Customer Mid-Weight Designer - Content

Hello, we’re Reach. Every day, our trusted news, stories and content connect with millions of people where they live - whether that’s on their social feed or at their neighbourhood newsstand; through their local community or their take on the hot topic of the day.

We're home to more than 120 brands - from household names like the Mirror, Express, Daily Star and Daily Record, to local titles like MyLondon, Belfast Live, and the Manchester Evening News, and brands making a splash in the US like the Irish Star.

It's our ability to understand people and the things that matter to them that makes us Britain and Ireland's largest commercial news publisher. We reach around 70% of the UK's online population, 10% of the US online population, and over 100 million social followers around the world, connecting with them on who they are, where they live and what they love.

Your story, with Reach

As a modern media organisation, we're much more than just news. And it takes a wide range of people and skills to serve diverse audiences, customers and communities like we do.

We know everyone has their own story to tell, so we’ve built an environment where every background is respected and every day is a day to explore.

We’ll help you build a career that works with your life, while giving you the space to create and grow.

About This Role

Sitting at the dynamic intersection of content creation and multi platform graphic design, this role is built for a well-rounded creative who balances core design fundamentals with high impact, social first content production. You will deliver high quality visual execution across a broad spectrum of touchpoints from e-commerce sites, subscription landing pages, and CRM emails to direct response print and packaging.

Working across high-profile brands and products like Yimbly, digital news subscriptions, OK! Beauty Box, and major national/regional marketing campaigns, you will combine motion graphics, short-form video, and AI-driven creative workflows in a fast-paced, performance-led environment.

Key Responsibilities

Content-Led Creative & Motion:
Concept, shoot, edit, and animate social-first video content and motion graphics. Lead creative direction on photo/film shoots (mood boarding, storyboarding, styling) and execute post-production. Integrate generative AI tools (Midjourney, Firefly, Runway) to optimize storytelling and asset workflows.

Multi-Platform Graphic Design: Apply rigorous graphic design principles (layout, typography, retouching) across digital and print assets. Produce web/e-commerce graphics, CRM email templates, subscription landing pages, print advertising, and physical product packaging in line with brand guidelines.

Campaign Execution & Operations: Collaborate with design and customer team leads to drive campaigns from concept through delivery. Autonomously manage your workload, versioning, and asset supply in a high-volume environment while using performance insights and market trends to innovate creative output.

What You Need to Succeed

Proven Experience: Background in a digital-first environment (retail, subscriptions, e-commerce, agency) with a strong portfolio showing both dynamic content creation (motion graphics, short-form video, social ads) and multi-platform graphic design.

Technical Software Mastery: Expertise across Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma/modern UI tools, and hands-on integration of generative AI creative tools.

Commercial & Operational Focus: Strong understanding of how design impacts the customer journey, conversion, and KPIs, coupled with excellent self-management skills to deliver precise, high-volume work under tight deadlines.

Desirable Extras: On-set lighting/camera experience, packaging dieline art working/3D mockups, direct response print production, UGC/influencer content creation, and basic UI/UX principles.

How we'll look after you

We take good care of our people - and that means more than just a pay packet. Whatever your role, you'll get a range of benefits, including:

• 25 days' holiday (plus bank holidays), as well as an extra day…