Senior Designer

Topdeck Travel Ltd; Chiswick; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Touring is seeking a Senior Designer to shape creative across Back-Roads Touring and Topdeck Travel. You will deliver high-impact work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with teams and freelancers, with an 80/20 split between Back-Roads Touring and Topdeck Travel.

Bring 7+ years of design experience, mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud, and a passion for travel. This hands-on role requires strong typography, print and digital production knowledge, and the ability to lead campaigns

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in a design role, either agency-side or in-house.
• Outstanding design skills with strong typography, layout and image selection.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Extensive experience designing for both digital and print, with strong artwork production knowledge.
• Ability to work at pace, manage priorities and deliver high-quality work to deadlines.
• Confidence in developing, presenting and defending creative ideas; open to feedback.
• Collaborative, approachable communication skills.
• Proactive mindset to identify opportunities and raise standards.
• Ability to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail.
• Passion for travel and creating compelling brand experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead design delivery across digital and print campaigns (digital ads, DOOH, emails, brochures, merch, collateral).
• Challenge briefs, understand objectives, and deliver thoughtful, effective creative.
• Maintain and elevate brand consistency across touchpoints.
• Own multiple briefs, priorities, and deadlines end to end.
• Collaborate with copywriters, video producers, marketing, product, sales and web teams.
• Push creative standards with fresh ideas and emerging technologies.
• Identify ways to improve workflows and increase efficiency.
• Provide creative guidance to freelance designers when needed.
• Present and defend design thinking with clarity and confidence.

Skills

7+ yrs experience

Typography & layout

Adobe CC proficient

Digital & print design

Deadline-driven

Communication skills

Collaborative

Proactive mindset

Travel passion

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

Brand:

Global Touring (Back-Roads Touring Co. and Topdeck Travel)

Position:

Senior Designer

Reporting to:

Head of Creative

Location:

Hybrid (2-3 days per week at our Chiswick, London HQ)

Start date:

ASAP

Here at Global Touring, we’re a travel company specialising in group tours and inspiring people through life-changing travel experiences. Through our brands Topdeck Travel and Back-Roads Touring we are ever developing our product range, driving growth in key sales markets (Australia, New Zealand & North America), innovating product delivery and ensuring we deliver a first-class customer experience. Don’t worry if you can’t find Global Touring when you search online – this is our internal brand; externally we only use our customer-facing brands.

Our brands speak to very different audiences, and that's what makes working here exciting. As Senior Designer, you'll work across both, with an approximate 80/20 split between Back-Roads Touring and Topdeck Travel.

We’re looking for someone to join our team that aligns perfectly with our brand and values. If this sounds like you then keep reading!

Overview

As an experienced, forward-thinking designer that thinks big picture - you will deliver innovative creative that gets people excited about exploring the world. Day to day you’ll be working in a fast-paced environment and act as a support for other creators either within the team or freelance. You should have at least 7 years’ experience, from a creative agency or client side, willing to follow tight briefs when necessary however also be able to use your creative flair to help take Global Touring brands to the next level.

Strong organisational skills, proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, exceptional communication abilities, and meticulous attention to detail are essential. This is a hands-on role. One day you could be developing a major campaign concept, the next adapting existing assets or preparing artwork for print. You'll bring the same care, enthusiasm and high standards to all.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design delivery: Conceptualise, design and deliver high-quality creative across digital and print, including campaigns, paid media, DOOH, emails, brochures, merchandise and sales collateral.
• Think beyond the brief: Challenge assumptions, ask the right questions and understand the objectives behind every project to deliver thoughtful, effective creative solutions.
• Champion our brands: Maintain and elevate brand consistency, ensuring every touchpoint reflects our distinct identities and resonates with its audience.
• Own tasks end to end: Confidently manage multiple briefs, priorities and deadlines.
• Collaborate to create better: Work closely with copywriters, video producers and wider marketing, product, sales and web teams to deliver cohesive, impactful creative.
• Push creative standards: Proactively explore fresh ideas, visual approaches and emerging technologies that keep our creative distinctive, relevant and effective.
• Drive efficiency: Identify opportunities to improve workflows, streamline recurring tasks and make the way we work smarter without compromising quality.
• Support others: Provide creative guidance, constructive feedback and direction to freelance designers when required.
• Present with confidence: Clearly communicate creative thinking, explain design decisions and confidently champion ideas while remaining open to feedback.

About you

You’ll bring a combination of creative flair, technical expertise and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.

Essential

• 7+ years' experience in a design role, either agency-side or in-house, with a strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and exceptional execution.
• Outstanding design skills, a sharp eye for detail and strong instincts for typography, layout, composition and image selection.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Extensive experience designing for both digital and print, with a strong understanding of artwork production and technical requirements.
• The ability to work at pace, manage competing priorities and deliver accurate, polished work to deadline.
• Confidence in developing, presenting and defending creative ideas while welcoming constructive feedback.
• A collaborative, approachable attitude and strong communication skills.
• A proactive mindset, with the initiative to identify opportunities, solve problems and continually raise standards.
• The flexibility to switch between big creative thinking and smaller, detail-focused tasks with equal commitment.
• And of course… A passion for all things travel related!

Desirable

• Experience in motion graphics, animation or video editing.
• An interest in emerging design technologies, including AI-assisted creative tools.

Global Touring Values

Our values aren’t just words on a page. They’re the backbone; the steering wheel; the soundtrack to how we embrace each day. Like a well baked brownie, every ingredient combines to achieve the rich consistency fueling the soul of Global Touring.

Stay Curious:

We are natural born explorers. Our people question old solutions, apply alternative thinking and embrace being challenged in the search for outcomes. We’re excited by the journey on and off the road – expanding our knowledge, adapting to feedback and questioning the status quo. Value ideas over hierarchy. Have the courage to take risks. Don’t let perfection prevent growth.

Choose Transparency:

We take the right way, not the easy way. We’re straight up even through the toughest conversations; tackling challenges head-on and with integrity. Honour commitments. Communicate with clarity. And build relationships based on mutual respect. Forget hidden agendas, we treat everyone fairly – despite a preference for instant coffee.

Don’t pass the buck:

If we do it, we do it well. We are empowered to make decisions based on data and experience – holding each other accountable along the way. Spare the excuses. Be fearless in the pursuit of results. And take responsibility – even when no one’s looking. There will be bumps in the road; that’s ok. We own our mistakes and learn from the challenges as well as the successes.

Together we go further:

Across oceans and office desks, it’s more than a love for travel that keeps us connected. There are no silos here; we are each other’s toughest critics and loudest supporters – especially around the ping pong table. People with diverse backgrounds, different identities and varied experiences make our company exceptional. We embrace alternate perspectives, recognise each other’s strengths and champion collective genius.