Graphic Designer

Supporting our Business Development and Marketing Team, our Graphic Designer will be responsible for creating engaging graphics for digital and print media, including social media, website, brochures, and video content, for both internal and external communications.

This is a highly collaborative role, and you will be working with different teams across the practice. You will be generating new ideas, contributing to design solutions, and ensuring high quality and consistency across all our graphic outputs.

You will be an integral member of the team working closely with the Business Development & Marketing Manager and Assistant to pull together high quality bid submissions. As well as providing graphic support, you will be maintaining and developing the BPTW brand and supporting marketing and communication activities, including events.

Confident communication and enthusiasm for teamwork is a must, as well as the ability to effectively prioritise your workload, as you will be working with multiple teams on projects with various levels of urgency.

You will be adept in interpreting design briefs (both verbal and written) and translating this into impactful and original graphics that fit with our branding. You will understand what styles work for different media and audiences, and make suggestions based on your expertise.

You will need a keen eye for detail, design and layout, having the ability to appreciate and understand architectural images would definitely be an advantage.

You will have a high level of proficiency with design software, particularly the Adobe Suite, and any photography and image editing skills would be a real bonus.

• Experience of working in a similar design focussed role
• Experience of interpreting verbal and written design briefs or requirements
• Experience with print and digital design processes.
• Experienced in graphic design principles and techniques.
• Demonstrable experience of using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Ability to create and develop templates for documents including bids and award submissions, and presentations.
• Strong creative graphic design skills with the ability to design new graphic materials, as well as develop and communicate graphic styles.
• Ability to interpret and work within existing brand guidelines, visual language and graphic processes.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Confident and adept with MS Office, particularly PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English with proofreading and copywriting skills.
• Keen interest in the built environment.

Desirable

• Experience using WordPress / managing Websites / using Mailchimp.
• Familiar with Open Asset (or similar) Digital Asset Management platform.
• Knowledge of video editing software such as Adobe Premier Pro and After Effects.
• Experience in creating engaging social media content.
• Ability to understand and appreciate architectural images and material.
• Photography and image editing skills
• Experience in creating and producing branded goods and stationery.

• Critical visual eye.
• Excellent communication.
• Able to work with initiative and unsupervised, but knows when to ‘check in’.
• Able to take verbal and written briefs and deliver creative outputs.
• Ability to work with and across teams and work well within a team environment.
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
• Works to strict deadlines and can manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Comfortable and confident communicating with senior members of staff and sharing knowledge across the practice.

BPTW is an award-winning architectural and urban design practice specialising in residential-led development and mixed-use regeneration projects. Working alongside leading developers, housing associations, local authorities, and private clients, our philosophy is centred on creating homes and places that transform people’s lives.

We offer an open, collaborative, and interactive working environment that promotes the sharing of ideas and enables creativity to flourish. Teamwork is important to us, and our culture is built on inclusivity and respect. Our balanced gender representation, recognition as one of the most diverse UK architecture studios by the AJ100, and multiple employment awards reflect the benefits of our studio culture.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer with a wheelchair-accessible studio, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Dependent on experience, the salary for this position is expected to be between £30,000 and £35,000 pa.

• 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme and GP helpline.
• Cashback on healthcare costs.
• Free financial advice from a Financial Advisor.
• Insurance cover (Life Assurance, Critical Illness, Income Protection).
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Season Ticket Loan.
• Relevant Professional Fees paid (e.g. ARB, CIPD).
• Support for your ongoing professional development.
• Annual salary reviews.
• Regular design reviews, CPDs, and office/team social events.
• Daily breakfast cereals and freshly ground coffee.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter to people@bptw.co.uk explaining why you’d like to join BPTW and how you meet the essential criteria for this role.

You are welcome to include any other relevant information to support your application, such as examples of your work. If you are sending examples of your work, please only submit your most relevant work (2-3 examples).

We look forward to hearing how you can contribute to our mission to design and deliver architecture that transforms people’s lives.

Please note: We are currently unable to support applications requiring current or future employment visa sponsorship. Please clearly state your right to work in the UK in your application.