Digital Designer (1-year FTC) - Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Janes empowers military, government, and defence leaders to act with confidence in an increasingly complex world. Our trusted defence, security, and geopolitical information delivered through seamless digital platforms and system integrations turns overwhelming data into clear, actionable intelligence and insight. By filling critical information gaps, Janes helps customers analyse threats, accelerate decisions, and stay ahead of emerging challenges.

We are looking for a talented mid-weight Digital Designer to join on a 1-year Fixed Term Contract with the possibility of extension to help us establish a strong suite of visual assets. The role involves creating expert design across digital, web, social, and print, while also managing brand consistency and preparing files for production, helping us communicate the value of Janes to our customers and increase brand awareness.

How you will contribute at Janes:

• Creation and delivery of a wide range of integrated marketing communications including website/UI assets, digital/print ads, social media content, event stands, and Janes own-channel assets.
• Design for various digital platforms, including our new website, social media channels (e.g., Instagram, LinkedIn), email marketing, and other digital marketing assets.
• Produce high-quality, print-ready files for commercial printing, including image retouching, collaboration with external print vendors, manage timelines, and provide quality checks to ensure the final printed products meet high standards.
• Ensure all outputs are brand-consistent, accessible, and professional.

The ideal skills and experience for this role are:

• Someone who can combine creativity with a professional, polished style—a practical, delivery-focused designer who can translate ideas into high-quality outputs quickly.
• A solid portfolio showcasing experience in design, advertising and social media, web design, and visual storytelling across different channels.
• A good understanding of colour theory, typography, layout principles.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to balance creativity and consistency.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Good experience and knowledge working in Figma.
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, PowerPoint).
• Some experience producing print-ready artwork is a bonus.
• Good organisational and time-management skills to handle multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative but also comfortable working independently.
• Good level of communication and interpersonal skills.

About The Team

The Creative department’s primary goal is to help more people discover the benefits of Janes and build a stronger understanding of Janes through multiple channels. The team works on initiatives that educate and build interest in Janes incredible technology offering, in close collaboration with other teams, such as Marketing, Product, and Sales.

Benefits:

• 27 days of annual leave
• Healthy half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing)
• Private medical insurance – BUPA
• Maternity (100% of basic salary for the first 26 weeks followed by Statutory Maternity Pay)
• Paternity (100% of basic salary for 6 weeks)
• Life cover
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Access to an on-site gym

Life at Janes

We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally. Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender. Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believes that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications.