Associate Designer

Associate Designer

At YBS Studio, we believe great creative can spark change. And we’re building a team that’s ready to do just that. If you love bringing ideas to life through design, storytelling, animation, or video you’ll feel right at home with us.

We’re a newly reinvented in house studio with big ambition. This is our moment to show what an in house team can really do: bold thinking, smart craft and work that makes a real difference to real people.

We mix the best bits of agency life with the purpose and focus of working in house. Energy without the ego. Creativity without the chaos. A place where you can do work, you’re proud of, with likeminded people.

As part of the expansion to the in house studio, we’re excited to be recruiting for a new Associate Designer. This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative individual to play an active role in shaping and elevating the YBS brand. You’ll be part of an ambitious journey, working on meaningful projects that help bring our brand to life and support how we connect with colleagues, members and customers.

About The Role
As an Associate Designer in our Marketing team, you’ll play a key role in bringing the YBS brand to life across a wide range of channels. Working as part of a collaborative and creative team of designers, you’ll design and deliver high quality, on brand visual assets for digital, social, email and print, ensuring consistency with our brand guidelines and creative direction.

You’ll support senior designers by preparing artwork, adapting existing layouts and contributing fresh, modern ideas during the concept development stage. This is a great opportunity to build your design experience, learn from established creatives and develop your craft in a fast paced, supportive environment, as well as bringing fresh thinking, ideas and approaches to the established studio.

Collaboration will be at the heart of the role. You’ll work closely with designers, writers and other stakeholders to manage briefs, respond to feedback and continually refine your work. Alongside this, you’ll help improve creative workflows and asset quality, ensuring everything we produce meets a high standard and is delivered efficiently.

About You
You’re a creative and motivated designer with a strong foundation in graphic design and a genuine enthusiasm for producing high quality visual work. You enjoy working collaboratively, are keen to develop your skills, and are happy to get stuck in and support the team wherever needed.

You’ll bring:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, with the ability to confidently create and adapt assets across digital and print
• You have extensive in a graphic design role, with a solid understanding of design fundamentals
• The ability to confidently present your work and ideas to stakeholders across the business, clearly explaining your creative thinking and responding to feedback
• A highly creative mindset, with an eye for detail and modern visual ideas
• A positive, proactive attitude, and a willingness to learn, contribute and take on new challenges
• Experience using AI tools to support creative production would be beneficial

Please note, if you’re invited to interview, we’ll ask to see a portfolio with examples of your previous work.