Responsibilities

• Content planning, graphic design and creation
• Design high-quality, on-brand social assets, including static graphics, carousels, simple infographics, quote tiles, thumbnails and short-form video assets.
• Use Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud or similar tools to create polished, publish-ready content that follows brand templates and design guidelines.
• Turn corporate stories, ESG updates, innovation content, employer brand activity and leadership messages into clear, engaging social-first visuals.
• Develop reusable templates and content series that markets can adapt while staying on brand.
• Draft clear social copy that supports the visual asset and reflects the group tone of voice.
• Repurpose press releases, case studies, blogs and internal stories into design-led social formats.
• Schedule, publish and quality-check posts across LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and other agreed platforms.
• Check image crops, thumbnails, captions, links and platform-specific formatting before posts go live.
• Monitor comments, messages and mentions, flagging issues and responding where appropriate.
• Maintain content calendars and ensure posts are delivered on time.
• Review competitor and social trends, bringing forward ideas for visual formats, design treatments and content series to test.
• Work with the Digital Team, Corporate Communications, HR, Sustainability and regional marketing teams to source stories, imagery, footage and creative inputs.
• Support paid and organic campaigns by designing, resizing and adapting social assets so they are on-brief and ready for activation.
• Help maintain and improve social media guidelines, design templates and best-practice playbooks.
• Manage drafts, feedback and version control through the approvals process.
• Track performance metrics including reach, impressions, engagement, clicks, followers and video views.
• Identify which creative formats, thumbnails, layouts and content series perform best.
• Run simple A/B-style tests where possible, such as different thumbnails, hooks, layouts, copy or formats.

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience in social media, content, digital marketing or a similar role with a strong visual content creation focus.
• A portfolio or examples of social-first design work, such as graphics, carousels, thumbnails, simple infographics or short-form video assets.
• Confident using Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud or similar tools to create polished, on-brand assets for LinkedIn, Instagram and/or YouTube.
• Good understanding of design principles, including layout, typography, colour, visual hierarchy, image selection, accessibility and adapting assets for different social formats.
• Ability to take a brief and turn it into a clear, engaging visual concept with minimal rework.
• Strong writing skills and the ability to make complex topics clear and engaging.
• Comfortable using basic social analytics to understand which content and creative formats perform best.
• Strong attention to detail, organisation and ability to manage multiple creative tasks and deadlines.
• Experience creating design-led content for B2B, corporate communications, employer branding, sustainability or thought leadership.
• Basic video editing, motion graphics, animation, image retouching, captioning or thumbnail design experience.
• Experience creating or improving social media templates, content series, playbooks or visual guidelines.
• Familiarity with Sprinklr, HubSpot or similar social platforms.
• Interest in testing and improving visual formats, hooks, thumbnails, layouts and creative approaches.
• Candidates should be prepared to share examples of previous social media design work or a small portfolio showing graphics, carousels, thumbnails, simple video assets or campaign visuals.

Preferred

• Experience creating design-led content for B2B, corporate communications, employer branding, sustainability or thought leadership.
• Basic video editing, motion graphics, animation, image retouching, captioning or thumbnail design experience.
• Experience creating or improving social media templates, content series, playbooks or visual guidelines.
• Familiarity with Sprinklr, HubSpot or similar social platforms.
• Interest in testing and improving visual formats, hooks, thumbnails, layouts and creative approaches.
• Candidates should be prepared to share examples of previous social media design work or a small portfolio showing graphics, carousels, thumbnails, simple video assets or campaign visuals.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme
• 23 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in service benefit
• Healthcare
• Free parking