Senior Graphic Designer

Mission Aviation Fellowship UK; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,500 - 49,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

22 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays

Death in service payment

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

A charitable organization in the UK is seeking a talented Senior Graphic Designer to deliver exceptional visual content for marketing and fundraising. This permanent full-time role offers a salary of £45,000 and requires significant experience in multi-channel design, creativity in integrated campaigns, and expert skills in Adobe Creative Cloud. You will create high-impact designs, assist in brand governance, and mentor team members, all while working in a supportive environment that integrates Christian values.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in a multi-channel design role covering both print and digital.
• Proven track record leading creative for integrated campaigns from concept to delivery.
• Experience establishing and maintaining design systems and brand governance.
• Supplier management and quality assurance experience across print and digital production.
• Experience leading in accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
• Experience working with an agile framework.
• Expert user of Adobe Creative Cloud with familiarity in Figma.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted creative tools and their appropriate use.

Responsibilities

• Create, and lead others in the creation of exceptional visual design solutions.
• Work closely with fundraising and marketing teams to elevate visual offerings.
• Create high-impact designs for both print and digital formats.
• Deliver concept development and lead art direction.
• Champion accessibility and inclusion in design.
• Mentor designers and content creators.

Skills

Multi-channel design experience

Creative campaign leadership

Design systems and brand governance

Supplier management

Accessibility and inclusive design

Agile framework knowledge

Adobe Creative Cloud expertise

AI-assisted creative tools familiarity

Education

Degree in Graphic Design or related field

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe After Effects/Premiere

Figma

Job description

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is seeking a talented Senior Graphic Designer to deliver a brilliant array of visual content that supports marketing and fundraising activity.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a high-calibre graphic designer to take their career to the next level and use their extensive talents to build narrative and tell our amazing story.

Location: Folkestone, Kent or Cranfield, Oxford (with hybrid working)

Rewards: Salary of £45,000, plus a generous pension scheme, annual leave entitlement, and other great benefits and professional growth opportunities.

Contract: Permanent, full-time

The Role

As our Senior Graphic Designer, you will create, and lead others in the creation of exceptional visual design solutions that make our brand stand out, display our vision and engage with our audiences.

Right now is an incredible time to join us as we celebrate 80 years of our work and start a new chapter of ambition and growth. We’re integrating what we do, bringing together services, people and systems to make sure we are operating in a unified way. You’ll be a key part of this process, working closely with our fundraising and marketing teams to elevate our visual offering, develop creative designs that meet needs and drive awareness, and mentor and up-skill colleagues.

Day-to-day, you’ll create high-impact designs and visual work for both print and digital formats, pushing our brand forwards and supporting campaigns that increase donor income, brand awareness and reach. Leading campaign and content design, you’ll deliver concept development and lead art direction, define and document design systems and brand standards and adopt and integrate new tools that will streamline and enhance our work.

Additionally, you will

• Facilitate creative workshops
• Champion accessibility and inclusion in design
• Act as brand guardian for consistency across UI/UX and traditional graphic design
• Evaluate and integrate AI-assisted workflows and develop guidelines for use
• Scope, brief, and quality-assure external suppliers
• Mentor designers and content creators
• Define and track creative campaign goals

About You

To join us as our Senior Graphic Designer, you will need:

• Significant professional experience in a multi-channel design role covering both print and digital, ideally within the charity or values-driven sector
• Proven track record leading creative for integrated campaigns, from concept to delivery, working closely with fundraising and marketing teams
• Experience establishing and maintaining design systems and brand governance across a growing organisation
• Supplier management and quality assurance experience across print and digital production and confidence with specifications and proofs
• Experience leading in accessibility standards and inclusive design principles to improve reach and impact
• Experience working with an agile framework and familiarity with scrum and sprint methodologies
• Expert user of Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects/Premiere) and familiarity with Figma or similar for components and libraries
• Familiarity with AI-assisted creative tools (e.g., Adobe Firefly, Microsoft Co-Pilot) and their appropriate, ethical use
• Degree-level qualification (or equivalent experience) in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Interaction Design or related field

About Us

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is a Christian organisation that uses light aircraft to deliver practical help, physical healing and spiritual hope to some of the world’s most remote and inaccessible communities.

For 80 years, MAF has been working in partnership with hundreds of other organisations to enable access to medical care, education, livelihood training and long-term support in over 24 low-income countries.

We believe that every community, however remote, should have access to the essentials of life – that’s why MAF’s flights are a lifeline, not a luxury.

The Benefits

• Salary of £45,000 per annum
• Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year plus 8 paid public holidays per year
• Non-contributory pension scheme (10% of salary); employees may make voluntary additional contributions
• Death in service payment
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

This is a rare opportunity to have real impact every day, deliver exciting visual campaigns that will support and drive our mission.

You’ll be the key component of our marketing and fundraising work, playing a lead role, setting the tone and driving the delivery whilst growing and developing your own skills and implementing exciting new tech and processes.

What’s more, you’ll discover a wide range of reward schemes and benefits alongside the chance to help make a difference to communities around the world that are in need.

Christian Values, Beliefs and Ethos:

As a Christian mission, MAF UK seeks staff who share in the evangelical Christian values and beliefs as described in the mission, purpose, values, and beliefs statements. All staff will be required to actively support and demonstrate the Christian values of the organisation and to take part in organisational activities such as staff devotions, prayer meetings, and fellowship days.

Other organisations may call this role Lead Graphic Designer, Visual Communications Manager, Marketing Designer, Brand Visual Lead, or Visual Campaign Designer.

So, if you’re ready to create incredible visuals as our Senior Graphic Designer, please apply via the button shown.