City Centre Graphic Designer & Project Lead

Auckland Council; Waiheke; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Auckland Council’s Tātaki Auckland Unlimited unit seeks a seasoned City Centre Graphic Designer and Planner to lead city centre branding campaigns. You will own briefs from concept to delivery, balancing creativity with brand impact while collaborating with a small, high‑performing in‑house team.

You’ll manage client relationships, guide junior designers, and coordinate production across channels, ensuring on-brand outcomes.

Qualifications

• Seven years' or more relevant experience delivering high‑quality graphic design and creative solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage workflows, client relationships and meeting deadlines with quality outputs.
• A tertiary qualification in Graphic Design or a related discipline, ideally.
• Strong experience managing client relationships from initial brief through to final delivery.
• Demonstrated experience developing creative concepts, design and art direction across multiple channels and platforms.
• Advanced capability across Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Experience with After Effects and motion graphics would be an advantage.
• Experience working with internal and external designers, freelancers, agencies and creative suppliers.
• Strong project, workflow and time‑management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing deadlines.
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills, including the confidence to present and champion creative concepts with stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to thrive within a fast‑paced, dynamic creative environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage and create design for high-profile city centre campaigns and experiences
• Own projects from brief through to delivery, balancing creativity, brand and impact
• Join a collaborative in-house Brand and Creative team
• Take briefs and turn ideas into compelling, on-brand visual solutions across channels
• Take ownership of design projects from initial brief through final delivery
• Coordinate workflow across internal design team and external freelancers
• Provide guidance to internal teams, agencies, suppliers and partners to ensure consistency
• Lead on projects when appropriate and manage multiple briefs and deadlines

Skills

Stakeholder management

Time management

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Graphic Design degree

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

Job description

Auckland Council’s Tātaki Auckland Unlimited unit seeks a seasoned City Centre Graphic Designer and Planner to lead city centre branding campaigns. You will own briefs from concept to delivery, balancing creativity with brand impact while collaborating with a small, high‑performing in‑house team.

You’ll manage client relationships, guide junior designers, and coordinate production across channels, ensuring on-brand outcomes.