Social-First Designer
Job Title: | Social-First Designer |
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Location: | Mansfield, Nottinghamshire |
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Contact Name: | Vanilla Recruitment |
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REF: | RCRM20_1722586397 |
Job description:
Are you an talented Social-First Designer looking for an opportunity to develop eyecatching designs for a range of coveted global clients? We are looking for a passionate design professional to join a leading marketing services company, well known for producing pioneering creative work.
The successful candidate will work with social media managers to conceptualise and design social-first creative. You will be a design expert and a social media native, fully immersed in online culture and social media marketing, and always up to date with industry news, trends, and platform features.
This is a fast-paced role and we are looking for someone who enjoys working to tight deadlines and responding quickly and creatively to last-minute reactive content briefs.
What you can expect:
- Working hours Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:30pm
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic range of employee wellbeing initiatives
We’re looking for a Social-First Designer with the following skills and experience:
- Extensive experience in a similar social-first design role, ideally with Adobe Creative Cloud, or other platforms such as Serif or Figma
- Evidence of creating engaging content for organic social media, including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and X (Twitter) as well as newer channels such as Threads and Discord
- Adept at content ideation and working with a team to lead on brainstorming
- Demonstrates an understanding of social humour and the role entertainment plays in social media
- Sound knowledge of internet culture and all social media platforms
- Ability to work to tight deadlines successfully
- Experience with motion graphics (in After Effects or Photoshop) is desirable but not essential