Graphic Designer in West Bridgford

Salary: Please state your expectations within your application

Contract: Full Time, 37.5 hours a week

Location: The City Ground, Nottingham, NG2 5FJ

Department: Marketing and Content

Reporting to: Head of Brand and Design

Closing Date For Applications: 22nd May 2026

About the Role

This exciting role will see you working on creative output for the Men’s and Women’s football teams, the Academy football teams, the Netball team, and the Community Trust. You’ll collaborate with several internal departments, including content, retail, matchday events, marketing, and partnerships, to produce high-quality visual assets for use across a variety of platforms. This incredibly diverse role means you could be working on anything from matchday social media graphics or player signing announcements one moment, to retail email campaigns or content for our in-stadium big screens the next, striving to maintain consistency with our brand guidelines and evolve the visual output of the club.

The Perks of the Job

• Opportunity to access tickets for events at The City Ground.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to high street and gym discounts.
• Discount within our Club shop.
• Free on-site parking.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Working with the Head of Brand & Design to undertake tasks needed across multiple departments, and delivering on their specific requirements.
• Designing assets for campaigns, digital channels, presentations and social media.
• Interpreting briefs and transforming concepts into visual executions.
• Creating static and animated content across platforms.
• Manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, working within time and budget constraints under tight deadlines.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders about design processes, decisions and project developments.
• Supporting A/B testing by creating design variants.
• Contributing to creative ideation and campaign brainstorming.
• Staying up to date with design trends and tools.
• Being a guardian of the Club’s identity and ensuring consistency across all materials created by the Club.
• Carry out additional ad hoc duties as reasonably required in line with the evolving needs of the business.

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• 3–7 years of experience in graphic design roles.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (primarily Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign).
• Strong understanding of brand consistency and visual hierarchy.
• Ability to create assets for web, social, print, and presentations.
• Confidence in taking & interpreting briefs and presenting concepts.
• Familiarity with exporting formats for digital use.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Comfortable collaborating with marketing, content, or product teams.
• Portfolio demonstrating creativity, consistency, and execution.
• Hard skills only; No reliance on AI for design/content creation.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Motion graphic/animation experience using After Effects or equivalent.
• Photography skills / experience.
• Art direction experience on photo / video shoots.
• Experience working in football or sports.

Forest For Everyone

We aim to create a culture which embraces and celebrates our differences, enables individuals to feel comfortable, maximise their potential and eliminate discrimination. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital / civil partnership status, pregnancy / maternity leave, race, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is a signatory of the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code. We are committed to developing policies to promote equal opportunities and diversity within our workforce. To monitor our progress against these commitments, we require all applicants to provide accurate diversity data during the application process.

Disability Confident Committed Employer

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application. If you are likely to meet the definition of being a "disabled person" according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme - please indicate this in your application form below. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment selections.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital / civil partnership status, pregnancy / maternity leave, race, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. Nottingham Forest are committed to developing policies to promote equal opportunities and diversity within our workforce. To monitor our progress against these commitments, we require all applicants to provide accurate diversity data during the application process.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

As part of the Club’s commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant may be required to undergo a Disclosure Barring Service (“DBS”) check or an enhanced DBS check. The results of a DBS check will be considered on an individual basis, and the Club will act in a proportionate manner when deciding whether or not to proceed with the appointment. An FA Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all relevant new appointments to the Club. Individuals will be asked to declare any convictions, cautions or reprimands, warnings or bind-overs that may have been incurred. The Club reserves the right to carry out risk assessments where content has been disclosed on a DBS disclosure if it feels that it is relevant to the job requirements. Failure to satisfy the Club and the PL's safeguarding requirements may lead to the job offer being withdrawn or, if they have already started employment, summary termination of the employment.