About the Role
This role is for a creative individual who balances design fundamentals with high-impact, social-first content production. You will deliver visual execution across various touchpoints, including e-commerce sites, subscription landing pages, CRM emails, and direct response print and packaging. You will combine motion graphics, short-form video, and AI-driven creative workflows in a fast-paced, performance-led environment.
Responsibilities
- Concept, shoot, edit, and animate social-first video content and motion graphics.
- Lead creative direction on photo/film shoots, including moodboarding and storyboarding.
- Execute post-production for video content.
- Integrate generative AI tools (Midjourney, Firefly, Runway) to optimize storytelling and asset workflows.
- Apply 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 product packaging.
- Collaborate with design and customer team leads to drive campaigns from concept through delivery.
- Manage workload, versioning, and asset supply in a high-volume environment.
- Use performance insights and market trends to innovate creative output.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a digital-first environment (retail, subscriptions, e-commerce, agency).
- Strong portfolio showcasing dynamic content creation (motion graphics, short-form video, social ads) and multi-platform graphic design.
- Expertise across Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
- Proficiency with Figma/modern UI tools.
- Hands-on integration of generative AI creative tools.
- Strong understanding of how design impacts the customer journey, conversion, and KPIs.
- Excellent self-management skills to deliver high-volume work under tight deadlines.
- On-set lighting/camera experience is desirable.
- Packaging dieline artworking/3D mockups is desirable.
- Direct response print production experience is desirable.
- UGC/influencer content creation experience is desirable.
- Basic UI/UX principles knowledge is desirable.
Skills
- Motion graphics
- Short-form video
- AI-driven creative workflows
- Graphic design
- Content creation
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- After Effects
- Premiere Pro
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Figma
- Generative AI tools
- Midjourney
- Firefly
- Runway
- UI/UX principles
Location
- London
Work Type
- Permanent
- Hybrid
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Extra day's holiday after three, five, and 10 years of service
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Extra paid leave for volunteering
- Big moment day (extra paid leave for significant life events)
- Company pension contributions matched up to 6%
- Supportive and progressive people policies (enhanced family leave, flexibility, inclusion, progression)
- Healthcare cash plan
- Car lease scheme (electric or hybrid cars)
- 24/7 wellbeing assistance programme
- Financial wellbeing support via Access Stream app
- Discounts, including 15% off Yimbly
- Interest-free loans (season tickets, technology)
About the Company
- Reach is Britain and Ireland's largest commercial news publisher, connecting with millions of people through over 120 brands.
- They reach approximately 70% of the UK's online population, 10% of the US online population, and over 100 million social followers globally.
- Reach is a modern media organization focused on understanding people and what matters to them.
- They foster an environment where every background is respected, encouraging exploration and growth.
- They aim to help employees build careers that work with their lives.
Equal Opportunity
- Encourages applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
- Dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and supported.
- As an equal opportunities employer, they encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
- Committed to a recruitment process that is fair and welcoming to all, without discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
