Digital Designer

Apply by: Expires at any time, latest being 9:00am Monday 13th January 2025
Start date: ASAP
Term: Permanent. Full-time (40 hours per week), working Monday - Friday
Salary: £25k to £35k
Location: Oxygen House, Exeter - In person with flexibility

Do you have strong creative skills in graphic design, illustration and video? Are you passionate about making a difference in education?

Why You’ll Love This Digital Designer Role:

1. Create a real impact. At Sparx Learning, we’re on a mission to transform education. Your designs will directly connect with students, teachers, and parents, driving meaningful change in how people learn and grow.
   
   

2. Elevate your creativity. You’ll collaborate on diverse projects, from educational illustrations to innovative videos and branded assets. Work closely with other designers, content creators and communicators in a role where your ideas matter.
   
   

3. Grow with us. We’re expanding fast, and with our strong focus on learning, you’ll have many opportunities to develop your skills and create a lasting impact.

About us

At Sparx Learning, we’re on a mission to improve lives and the world through learning. We work with over 2,600 schools, 60,000 teachers, and 2.4 million students, building systems that enhance student confidence, skills, and attainment. Learn more about our history, impact, team, products and work environment [here].

What’s needed

Images & illustration: Design and manage the delivery of impactful visuals, including diagrams and illustrations for Maths, Science, and English, tailoring them to students, parents, and teachers.
Brand & communication support: Develop consistent, professional designs for branding, communication, and style guides, ensuring alignment across all platforms. Help shape the visual and creative approach of the company.

Video & animation creation: Help storyboard, create and edit videos to simplify complex ideas and bring them to life. Use animation to enhance understanding and deliver meaningful, engaging content.

Creative collaboration: Work with colleagues to develop and execute innovative designs, filming dynamic visuals in the office, and beyond.
Professional tools: Use industry-leading design software like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Produce polished video content that leaves a lasting impression using Premiere/After Effects/Camtasia.

Multi-disciplinary design: Help develop our visual language across a range of media, designing for websites, print, content, social, slides, videos and events.

What you’ll bring
Resilience, flexibility and pace: Enthusiastically embracing change while working in and contributing to a fast-paced environment.

Attention to detail: Strike a balance between precision and speed, ensuring accuracy and high standards while meeting tight deadlines.

Strong visual communication: Create clear visual hierarchies, making key information stand out and resonate with audiences.

Creative problem solving: Deliver innovative solutions across multiple channels, even under time pressure. Follow-up to see how well your solutions are working.

Adaptability: Be ready to roll-up your sleeves and support the design team with whatever is needed. Embrace new tools and technologies, staying hands-on and eager to experiment.

Drive and Organisation: Self-motivated and results-driven, with a proactive approach to your work. Organised and analytical, capable of managing multiple tasks and shifting priorities with ease.

Qualifications: Ideally, degree-level training in visual design, graphic design, digital design, print design, illustration, or animation. Open to self-taught candidates with strong commercial experience.

Experience:

• Preferably in-house commercial design experience, however agency, freelance, or direct entry from a relevant degree will also be considered.

• A portfolio showcasing commercial work would be highly desirable, or any passion projects that reflect creativity and enthusiasm.

• Experience or interest in Digital Product Design is a bonus.

We know you may not be an expert in every skill or software listed, but we’re seeking someone who thrives on variety and enjoys learning on the job. If you’re curious, adaptable, and ready to grow with us, we’d love to hear from you!

Our benefits
We believe in living life fully and offer a range of benefits, including generous annual leave, comprehensive medical and dental insurance, enhanced family leave and pay plus so much more! Click here to find out more!

In person with flexibility: We trust you to manage your schedule when life happens, whether it’s school runs or unexpected errands. But, at Sparx, we love the energy, creativity and pace that comes from being together in person. Collaboration and connection drive our success, so we encourage everyone to be together in person as much as possible.

Selection process

1. Application & Portfolio submission: Please ensure your application does include a link to your design portfolio showcasing your work. We’d love to see what you can do!

2. Video interview: We’d like to get to know more about you and understand your skills and experience.

3. In person interview: You’ll meet some of the team and undertake a technical task.

4. Meeting with our CEO: A great chance to dive deeper into Sparx and our mission.

Join us and be part of a mission shaping the future.

Sparx does not hold a licence to sponsor visas. We cannot process applications requiring sponsorship.

Need support during the recruitment process? Email us at recruitment@sparx.co.uk or call 01392 440 400.