Creative Designer (AI)

Location: Leeds, hybrid working

Company

Rider Levett Bucknall is an independent, employee-owned business working on projects in the built environment sector.

What you will do

• Develop creative ideas and visual concepts for campaigns, communications and projects.
• Create on-brand designs for digital, print, social and internal channels.
• Design high-quality PowerPoint presentations that turn complex information into clear, engaging stories.
• Develop layouts, diagrams, infographics, illustrations, templates and reusable brand assets.
• Support internal campaigns, events and business-wide communications with creative concepts and content.
• Work directly with stakeholders, contribute ideas and use AI and emerging creative tools to support ideation and improve creative workflows.

Requirements

• Strong graphic design fundamentals, including typography, composition, hierarchy, colour and image selection.
• Ability to understand communication objectives and translate briefs into strong creative responses.
• Confidence using PowerPoint as a design tool, not only existing templates.
• Comfort working across Adobe Creative Cloud and producing polished, detail-oriented work.
• Good creative judgement, with the ability to balance stakeholder needs, brand consistency and final quality.
• Initiative, ownership and the ability to progress ideas without detailed direction.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder communication skills, including presenting ideas, explaining creative thinking and responding to feedback.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at different stages, communicate priorities clearly and handle sensitive or confidential information with discretion.
• Curiosity about creative developments outside the business and willingness to learn and broaden creative skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in motion graphics or video.
• Interest in developing skills in After Effects, Premiere Pro, animation and video.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements with family-friendly policies.
• Competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement and the option to purchase up to five additional days.
• Private healthcare, dental insurance, eyecare vouchers, gym membership and cycle-to-work schemes.
• Continuous learning and development, tailored training, APC support and mentoring schemes.
• Season ticket loan, professional membership subscriptions, team events, charity fundraising and volunteering activities.
• Inclusive, employee-owned culture focused on collaboration, wellbeing, diversity and professional development.