Senior Graphic Designer

Forward Role; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Early Friday finish (3pm)

Job summary

Forward Role is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer to join its in-house creative team on a 12-month maternity cover contract in Manchester. The role is hybrid—3 days in the office and 2 days at home—with a focus on outdoor and lifestyle brands, spanning omnichannel campaigns from concept to delivery.

The position is approximately 60% print and 40% digital, with no direct people management. You will collaborate with marketing and retail activation teams to deliver campaigns across channels.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' graphic design experience, including senior-level responsibilities.
• Strong portfolio showing campaign design, branding, typography and visual storytelling.
• Experience with large brands, retail or digital businesses.
• Strong print and digital design capabilities.
• Advanced Adobe Creative Cloud skills: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Premiere Pro experience; After Effects advantageous.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Confident communicator and collaborative team player.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and campaigns across print, digital, social and advertising channels.
• Take projects from concept through to production.
• Create layouts, graphics and supporting assets.
• Translate briefs and business objectives into effective creative.
• Maintain brand consistency across communications.
• Prepare artwork for print, digital, video and production.
• Collaborate with marketing and retail activation teams.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines using Monday.com.
• Support video editing and campaign content using Premiere Pro.

Skills

Senior-level experience

Campaign design

Branding

Typography

Layout

Adobe CC (Photoshop)

Adobe CC (Illustrator)

Adobe CC (InDesign)

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Premiere Pro

Job description

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 3 days office / 2 days home

Contract: 12 month FTC

Experience: 7+ years

Domain: Retail, fashion, consumer or digital brands

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Graphic Designer to join an established in-house creative team on a 12 month maternity cover contract.

This is a hands-on role working across a portfolio of well-established outdoor and lifestyle brands, with a strong focus on consumer and retail campaigns. You will develop creative campaigns across omnichannel marketing, working closely with marketing and retail activation teams from concept through to delivery.

The role is approximately 60% print and 40% digital, with no direct people management responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and campaigns across print, digital, social, advertising and wider marketing channels.
• Take projects from initial concept through to final production.
• Create layouts, graphics and supporting campaign assets.
• Translate marketing briefs and business objectives into effective creative.
• Maintain brand consistency across all visual communications.
• Prepare artwork for print, digital, video and production.
• Collaborate with marketing and retail activation teams.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines using Monday.com.
• Support video editing and campaign content using Premiere Pro.

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years' graphic design experience, including senior-level experience.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating campaign design, branding, typography, layout and visual storytelling.
• Experience working with large brands, retail or digital businesses.
• Strong experience across both print and digital design.
• Advanced Adobe Creative Cloud skills, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Premiere Pro experience preferred, with After Effects advantageous.
• Strong conceptual thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Confident communicator who enjoys collaborating and sharing ideas.
• A background heavily focused on illustration is not required.

The Team & Working Environment

You will join a friendly, collaborative in-house design team where ideas are shared and designers work closely together across campaigns and day-to-day creative activity.

The role is based in Manchester, with three days in the office and two from home. Tuesday and Wednesday are fixed office days.

There is on-site parking, a tram stop approximately five minutes away and Fridays finish at 3pm.

Interview Process

Stage 1: Teams interview

Stage 2: Face-to-face interview and a small creative campaign task