Marketing and Design Executive

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Expiry date: 22:59, Fri, 16th Oct 2026

Location:

Ipswich - Head Office

Salary:
Competitive

• Benefits: AXA Health Private medical, Life Assurance, discounted holidays and cruises plus retail discounts and cash back incentives through our Boost Benefits scheme

Fred. Olsen Travel was established in 1988 with family values at its heart and knowledgeable staff across the board. As one of the UK’s most established travel companies, Fred. Olsen Travel provides outstanding customer service, choice and value for money through our six distinct specialisms, covering land, river and sea to go along with the multiple high street travel agencies dotted around East Anglia and the South Coast.

Fred. Olsen Travel is also the UK general sales agents for Star Clippers, Amadeus River Cruises and American Cruise Lines.

Our mission is to be a world class provider of travel products and services with a reputation for outstanding customer service, unrivaled choice, exceptional quality and value for money.

We continue to go from strength to strength and are now in a position to recruit a highly motivated and dedicated Marketing and Design Executive to join the Fred. Holidays team based in our Ipswich Head Office.

Fred. Holidays is a tailor‑made tour operator with distinct specialist sales areas including, European Land, Rail Journeys, Ocean Cruises and River Cruises. Each product is hand crafted by our specialist sales team adapting the holiday to the customers’ requirements, this includes hotel rating and location, UK departure points, inclusive activities, multi‑centre stays and more.

The Fred. Holidays tour operation supports both the trade and direct consumer through its ability to tailor‑make each and every holiday style.

As our Marketing and Design Executive, you’ll play a key role in creating engaging visual content across both digital and print channels. Working closely with colleagues across Marketing, Product, Commercial and Business Development, you’ll help deliver creative campaigns that strengthen our brands, drive engagement and support our wider business objectives.

From developing creative concepts and producing professional artwork to supporting marketing campaigns and reviewing their performance, this is a varied role where no two days are quite the same.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Creating engaging artwork and graphic designs for online and offline marketing channels
• Bringing marketing briefs to life through creative concepts and high‑quality visual content
• Using Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign and Photoshop, to produce professional marketing materials
• Ensuring designs remain consistent with brand guidelines across the Fred. Olsen Travel brands
• Supporting marketing campaigns from initial concept and design through to final delivery
• Working closely with internal teams, tourist boards, advertising agencies, media partners and print suppliers
• Helping maintain a consistent brand identity across customer communications
• Monitoring campaign engagement and using insights to help shape future marketing activity
• Keeping up to date with emerging marketing and design trends and bringing fresh ideas to the team

We’re looking for someone who is creative, organised and collaborative, with a great eye for detail and the confidence to turn a brief into something impactful.

Experience required:

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign and Photoshop
• Strong creative and problem‑solving skills
• Excellent organisation and time management, with the ability to manage deadlines
• Great communication and relationship‑building skills
• Experience creating and editing video content, with knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro and…