Senior Visual Creative

Our Media; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading content business in Bristol seeks a Senior Visual Creative to design compelling content for various clients in nature, culture, and leisure. This role requires a strong blend of editorial and digital design expertise, with an emphasis on effective visual storytelling. Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience in Adobe tools, UI/UX design, and creative thinking. Join a dynamic team committed to diversity and innovative collaboration in a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Pension contribution matched to 5%

Season ticket loan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year

Social committee and in-house learning events

Flexible working policies

Qualifications

• Substantial experience designing for brand clients.
• Strong portfolio with editorial and digital design work.
• Experience presenting creative ideas.

Responsibilities

• Design content across digital and print platforms.
• Prototype digital experiences and UI/UX.
• Contribute to pitches and presentations.

Skills

Editorial design

Digital design

UI/UX

Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

Prototyping tools

Attention to detail

Collaborative skills

Presentation skills

Visual hierarchy

Tools

Adobe XD

Sketch

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Job description

Our Media is a leading special-interest content business, based in the buzzing, creative city of Bristol. We're home to market-leading brands in craft, cycling, science and nature, homes and music.

We help our audiences pursue their passions through highly trusted, original content – in print, video and online. Our much-loved brands include BBC Science Focus, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Your Home, Gathered.how, BikeRadar and Cycling Plus.

We also have an award-winning content agency that works with major charities, brands and membership organisations to help them tell their stories and engage audiences better – in print, video, and online.

Position:

We’re looking for a confident and versatile Senior Visual Creative with a blend of editorial design experience and digital design expertise. You’ll work across a dynamic portfolio of clients spanning nature, culture and leisure, designing beautiful, effective content for both print and digital platforms.

From elegant magazine layouts and immersive interactive storytelling to responsive UI/UX, social-first campaigns, and app or website interfaces, you’ll bring creative ideas to life with clarity, precision, and flair.

You’ll be an enthusiastic visual thinker, just as comfortable crafting typographic spreads as you are prototyping digital experiences.

You’ll also be expected to contribute to pitches and presentations, helping to shape ideas and communicate your thinking to clients and colleagues. Above all, you’ll bring an enquiring mind, creative thinking, an exceptional eye for detail, self-initiative, and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.

This is an ideal opportunity for a designer who is autonomous, curious, and proactive, and who takes pride in staying up to date with the latest design trends, tools, and technologies.

For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.

Requirements:

Essential

• Substantial experience designing and delivering creative work for brand clients
• A strong portfolio showcasing both editorial and digital design work, with examples of UI/UX, apps, websites, and magazine/editorial layouts
• Expert-level skills in Adobe Creative Cloud
• Strong proficiency in Figma and/or other prototyping tools such as Sketch or Adobe XD
• Experience creating for a wide range of audiences, including younger users
• A keen eye for layout, colour, typography, and visual hierarchy across formats
• Autonomous and proactive with excellent organisational and time management skills
• Experience presenting creative ideas to clients and stakeholders
• Familiarity with digital asset formatting, responsive design principles, and social-first thinking
• Some ability in After Effects and Premiere Pro for animation and motion design
• An enquiring mind, creative thinking, attention to detail, self-drive, and the ability to work collaboratively in a team
  
  

Desirable

• Experience with AI-based creative tools (e.g. Midjourney, Runway).
• Background in branded editorial or digital storytelling in an agency environment
  
  

Other information:

We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.

We’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established six internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please do let us know at [e-mail].

Flexible and hybrid working

We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office.

Our people also benefit from a flexi time policy, and a flexi location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year.

We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.

Company Benefits Include

• Pension contribution matched to 5%
• Season ticket loan
• Hybrid working pattern, flexi start/finish time
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year
• Social committee, regular in-house learning events
• 4x life assurance
  
  

Our values

We strongly believe that work is not just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it. We want our people to thrive and develop, and we want to effect positive change in the world.

To put that spirit at the heart of our business, we co-created a set of values with input from everyone here. Our values are:

• Be kind
• Always curious
• Be the best we can be
  
  

We also have a sustainability strategy that is built on five key pillars: Research, Reduction, Recycling, Responsibility, and Reporting. We take pride in our strong partnerships across our complex supply chain to drive emission reductions. Additionally, our office building, Eagle House, is a zero-waste facility powered by solar and renewable energy.

Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media - click the apply button below to submit your CV.

Please note, we review CVs on an ongoing basis and may close the role early due to high interest. If you're interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!