Social Graphic Designer

Position: Permanent

Job Description

MailOnline has an incredible opportunity for a Social Graphic Designer to join its industry-leading team in London.

MailOnline is the biggest news publisher on social media with more than 100 million followers across its wide-ranging and diverse stable of accounts.

We're looking for an outstanding candidate to produce creative and innovative digital assets for our channels

Main Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality and engaging designs, logos, illustrations, promotions and videos
• Always work to a high standard, both creatively and with good rigour and attention to detail.
• Quickly understand and respond to briefs.
• Effectively communicate conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale both verbally and visually.
• Be able to rationalise your solutions to the wider project team, and effectively communicate conceptual ideas.
• Keep abreast of trends in the news industry, tech industries and the UX and design community and recognise opportunities to exploit new technologies and tools as they emerge.

Experience and Skills

• Ability to work efficiently under pressure with careful attention to detail.
• A solid knowledge of the latest versions of applicable programs and workflow: Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
• You know all about typography, grid systems, layout, colour theory and interaction principles, and why they are important.
• A passion for design and a desire to always come up with the best solution the situation allows.
• Self-motivated, organized, punctual and accountable.
• Well-developed communication skills including ability to articulate creative concepts and rationale to other team members and internal clients.
• A broad understanding of UX practices.
• Be able to grasp the objectives of the business and use those as a basis for idea generation.

The above list is not exhaustive and constantly evolving, based on the needs of the business. Out of hours availability and a high level of adaptability are essential.

About dmg media

dmg media maintains an unwavering commitment to uncovering the stories that matter most. Its brands Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, The i Paper, MailOnline, and Mail+reach more than 9 million people daily in the UK.

Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power, and breadth of content formats, delivers highly engaging, trusted content to loyal and new audiences, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Mail brand reaches three in five Brits every month and is officially the best-read, most recognised, most engaged newsbrand in the country. It is the largest news publisher on TikTok with over 21 million total followers and nearly 30 billion views in the past year.

GA Sept 2024

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.

Registered in England and Wales. No