Graphic Designer

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Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 6 September 2026

If you're a talented designer who thrives on variety, enjoys turning ideas into engaging experiences and wants to make a meaningful impact through creative communications, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to create engaging, innovative and impactful content that connects with prospective students, stakeholders and audiences worldwide.

You'll be a creative professional with experience gained in-house, within an agency or as a freelancer, with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design capability across both digital and print platforms.

From designing digital campaigns and social assets to producing video, motion graphics and print publications, you'll play a key role in delivering creative work that drives engagement and supports ambitious marketing goals.

Newcastle University’s Marketing Team sits within the Marketing, Global Recruitment and Admissions Directorate, is a comprehensive, world-class marketing team dedicated to serving our partners, academics and students. Our vision for marketing at Newcastle encompasses the following:

• Embracing a ‘digital first’ approach
• Encouraging our team through personal growth
• Engaging with our clients and audiences
• Delivering exceptional user content and experience

We are both highly collaborative and innovative combining a wide range of planning, creative and technical skillsets.

As Graphic Designer, you will be responsible for developing high-quality creative assets that elevate our brand and enhance the user experience across multiple touchpoints. Working closely with marketing colleagues, creative partners and external agencies, you will transform ideas into compelling visual content that supports recruitment, reputation and engagement objectives.

This role offers significant variety, allowing you to work across digital, video, social media, web, events and print, while contributing new ideas, creative innovation and emerging digital marketing approaches.
You will bring:

• Strong expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Premiere Pro
• Experience creating multimedia content including graphics, video, animation and digital content
• An understanding of digital marketing channels and how creative assets drive engagement and performance
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• A collaborative approach and passion for producing work that delivers real impact
• Curiosity, creativity and a desire to continuously develop your skills and explore new technologies

This is a full-time position on a fixed term contract until 7th February 2027.

• Create and deliver compelling, brand-aligned content and creative assets across digital and offline channels, including websites, social media, email marketing, video, presentations, advertising and print, collaborating with internal stakeholders and external creative partners to drive engagement
• Leverage motion design, video editing and emerging creative technologies to produce impactful animated content for multi-channel marketing campaigns, ensuring all outputs are visually compelling, on-brand and optimised for digital performance
• Scope and create templates for our Marketing Team and wider university-network of colleagues to support their posting on social media, blog, email, and other channels
• Help bring new ideas for design and content creation to the team using your expertise and eye for great design
• Work collaboratively with external agencies and our retainer agency to develop and refine creative assets, providing clear direction and feedback to achieve high-quality design outcomes that align with brand guidelines and commercial objectives
• Provide expert knowledge and intelligence to ensure that the University is maximising digital and print marketing opportunities, including identifying and analysing emerging…