constructively to feedback and iterate efficiently.
• Support junior designers through informal guidance.

Skills

Creative agency experience

Strong portfolio

Adobe Creative Suite

AI in design workflows

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Tools

AI design tools

Job description

Midweight Designer

Midweight Designer | Creative.

Southampton.

Permanent.

Full time 37.5 hours.

What we’re all about

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised at PRCA National Awards 2025 as Large Consultancy of the Year.

Across our 12 strategically located UK and Ireland offices, Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.

We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities.

What you will get from us

You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including:

• A flexible, hybrid working model
• Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry
• Industry leading allocation of paid time off
• Geographical flexibility across our regional offices
• Private Medical Insurance
• Regular social and teambuilding events
• Paid time off to volunteer for a charity

What we are looking for

• Experience working in a Creative Agency.
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates both conceptual thinking and high-quality execution.
• Experience across Adobe Creative Suite.
• Understanding of digital best practice and accessibility fundamentals.
• Confidence In working across varied brand and visual systems.
• Practical experience using AI tools within design workflows.
• Ability to articulate design decisions and challenge briefs when needed.
• Attention to detail, teamed with the ability to multi-task and work at speed.
• Experience using AI as a creative and workflow accelerator, not a replacement for thinking.
• Demonstrates judgement around quality, ethics and brand risk.
• Ability to generate, refine and heavily edit AI‑assisted outputs.

What you’ll need to do

In this role you’ll deliver strong, idea‑led design work across multiple mediums, clients and sectors. You will be operating confidently between concept and execution, using AI to accelerate exploration and production while applying clear creative judgement.

• Translate briefs into effective visual ideas across digital, print, social and campaign work.
• Develop and deliver concepts with limited supervision.
• Execute work to a high standard of craft, typography and layout.
• Adapt and roll out creative across multiple formats and channels.
• Use AI tools to support ideation, iteration and speed, while maintaining brand integrity.
• Manage multiple briefs simultaneously, balancing pace and quality.
• Collaborate closely with creative directors, copywriters, motion and account teams.
• Respond constructively to feedback and iterate efficiently.
• Support junior designers through informal guidance and example.

Equal Opportunities

Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation.

We are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application and interview stages, please email [e-mail].

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