Creative Designer in Manchester

Empowering organisations to achieve their highest potential. At ISOQAR, we draw on our experience, knowledge, and ambition to empower organisations through ISO certification, ISO training and consultancy, delivered by our in-house expertise. We are looking for a talented Creative Designer to join our team and produce bold, engaging visual content across campaigns and channels. This is a brand-new role in which design will be brought in-house for the first time. You will shape our brand identity and create assets that drive engagement and results. This is a hands-on role across the full spectrum of digital and print design, from static graphics to animation and video content.

What you’ll do:

• Own and evolve our global brand identity, including brand guidelines, templates, iconography, and visual systems.
• Design high-quality creative assets for multi-channel marketing campaigns across email, social media, web, paid advertising, and print.
• Create advertising creatives for LinkedIn, Meta, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube in static, animated, and short-form video formats.
• Produce motion graphics, animations, and video content to improve campaign performance and engagement.
• Edit and produce video content for various platforms and business needs.
• Design emails, landing pages, website assets, and product launch collateral.
• Develop creative concepts that align with brand guidelines while pushing creative standards.
• Translate marketing briefs into clear, effective, and visually engaging design solutions in collaboration with the marketing team.
• Build, test, and optimise campaign visuals to support conversion and performance goals.
• Maintain brand consistency across touchpoints and act as a brand guardian.
• Create polished presentations, pitch decks, and internal communications materials.
• Prototype and iterate quickly using performance data, feedback, and trends to inform creative direction.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining high design quality.
• Optimise designs based on campaign performance, insights, and stakeholder feedback.
• Stay up to date with design trends, tools, and best practices to keep the brand current and competitive.
• Use Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition) to deliver high-quality output.

What you’ll need to be successful:

Essential:

• A strong portfolio demonstrating excellence across graphic design, animation, video editing, and motion graphics.
• Experience creating design for multiple channels and formats (digital and print).
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro).
• Strong understanding of design principles, typography, colour theory, and composition.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, marketing-led environment.
• A creative mindset with the ability to think strategically and solve problems.
• Passion for visual storytelling and brand development.
• Ability to manage your own workload and work autonomously.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality output.
• Confident communication skills with the ability to explain creative decisions clearly.

Desirable:

• Experience creating for social and paid platforms (LinkedIn, Meta, TikTok, YouTube).
• Familiarity with UX/UI and responsive web design principles.
• Understanding of conversion-focused and performance-driven design.
• Experience using tools such as Figma or similar.
• Basic HTML/CSS and WordPress knowledge to support simple website updates (not full development).

Note: We’re primarily looking for design excellence across animation, video, and multi-channel campaigns. Basic WordPress or HTML/CSS knowledge is a bonus, but not essential.

What you’ll get in return:

• ISOQAR has a hybrid workplace policy, with a 3-day-per-week office pattern.
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Generous annual leave
• Healthcare Plan
• Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Life Assurance – 3X base salary
• Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback
• LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? Our recruitment team assesses all applications against the role and business needs. We consider transferable and soft skills and may upskill or provide development support where needed. Our priority is to set you up for success.

Bring Your Whole Self To Work. We are an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team and an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What You Can Expect If You Apply:

• A response to your application within 15 working days
• An interview process consisting of:

• An initial discovery call with the recruiter
• A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
• Additional interview with stakeholders (likely face-to-face)

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.