Midweight Designer (Manchester)

The Good Influence; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency is seeking a Midweight Designer to join their dynamic team in Manchester. The role involves creating engaging content with a focus on video editing and motion graphics. This position requires creativity, a knack for social trends, and strong attention to detail. Candidates should have agency experience, proficiency in industry-standard tools, and a passion for driving innovative projects. Competitive salary, hybrid working options, and a culture that values inclusivity and creativity are offered.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Hybrid remote working

Monthly Travel Budget

Monthly Wellness budget

Company bonus scheme

Company pension scheme

Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay

Flexible hours

Opportunity to grow with the team

Regular team socials

25 days holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Previous agency or in-house brand experience is essential.
• Impressive portfolio demonstrating video editing and graphic design capabilities.
• Expertise in AI tools for video/image generation.
• A strong eye for detail and a solution-based mindset.

Responsibilities

• Drive content creation across various clients and platforms.
• Lead on video editing and motion graphics.
• Manage and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Video editing

Motion graphics

Graphic design

Social media engagement understanding

Time management

Creative problem solving

Tools

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

AI tools for video/image generation

Job description

👋 Who we are

We’re The Good Influence, the social first creative agency with a conscience. We help brands grow in a way that feels good — for people, culture, and the planet. Powering brands with social that stops the scrolls, but still has a soul.

As AdWeek’s #3 Fastest Growing Agency Globally, we’re leading a new generation of agencies proving that creativity can be both commercially powerful and socially positive. Whether it’s launching Wild & Weleda on TikTok, supporting life‑saving tech such as R;pple or biohacking with Willpowders, we are here to harness the power of social: developing creative & engaging content, building vibrant communities, activating the right influencer partnerships and powering conversion & awareness through paid.

Good Influence is in our name, but also in our nature. We exist to build brands and communities but also to give back; we donate 1% of our revenue to 1% for the Planet, supporting The Felix Project as well as being a climate bright business through On A Mission.

👀 The Role

We’re looking for a creative powerhouse to join our team as a strong Midweight Designer, working across our roster of paid and organic clients. This role is for a multidisciplinary creative who can work across different specialisms, with a specific strength and preference for video editing and motion graphics. Your key responsibility will be day to day content creation that ranges from high quality graphic design to complex video edits. We need someone who is an absolute perfectionist with a very strong eye for detail, someone who puts absolutely everything into what they make to ensure it creates a good influence. This role suits a self‑starter with a solution based mindset. You won’t just be executing briefs; you’ll be defining what "good" looks like, utilising AI to innovate, and driving projects forward to create award‑winning work.

🎨 What you'll be doing:

Content Creation & Production

• Drive day to day content creation across both paid and organic clients, ensuring every asset is platform native and polished.
• Lead on video editing and motion graphics (your primary focus), transforming raw footage into scroll‑stopping social content.
• Produce high quality static graphic design work alongside your motion duties.
• Take full ownership of the production process, ensuring technical specs and platform best practices are met every time.

Innovation & Research

• You are a true creative AI whizz. You possess expert level command of the leading video and image generation platforms (e.g., Midjourney, Gen‑3, Topaz) and understand the nuances of prompt engineering to achieve specific, high fidelity results.
• Demonstrate a deep curiosity for the social landscape, constantly researching what is trending and what is new across TikTok, Reels, and other platforms.
• Apply a "social‑first" lens to every project, understanding intuitively what works for engagement (organic) versus conversion (paid).

Workflow & Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with different areas of the company (strategy, influencer, paid media) to create the absolute best work possible.
• Manage your own workload with a solution based attitude; you don't wait to be told what to do, you identify the need and execute.
• Prioritise and drive multiple projects simultaneously in a fast‑paced environment, meeting strict deadlines without compromising on quality.

🔍 Who we're looking for:

• Previous agency or in‑house brand experience is an absolute must. You understand the pace of agency life and how to juggle multiple clients effectively.
• An impressive creative portfolio demonstrating strong capabilities in video editing and motion graphics (Premiere Pro/After Effects), as well as graphic design (Figma/Photoshop/Illustrator).
• Proven skills in utilising AI tools for video and image generation, you know how to use these platforms to your advantage.
• An absolute perfectionist with an uncompromising eye for detail.
• A solution‑based mindset, you take initiative, solve problems independently, and have a "can‑do" attitude.
• Social first capabilities: you live on social and know exactly what visual trends are driving culture right now.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks under pressure.
• A collaborative spirit, you are happy working autonomously but thrive when contributing to the wider team's success.

✨ Our Perks

• Competitive Salary: £33,725 - 39,900 depending on experience, location and role fit.
• Hybrid remote working — Tuesday & Thursday in office
• Monthly Travel Budget
• Monthly Wellness budget
• Company bonus scheme based on both personal and company performance
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay
• Flexible hours: We allow our team to set their own time. We trust our team to get their work done on their schedule
• Fast growing company and opportunity to grow with team
• Open‑minded company, welcoming thoughts and ideas to be shared
• Working with charitable organisations to help raise funds and give back.
• Regular team socials
• 25 days holiday allowance (plus the bank holidays)

🛠️ Tools

MacBook Pro

🌈 Everyone’s welcome

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are the cornerstones of creativity. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all backgrounds, and treat all applications equally, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other equality characteristic.

If you’re here to influence the world for good, then you’ll fit in nicely. We take pride in building a supportive and creative work environment, committed to inclusion, diversity, and representation.