At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead digital design projects, integrating brand and user experience across various formats.
- Company: Join Grant Thornton, a company that values uniqueness and creativity.
- Benefits: Flexible working options, family-friendly policies, and opportunities for personal growth.
- Other info: Contribute to meaningful projects and enjoy a supportive, inclusive culture.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of AI in design and make a real impact on digital experiences.
- Qualifications: Experience in digital design, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
As a Digital Design Manager within the Commercial team, you will lead our digital design capability, delivering high‑quality, brand‑aligned work across motion, video, web, social and interactive formats. This role combines hands‑on creative delivery with ownership of digital standards, processes and continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with brand, marketing, content and web teams to integrate brand and user experience, and help shape how our brand comes to life across our digital channels. You’ll combine creative delivery with leadership and process improvement to drive high‑quality, scalable digital design across the firm. You’ll also be at the forefront of AI in design to drive quality, originality and efficiency of production.
We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, and we’ll support you to balance your work and life.
Responsibilities- Lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across a range of projects
- Produce high‑quality outputs across web, social, motion, video and interactive formats
- Lead the adoption and application of AI‑enabled tools within digital design, building capability across the team and identifying practical use cases to enhance creativity, efficiency and user experience
- Apply and evolve the firm’s visual identity across digital channels, ensuring consistency and quality
- Evolve the application of digital design and artificial intelligence platforms
- Collaborate with web, content and marketing teams to integrate brand and user experience
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders and external agencies, providing clear creative direction
- Create and maintain templates and best‑practice frameworks (e.g. Ceros, social, digital assets)
- Drive consistency, scalability and efficiency in digital design delivery
- Use structured workflows to ensure projects are delivered on time and to brief
- Support improvements to digital experience, usability and accessibility
- Act as a go‑to expert for digital design within the firm
- Stay up to date with trends across AI, UI/UX, motion and content design
- Bring new ideas into campaigns and strategic projects
- Support the continued shift towards digital‑first thinking across teams
- Share best practice and tools across the team
- Contribute to stronger decision‑making and capability at manager level
- Proven experience working in a mid‑weight to senior role in a design team
- A passionate visual communicator and professional creative digital practitioner
- Experience with tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, AI, motion/video platforms
- Ability to lead projects from concept through to delivery with confident stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Experience improving processes, templates and workflows
Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people. We never settle for what is easy; we look beyond to deliver the right thing for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues, helps people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work. We’re also committed to supporting you through different life stages, with a range of family‑friendly and wider leave policies.
Beyond the JobLife is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, which is why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.
Digital Design Manager employer: Grant Thornton
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