Senior Graphic Designer

About the role

Selfridges is looking for a Senior Graphic Designer to join its Graphics Team, working closely with the Senior Design Manager. You will help develop and deliver printed and physical graphics across all four Selfridges stores, from invitations and small-format communications to OOH, signage, hoardings, windows, Visual Merchandising sites and large-scale in-store installations. The role sits within the wider Design and Creative team.

Key responsibilities

• Take projects from initial creative direction through to final delivery, including research, moodboards, concept development, design, presentations, production briefings and print-ready artwork.
• Develop original graphic design solutions that respond to the Selfridges brand and creative direction.
• Lead and deliver projects across a wide variety of formats and scales, keeping a consistently high standard.
• Apply strong typography, layout and artworking skills to printed and physical graphics.
• Conduct visual and cultural research, using emerging trends and insights to inform creative thinking.
• Present work and explain the creative rationale to the wider team and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with fellow designers, Creative Direction, Digital, Windows and Visual Merchandising teams, and work with Production teams so ideas become physical outputs.
• Review brand-led graphics for in-store use and give clear, constructive feedback.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment.

Required profile

• Demonstrable experience in a mid-to-senior graphic design role, in an agency, cultural, retail or in-house setting.
• An impressive portfolio showing strong creative thinking and execution across printed and physical graphics.
• Excellent typography and layout skills with a high attention to detail.
• Strong visual research skills, confident making moodboards, presentations and creative proposals.
• Culturally aware, curious about culture, media, fashion, art and design, and understands the Selfridges brand and the premium retail landscape.
• Confident working independently and collaborating, and able to present ideas clearly to different audiences.
• Organised, proactive and able to handle several projects at once.

Required skills

• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.
• Experience with Figma and motion/video is beneficial.