​​​​ This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.

Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.

Purpose of job:​ 

Bring Comic Relief’s brand to life with bold, creative, and impactful design! You’ll shape and maintain a distinctive visual identity that reflects our personality, values, and mission making sure every piece of design work tells our story with energy and consistency. Evolve and expand our brand toolkits, crafting fresh guidelines and assets that keep our look sharp, modern, and instantly recognisable. As an in house design powerhouse, you’ll create stunning visuals across all platforms campaigns, social media, fundraising, and beyond helping us captivate audiences, spark conversations, and inspire action. 

​​Key responsibilities: ​ 

Creative Development & Execution 

• Designing for impact. Create standout visuals for multi-channel campaigns, including: 

• Fundraising appeals (email, direct mail, online). 

• Campaign collateral, bake packs and fundraising packs to inspire participation 

• Social media content (posts, stories, ads). 

• Reports, newsletters, pitch decks and printed materials. 

• Merchandise, event branding, and advertising. 

• Video assets, moodboards, lower thirds, and storyboarding. 

• Ensure all designs meet accessibility guidelines and best practices, making Comic Relief’s content inclusive and engaging for all audiences. 

• Create compelling designs, artwork, and assets for a variety of projects, including marketing campaigns, advertising, branding, printed communications, email, web, and merchandise. 

• Design of print and digital materials across multiple platforms, from large-scale integrated marketing campaigns to corporate reports and merchandise, ensuring all assets align with accessibility guidelines. 

• Follow projects from concept to completion: from taking briefs and idea generation through to design development, sign-off, artworking and final delivery. 

Collaboration & Campaign Strategy 

• Work closely with internal teams including copywriters, marketers, and fundraisers to bring campaign ideas to life. 

• Contribute to creative ideation sessions, identifying opportunities to push design further. 

• Refine campaign messaging through visuals, ensuring copy and design work seamlessly together to amplify impact. 

• Confidently present design ideas and rationale to internal teams and stakeholders, articulating how designs align with strategic objectives. 

Branding and Consistency 

• Develop, maintain, and evolve brand guidelines to ensure a cohesive visual identity across all touchpoints. 

• Ensure all creative assets adhere to brand standards, maintaining consistency across digital and print platforms. 

• Ensure all projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with brand guidelines. 

• Maintain structured working systems for the Graphic Design team, including folders, job numbers, and filing to ensure efficiency. 

• Serve as the initial point of contact for all graphic design needs within the organisation. 

Innovation & Brand Evolution 

• Stay ahead of design trends, digital innovations, and branding best practices. 

• Experiment with new tools, styles, and techniques to enhance visual storytelling and strengthen brand presence. 

• Balance creativity with strategic thinking, ensuring designs serve their intended purpose while staying on-brand. 

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Person specification​ 

​​Essential criteria​ 

• Proven track record of working across a range of design projects, from concept to final execution. 

• Strong portfolio showcasing impactful, consumer-facing design work across both digital and print. 

• Exceptional typography, layout, and composition skills, with a sharp eye for detail. 

• Highly competent in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and proficient in Microsoft Office; familiarity with Figma or willingness to upskill. 

• Experience designing for social media, marketing campaigns, brand communications, and multi-channel artwork. 

• Strong ability to switch between print and digital artwork seamlessly, ensuring high-quality execution for both mediums. 

• Organised and adaptable, able to manage multiple key projects in a  at any one time, while setting priorities effectively. 

• Excellent communication skills, with confidence in presenting ideas and collaborating with marketers, digital teams, and stakeholders. 

• A creative and strategic mindset, understanding how design influences audience engagement and action. 

• Ability to work autonomously as the sole in-house designer while also collaborating under direction when required. 

• Experience in a fluid studio environment, creating, preparing, proofing, and checking print-ready and digital artwork. 

​​Desirable criteria​ 

• Motion graphics or animation skills (After Effects, Premiere Pro). 

• Experience in charity, social impact, or fundraising campaigns. 

• Knowledge of UX/UI principles and digital-first design thinking. 

• Experience working within or helping to develop brand identity systems. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London, There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work

Disability Confident employer

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV or application scores. We ask that candidates that wish to be considered for this scheme email

Recruitment@comicrelief.com to discuss further. Please do not email CV's/cover letters.