Digital Designer (12 months Fixed-term contract)

Job ID 10112606 Location London, United Kingdom Business Disney Store Date posted Feb. 25, 2025

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Job Summary:

About The Role & Team

Join our creative team at Disney as a Digital Designer! You'll be at the heart of crafting captivating brand assets that span across all Disney Store touchpoints. From dynamic web and mobile app designs to eye-catching digital and print products, and impactful marketing campaigns, your creativity will help bring the magic of Disney to life for millions of fans around the world.

What You Will You Do

Transform marketing, promotional, and merchandising strategies into engaging creative deliverables for the site, app, emails, social and digital ads, as well as print, while upholding the Disney Store global creative direction principles.
Explore beyond the strategy with multiple drafts and explorations within the time allotted, utilizing visual storytelling, typography, layout, form, and color.
Manage time effectively to ensure the independent, accurate design and production of various projects.
Design weekly web content and marketing emails that effectively communicate the intended messages and goals. Oversee the entire email campaign cycle from ideation to execution.
Develop engaging social content for all social channels as directed.
Collaborate in brainstorming sessions for seasonal and tactical marketing campaigns with copywriters and other relevant team members.
Seek ways to enhance the e-commerce experience, focusing on mobile and responsive design.
Innovate ideation and inspire team members by introducing external ideas through competitive examples.
Demonstrate brand best practices in design thinking, encouraging team members to do the same.
Collaborate with site merchants, the buying team, marketing, planning, and other cross-functional teams to support and develop creative that aligns with marketing objectives.
Partner with copywriters to incorporate strategic messaging and calls to action into designs.
Engage in problem-solving conversations with cross-functional partners to provide solutions for messaging.
Build cross-functional partnerships that empower our creative brand evolution.
Deliver consistently high standards of digital graphic design solutions to briefs through HANK JIRA. Provide clear status updates and coordinate communication on all briefs with an appropriate sense of urgency, ensuring stakeholders are informed in a timely manner.
Work closely with the Senior Creative Design Manager to ensure all creative is approved through the correct channels and follows franchise/brand creative guidelines.
Create animated content as required, including GIFs and MP4 videos, ensuring adherence to brand guidelines.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Degree-level education in graphic/web design or an equivalent field is preferred.
Strong understanding of digital design, with proven design and production skills. Demonstrable knowledge and awareness of the latest technologies, manufacturing processes, and current market trends.
Proficient in retail image curation, visual storytelling, typography, layout, form, and color. Skilled at articulating the strategic choices behind design decisions.
Extensive knowledge of Apple Mac and related software, including the Adobe CC suite and later upgrades. Proven experience using Sketch, Illustrator, and Photoshop is essential.
Excellent understanding and skills in responsive web design, HTML, and content management systems (CMS).
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with others to achieve results.
Proficiency in written and spoken English for business use is essential. Fluency in other languages is beneficial.
Commercially astute with a solid strategic mind and an active, hands-on approach to design. Ability to interpret business ideas into creative concepts.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that demands a flexible response to any challenges. Strong attention to detail and the ability to deliver creative work consistently, even under tight deadlines.
Creative thinker who supports risk-taking while complying with company guidelines.
Working knowledge of After Effects, Cinema 4D, and Premiere Pro is beneficial. Experience using Jira and Google Docs is preferred. Previous experience in retail e-commerce is also preferred.

The Perks

25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

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About Disney Store:

Disney store, which debuted in 1987, carries high-quality products, including exclusive product lines that support and promote Disney’s key entertainment initiatives and characters from Disney, Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel. shopDisney.com is the ecommerce destination for guests of all ages, offering a curated selection of the best product from Disney store, Disney Consumer Products licensees, global collections and collaborations, and Disney Parks and Resorts, including trend fashion and accessories, toys, home and collectibles. Disney store and shopDisney offer magical shopping experiences that can only be delivered by Disney, one of the world’s largest and most successful entertainment companies. There are currently more than 240 Disney store locations in North America; more than 40 Disney store locations in Japan; two locations in Shanghai, China including a flagship; and more than 70 Disney store locations in Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with The Disney Store (UK) Ltd, which is part of a business we call Disney Store.

The Disney Store (UK) Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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