Midweight Designer

Our Team: How we enrich everyday life

You will be joining Bauer Media Audio’s Marketing Team, a creative and collaborative group working across some of the UK’s most loved audio brands, including KISS, Magic Radio, Greatest Hits Radio, Absolute Radio, Kerrang and Planet Rock. Our work spans radio, podcasts, social video, competitions, live events and our listening app, Rayo.

You’ll be part of our newly formed Design Hub, a growing team of designers and video producers who work closely with marketing, podcast, social and commercial teams. Together, we create bold, engaging and consistent creative that connects with millions of listeners and viewers every day.

The difference you will make

In this role, you will play a key part in bringing Bauer’s brands to life through high-quality, engaging design. You’ll take ownership of briefs, contribute creative ideas and deliver polished assets across digital, print and integrated campaigns, helping ensure our creative output is audience-focused, consistent and impactful.

Your role

We are looking for a Midweight Designer to join our Design Hub team on a full-time, permanent basis, working in a hybrid pattern, ideally based in London (but this is not essential).If you love creating design that people genuinely connect with and want to see your work used across iconic brands and platforms, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your creative career.

Working Pattern / Location
Full-time, permanent. Hybrid working, ideally London-based.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Designing digital assets for social media, websites, email, competitions, events and marketing campaigns
• Adapting and optimising creative across multiple platforms and formats
• Editing, retouching and enhancing imagery for digital use
• Producing print design and supplying accurate print-ready artwork
• Managing briefs independently from concept through to delivery
• Collaborating closely with designers, producers, editors and wider stakeholders
• Supporting the Creative Lead on larger or integrated campaigns
• Providing guidance to junior designers when required

What we are looking for:

• Strong understanding of design principles, layout and typography
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign)
• Experience designing for digital and social platforms
• Ability to prepare print-ready artwork
• Confident communicator who can interpret briefs and present ideas clearly
• Organised, collaborative and comfortable managing multiple projects
• Interest in media, digital design trends and emerging creative tools
• Familiarity with Figma and Canva (desirable)
• Motion design experience or interest in AI creative tools (desirable)

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win. 
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working. 
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk

We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.