Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Graphic Designer.

This is a Full Time, Permanent position.

The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. 

Salary

National: £31,361 pro-rata

Greater London+: £34,690 pro-rata

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.

What you will be doing

Historic England is looking for a passionate new Graphic Designer to join our Marketing team. The role will help to raise the profile of Historic England through delivering exceptional graphics and design and ensuring all outputs are represented to the highest standards.  

The role forms part of our small but dynamic design function. It offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the outputs of Historic England, whilst working with the support and expertise of our high-performing Marketing team. 

In this role, you will support the creative delivery of the Historic England visual brand, confidently producing inspiring, creative and impactful graphics and design. You will help ensure we connect with our audiences and stakeholders using the right creative graphics and design across all platforms to inspire people to understand, enjoy and look after England's spectacular historic environment.

Who we are looking for

• Proven graphic design experience within a high profile or innovative brand

• Strong creative thinking with ability to generate original creative concepts that align with brand guidelines

• Knowledge of accessibility standards in design, how to apply them and how to coach others in adopting them

• Collaborative approach to working and sharing knowledge with a range of stakeholders

• Clear and persuasive communication skills

• Positive attitude, committed, enthusiastic and conscientious

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to submit a portfolio of their work. Requested by 06th May for submission by 08th May 2025.

Following this any candidates invited for interview will be asked to complete a test exercise which will be sent on 14th May.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Why work for Historic England

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Provisional interview dates: 19th and 20th May 2025

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/12wpn54q/graphic-designer.odt