Midweight Digital Designer in Manchester

We are looking for a Midweight Digital Designer to join our friendly and dynamic team here at Waterstones Head Office in Piccadilly, London. This is a part time role (3 days each week) and you will be working within a collaborative team on varied, fast-paced creative design projects for Waterstones digital platforms.

What you will be doing:

• Create high-quality digital assets for use across Waterstones digital platforms – including website, email, app and social platforms.
• Work closely with the design team and wider Ecommerce team to deliver projects from brief to completion that meet project objectives.
• Create artwork using art direction skills, ecommerce strategic thinking and high-quality ideas with a focus on user-friendly mobile-first and accessible designs.
• Work within a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects and communicating progress accurately to the Digital Design Manager and wider team to ensure work is delivered within specified timeframes.
• Produce product photography for key campaigns and to enhance merchandising, including post‑production and photo editing of selected photography.
• Support the Ecommerce department with reactive changes and requests to meet commercial needs.
• Use your strong understanding of e‑commerce and digital design to generate ideas that enhance the customer experience and optimise the user journey, supporting the ongoing growth and development of Waterstones.com.
• Uphold a balance of creativity and brand consistency throughout artwork.

What we need from you:

• 4 years digitally focused design experience.
• Keen eye for detail and ability to combine commerciality and creativity in the work produced for digital campaigns and experiences.
• Strong understanding of mobile‑first and responsive design.
• Designing content for App visuals is advantageous.
• Experience working in a team, working to brief specifics, delivering multiple projects simultaneously in an accurate and timely fashion.
• Excellent communicator, versed in brainstorming and presenting idea routes.
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience using Keynote or After Effects (or similar software for animation) is advantageous.
• Proficiency in Trello, Slack and Teams is desired but not essential.
• Experience in and/or a keen interest in product and creative photography and editing advantageous.

Person Profile:

• Positive problem solver, self‑starting attitude and troubleshooting ability.
• Excellent planning and organisation skills.
• Embrace challenges and takes feedback constructively to drive the best solutions.
• Able to work collaboratively within a team and confident to work independently when required.
• Commercially aware and take an interest in retail brand designs.
• You have a breadth of cultural reference points and take inspiration from wherever you can.

Why work for Waterstones:

At Waterstones, everything we do is about our customers, and we work hard to provide them with the best possible shopping experience, one that will make them want to visit time and time again. We strive to consistently deliver fantastic customer service, whether recommending a book or a gift, keeping our shops beautifully stocked, helping in our lovely Café W’s, or keeping the wheels turning efficiently behind the scenes. Working with us, you will get to use your expertise and enthusiasm to bring to our customers the irreplaceable pleasures of a good bookshop (including a virtual one). In return, you will be working in a role that can make a real difference to Waterstones, work in a friendly and dynamic team and get to benefit from our excellent discount in shops and waterstones.com.

If you have the relevant essential experience and you are interested, we would love to hear from you.