Recruiting: Graphic and Motion Designer – Leeds
Job Title: Graphic and Motion DesignerLocation: Hybrid — 2 days in the Leeds office, 3 remoteType: Full-timeExperience: Up to 3 years. This one’s for someone building a career
About SharpSeventeen years ago, we decided the industry had it backwards. Agencies guess. Consultancies overthink. We built something in between: a brand consultancy that works with the rigour of strategy, delivers with the energy of an agency, and solves unsolvable challenges using Sharp Co-Create® — a platform we’ve spent nearly two decades building and proving for global and local brands.
Sharp is privately owned by three partners who built this business on the belief that work should be a force for good, for our clients and for the people who do it. Our values: Courage, Ownership, Curiosity, Kindness aren’t a poster on the wall. They’re how we hire, how we work, and how we hold each other to account. It’s why everyone gets a paid Volunteer Day: time back to put something into the causes that matter to us and AI Training: ensuring we’re leading clients through the new world. Our standards are high, and we don’t apologise for that.
Who You AreYou’re not just good at this. You want to be great at it. You obsess over the details other people miss: the frame that’s a beat too long, the kerning that’s a hair off, the difference between a video people watch and one they skip.
You’ve got up to three years in the industry, and you’re hungry for the next three to matter more. You want mentors who push you, briefs that stretch you, and a portfolio that gets sharper every year you’re here.
You embody our Be the Sunshine motto by bringing a dose of joy and a creative spark to work every day.
If that’s you, keep reading.
The RoleGraphic Design: Develop conceptually and visually engaging ideas for digital and print: brand identities, social, campaigns, presentations, website design. Support the team with artwork assets.
Video Production: Create compelling video from storyboard to execution. Confident with editing software. Comfortable with colour grading and audio editing. Content for online and offline.
Animation: Bring ideas to life. Build brand stories that move.
Brand Consistency: Own the detail. Keep every touchpoint on-brand, across print, digital and motion, in step with the wider team.
Collaboration: Work as a creative team with copywriters and designers to shape work that’s impossible to ignore. Collab with strategy, client services and new business to understand the brief and deliver work that lands.
Stay Sharp: Track trends, tools and technologies. Bring fresh thinking to every project, proactively.
- Degree or equivalent in Graphic and Motion Design or a related field
- Up to 3 years’ relevant experience in graphic and motion design
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign), plus PowerPoint
- A portfolio that proves range
- Sharp communication and collaboration skills
- The ability to run multiple projects and hit deadlines at pace
What You Get
- Personal Growth Budget
- Proprietary AI Training
- Volunteer Day
- 4pm finish on Fridays
- Closed over Christmas
- Plenty of snacks
- An office in the heart of Leeds, rooftop terrace with the big views over the city
- Annual company conference, this year in a European city
- Salary range from 26K to 33K depending on experience
How to ApplySend your CV and examples of work, plus a couple of lines on why Sharp, to Creative Director Richard Sharp: mailto:richard@thesharpagency.co.uk
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