Marketing Executive - Designer

Responsibilities

• Design system and brand - Create, document and maintain the Tech Educators design system in Figma (or a design tool you are proficient in): colour, typography, spacing, iconography, imagery guidance and reusable components for web, email, social, presentations and learning resources
• Act as brand guardian for Tech Educators and the TechYouth brand, keeping online and offline material visually consistent.
• Build and maintain a library of approved templates (Figma, Canva, Google Slides and HubSpot) so colleagues can produce routine materials on brand without needing the studio.
• Make accessibility part of the system from the start, meeting WCAG colour contrast, type size and alt text standards, and carry out regular accessibility checks on published material.
• Review and sign off design thinking and quality before work is passed to Claude Design or the software development team.
• Design studio and helpdesk - Run the design request process for the business: receive briefs, clarify requirements, agree priorities and turnaround times with the CMO and keep requesters updated.
• Manage a varied workload of requests, tracking progress in our project tool (ClickUp) and flagging capacity pressures early.
• Coach colleagues on using templates and brand assets well, so that the studio's time goes on work that needs a designer.
• Brief and manage external suppliers such as printers, merchandise providers, photographers and videographers when required.
• Creative asset production - design and build creative assets across our channels, including: Web: page layouts, landing pages and web graphics designed in Figma (or other design tool), ready for handover to software development, with SEO and content hierarchy in mind.

Requirements

• Portfolio showing creative, well-crafted work across digital and print, including social and presentation design
• Examples of web page, email or learning resource design
• Design systems
• Experience building or maintaining brand guidelines, template libraries or a component library in Figma (or other design tools)
• Experience creating a design system from scratch, including documentation
• Software: Confident in using Design Tools e.g Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; comfortable with Canva
• HubSpot email builder; motion tools such as After Effects or Figma prototyping
• Email: Understanding of good email design and how it differs from web design
• Experience designing and testing email campaigns
• Ways of working: Able to manage many requests at once, prioritise sensibly and communicate clearly with non-designers

Benefits

• The chance to make a genuinely visible impact in a growing business
• A supportive, friendly team where your knowledge and experience are valued day-to-day
• Room to bring new ideas and grow your career alongside the business