Design Officer

Role

Design Officer Salary from £27,987, pro rata to term time from £22,187, depending on experience Full time Permanent contract This is an exciting opportunity for a creative designer and content creator to make an impact across two distinctive Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) schools. Working across Sutton High School and Brighton Girls, you will create engaging visual and audio-visual content that brings each school’s story to life, celebrate student achievement and helps us connect with current and prospective families.

Two days per week will be spent at each school, with the option to work from home one day per week. Occasional evening and weekend work will be required to support school events such as open mornings. It is a varied, hands-on creative role spanning graphic design, digital content, photography and video. You will produce materials for websites, social media and digital campaigns as well as publications, brochures, event materials, presentations, displays and other marketing and admissions activity.

Your work could include creating campaign assets and open day materials, designing publications and displays, filming and editing interviews or event highlights, producing short-form video and motion content for social channels and adapting creative ideas across different formats and audiences. You will also liaise with external suppliers where required, help maintain shared digital assets and contribute ideas that improve the quality and effectiveness of creative content across the schools.

The role offers plenty of variety, autonomy and the opportunity to see your work used across a wide range of high-profile communications and events.

About you You will bring experience from a design, creative content or marketing environment, together with a strong eye for layout, typography and visual storytelling. You should be confident using design tools such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, Canva and video editing software, with experience producing digital content for websites, social media or marketing campaigns. Experience capturing and editing photography or video would also be valuable.

You will be comfortable managing several projects and deadlines at once, interpreting creative briefs and adapting your work for different audiences and channels. Just as importantly, you will be collaborative, organised and detail-focused, with the creativity to generate ideas and the practical approach to turn them into high-quality finished work. Relevant experience could have been gained through employment, freelance work, placements or volunteering, and relevant training or professional development in graphic design, digital design, content creation, marketing or a related discipline would be an advantage.

Benefits as part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can give you access to a wide community of expertise, professional development and opportunities to share ideas and best practice.

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance
• Up to 50% discount on fees for children at GDST schools
• Interest-free training, computer purchase and season ticket loans
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

Closing date: 7th September 2026 erviews - TBC.

The GDST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.