Graphic Designer (part time maternity cover contract)

Description

The company is hiring a Graphic Designer on an immediate part time basis, 26 hours per week, to cover a maternity leave until around August 2027.

The role delivers high quality graphic and motion or video creative that matches the brand, across global marketing work. You lead creative development on assigned campaigns and projects, bringing ideas, storytelling and strong execution across channels.

The company is one of the largest publishers of peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works, and part of Informa, a listed academic publishing, business intelligence and events group in the FTSE 100.

Responsibilities

• Produce finished graphic and motion or video assets from start to finish, including prepress file setup, design, editing, animation and post-production.
• Plan timelines and milestones for your assigned briefs and deliver to agreed KPIs and deadlines.
• Check quality across all deliverables and make sure creative work fits brand guidelines, campaign goals and channel requirements.
• Keep oversight of your projects, raising risks and dependencies early.
• Work with the graphic and video designers where needed.
• Suggest creative ideas that improve engagement and effectiveness.
• Share best practice and new trends in video and motion design.
• Propose ideas that make workflow more efficient and creative work stronger.
• Keep building your skills as design needs change.

Requirements

• Solid experience producing both graphic and motion design work.
• Proven experience leading creative execution within campaigns.
• Experience working with cross-functional marketing teams.
• Advanced working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Strong concept development and visual storytelling skills.
• Confident communicator in cross-functional project settings.
• Able to influence creative decisions without formal authority.
• Organised, deadline driven, and strong at setting priorities.
• Proactive and commercially aware when solving creative problems.

Conditions

Part time, 26 hours per week, on a maternity cover contract until around August 2027.

You need to live within commuting distance of the company's offices.

You are expected to work in person at least 3 days per week, spent at the Milton Park office in Oxfordshire.

The Milton Park office moves to Oxford city centre in late 2027 or early 2028.

Remote or home working is available on other days, with flexibility and support.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and recruits without regard to protected characteristics or non-merit-based factors.

Applications close on 10th November 2026.

Candidates with a disability or other barrier can ask for an adjustment to the hiring process by contacting the recruitment team at, handled in strict confidence.

Candidates can ask for any changes to the recruitment process, such as a different application format or more time, by emailing.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave a year, plus a day off for your birthday.
• 3 extra discretionary days off during the year-end holiday season.
• 4 paid volunteering days a year.
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance.
• Employee assistance programme with 24/7 wellbeing support.
• Share Match plan that gives you two free shares for every share you buy.
• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care.
• A flexible, balanced working culture.