Graphic Designer


Company:	McCarthy Stone
Salary:	£32,000 to £32,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bournemouth, BH8 8AQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Oct 2026
Closing date:	5 Nov 2026

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Summary

About You

Are you an

early-to-mid career Graphic Designer looking for your next step and the opportunity to build your experience within a growing in-house Marketing team?

This role is aimed at a Graphic Designer with

around 2–5 years’ professional experience who is ready to take on greater ownership, broaden their portfolio and develop their career within an established brand.

It is not intended as a senior-level Graphic Designer position.

As our Marketing team continues to grow, we are creating a brand-new Graphic Designer role at McCarthy & Stone. Working from our Bournemouth Head Office for at least three days a week, you will join an expanding in-house team where you can bring fresh thinking and ideas while continuing to develop your creative and commercial experience.

There is plenty of variety. One day you could be creating assets for an integrated marketing campaign, the next developing digital content, brochures, signage or property marketing. You will work across multiple customer touchpoints, taking briefs from initial idea through to polished, production-ready creative.

You will ideally bring

2–5 years’ experience within an in-house or agency design environment, with a strong portfolio across print and digital and confidence using Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

You will have a great eye for detail and be comfortable balancing multiple briefs and deadlines, collaborating with Marketing colleagues, stakeholders and external partners.

Knowledge of commercial print and artwork preparation will be important. Experience with Digital Asset Management systems, data merge, short-form video or AI-assisted creative tools would be a bonus, but is not essential.

We will give you:

Financial:

Competitive salary

Company Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Professional subscriptions paid for

Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing:

24 days holiday (rising to 28) plus Bank Holidays

Holiday Purchase Scheme

2 fully paid volunteering days per year, supported by the McCarthy & Stone Foundation

Remote GP and 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme services, including counsellors and legal advisors

Eyecare voucher

Colleague Benefit Booklet with a range of discounts, offers and promotions

Family Friendly Policies

Your Impact

As our Graphic Designer, you will help bring the McCarthy & Stone brand to life across digital and offline channels.

You will:

Create standout creative across campaigns, digital content, brochures, signage and property marketing.

Turn briefs and ideas into engaging concepts and high-quality finished artwork.

Champion our brand while adapting creative across different channels, formats and locations.

Collaborate with Marketing colleagues, wider teams and external partners to deliver great creative.

Manage multiple projects from concept to production, maintaining quality, accuracy and attention to detail.

Bring fresh ideas and explore new creative approaches and technologies, including AI-assisted tools.

What We Are Looking For

This opportunity would particularly suit a Graphic Designer who has built a strong foundation during their

first few years in the profession and is now looking for a role where they can broaden their experience, take greater ownership of creative briefs and continue developing within an experienced Marketing team.

Creative, curious and collaborative, you will enjoy contributing ideas as well as delivering them. You will be organised, proactive and comfortable working with different stakeholders, with the creative judgement and attention to detail to produce consistently high-quality work.

Most importantly, you will be looking for an

early-to-mid career opportunity where you can develop your skills, build the breadth of your portfolio and make a visible contribution to an established brand.

Ready to Make Your Mark?

If you are looking for creative variety, a growing team and the opportunity to see your work come to life across a major brand, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today and bring your creativity to McCarthy & Stone.

At McCarthy & Stone, we celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion amongst our colleagues. We welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background.

All applications will bereviewed as soon as they are received, and we hold the right to appoint before the closing date.

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