Senior Graphic Designer

Senior Graphic Designer

Hours; Full time (37 hours each week, all year round)

Duration; Temporary (until December 2026)

Salary; £29,502 a year + benefits

Location; Cross College role based at any of our campuses of Dearne Valley College, Rotherham College or North Notts College + hybrid working

About the Role

The role of the Senior Graphic Designer (Group Graphic and Digital Designer & Creative Lead) offers the opportunity to play a key role in delivering the RNN Group marketing strategy by ensuring the Group successfully and creatively promotes the opportunities it offers to employers, potential students and the wider community.

Your role will include working on a multitude of campaigns across various Colleges and subsidiaries of the RNN Group. You will work in partnership across the whole organisation but in the main with colleagues in the marketing team which includes marketing officers and digital officers to produce a range of assets to support the promotion of the RNN Group.

Use your design and leadership skills to ensure the College design works reflects and promotes an outstanding organisation to students, staff, local companies, the community, applicants to the college, visitors and stakeholders in line with the College recruitment and reputation strategy.

You will create engaging designs which communicate the RNN Group’s vision and mission whilst upholding the brand guidelines to strengthen the brand.

You will…

You will have substantial design experience in an in-house creative department or design agency, experience in design and production of large multi-page print publications e.g., annual reports, prospectuses, catalogues etc, and Knowledge and experience of using Adobe CC InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator.

You will hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or be willing to undertake) and a related graphic design qualification at a minimum of Level 5 (or above).

You will possess strong conceptual skills and an ability to develop ideas to produce a range of design solutions, experience of working with photographers, leading on shoots to maximise images across a range of platforms and be a team player and confident communicator with good interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels in a friendly and efficient manner and present design work to internal clients.

Department Info

You will report to the Group Marketing & Campaigns Manager, who will give you direction, but you will plan and prioritise your day-to-day workload. You will work with the Marketing Manager & Campaigns and members of the marketing team to ensure projects are completed to agreed timescales.

You will liaise constantly with other members of the Marketing Team, (including digital team members and marketing officers) as well as with a range of other colleagues.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

–      Access to local government pensions scheme

–      Up to 44 days annual leave per year including closure during Christmas period

–      Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons

–      Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service

–      Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles

–      Parking available at all of our sites

–      Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications

–      New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative

–      Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made

What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too;

·       We are Inclusive,

·       We have Integrity,

·       We Deliver,

·       We are One Team.

We are OFSTED ‘Good’ (November 2022)

We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model.  This means that you’d be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme.

The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.

The Group’s core operating hours are 8.30am-5.00pm (9pm on a Tuesday and Thursday during term time). You may be expected to work at any time during these hours to ensure business needs are met.

All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Monday 13 October 2025 – if you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

Provisional Interview Date: 21st or 23rd October 2025

If you require further information about this vacancy, please contact the HR department on 01709 722750 or recruitment@rnngroup.ac.uk