Midweight Multimedia Designer

About Us

Red is a multi-specialist PR agency with strong consumer, corporate, technology and digital teams whose talent, creativity and passion continues to attract high profile clients. We’ve won multiple awards for our work across all key PR disciplines –150+ industry awards since we started over 31 years ago.

We're looking for a talented and creative Midweight Multimedia Designer to join our Content team, working across a wide range of exciting brands and projects.

We're after someone with a great eye for design, strong motion graphics and animation skills, and a passion for creating stand-out content. Someone who loves variety, enjoys collaborating with different teams and thrives in a fast-paced agency environment.

You'll be working on everything from social content and digital campaigns to animation, video and new business pitches, helping bring creative ideas to life for some of the world's best-known brands.

Some of the things you will be doing

• Creating engaging visual assets for client campaigns, social media, digital platforms, internal communications and agency marketing.
• Designing and animating content using Adobe After Effects, from social media assets and animated graphics to more ambitious motion-led creative projects.
• Collaborating with our Content, Social and PR teams to develop ideas, visual concepts and creative approaches for a wide variety of briefs.
• Working alongside our video production team to create motion graphics, titles, animations and other visual elements for filmed content.
• Bringing creative ideas and proposals to life through compelling design, visual storytelling and presentation materials.
• Managing your own design projects from initial brief through to final delivery, ensuring work is completed to a high creative standard and within deadlines.
• Occasionally working with our external design agency and freelance partners, contributing to briefs, sharing ideas and collaborating on projects where additional expertise is needed.
• Ensuring all creative output is visually engaging, accurate and aligned with client brand guidelines.
• Keeping up with the latest design, animation and social media trends, bringing fresh ideas and creative approaches to the team.

Who you are

• A creative and enthusiastic designer who loves bringing ideas to life.
• Experienced in multimedia, graphic or motion design, ideally within an agency or similarly fast-paced creative environment.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, with strong digital design, motion graphics and animation skills.
• Someone with a strong understanding of typography, layout, composition and visual storytelling.
• Experienced in creating engaging digital assets for social media and other content platforms.
• A working knowledge of PowerPoint and Figma, with the ability to apply strong design principles across different formats.
• An understanding of social media trends, content formats and what makes creative work stand out.
• The confidence to interpret briefs, develop creative solutions and manage projects independently.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to balance multiple projects and deadlines.
• A collaborative approach and enthusiasm for working with different teams across the agency.
• A keen eye for detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality creative work.

Brownie Points if…

• You have experience working within a PR, communications, advertising or content agency.
• You're confident editing video using Adobe Premiere Pro.
• You have experience developing storyboards, visual treatments or creative concepts.
• You have experience in print design and artwork production.
• You've worked with external creative agencies, designers or freelancers.
• You're interested in using AI-assisted creative tools to support design, animation and content creation.

Some reasons to work at Red

• Competitive salaries benchmarked against the industry
• Generous holiday allowance plus extra days off around Christmas and the New Year
• Up to 10 weeks’ unpaid sabbatical leave (once you have 2.5 years service)
• Hybrid working: Tuesday to Thursday in the office, WFH on Mondays and Fridays. Plus, a Work-From-Anywhere allowance
• Active DEI Working Group celebrating Black History Month, Diwali, Pride, Ramadan, Lunar New Year, Rosh Hashanah and much much more
• Weekly personal hour to start at 10am, take a longer lunch break or finish at 4.30pm
• External mentoring via Creative Access for anyone from an under-represented background
• Premium access to Calm and access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Breakfast and an awesome snack box Tuesdays to Thursdays and a free bar every Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

At Red, we recognise that to deliver the best work for our clients, we need a diverse range of perspectives and experiences. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to ensuring best practice approaches to a diverse and inclusive recruitment process and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.