GDST (The Girls' Day School Trust)
Design Officer
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Design Officer
Salary: from £27,987, pro rata to term time from £22,187, depending on experience
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Start Date: 7th September 2026
Job ID: 1571125
Employer: Sutton High School - GDST
Location: Sutton, Surrey
Posted: 25th August 2026
Expires: 7th September 2026 11:59 PM
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a creative designer and content creator to make an impact across two distinctive Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) schools.
Working across Sutton High School and Brighton Girls, you will create engaging visual and audio-visual content that brings each school’s story to life, celebrates student achievement, and helps us connect with current and prospective families.
- Location: Two days per week will be spent at each school, with the option to work from home one day per week.
- Hours: Occasional evening and weekend work will be required to support school events such as open mornings.
- Scope: A varied, hands-on creative role spanning graphic design, digital content, photography, and video.
You will produce materials for websites, social media, and digital campaigns as well as publications, brochures, event materials, presentations, displays, and other marketing and admissions activity.
You will work closely with marketing and admissions colleagues across both schools, turning briefs into distinctive, audience-focused creative work while maintaining the individual identity of each school and working within GDST brand guidelines.
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Your work could include:
- Creating campaign assets and open day materials
- Designing publications and displays
- Filming and editing interviews or event highlights
- Producing short-form video and motion content for social channels
- Adapting creative ideas across different formats and audiences
You will also liaise with external suppliers where required, help maintain shared digital assets, and contribute ideas that improve the quality and effectiveness of creative content across the schools. The role offers plenty of variety, autonomy, and the opportunity to see your work used across a wide range of high-profile communications and events.
About You
You will bring experience from a design, creative content, or marketing environment, together with a strong eye for layout, typography, and visual storytelling.
- Skills: Confident using design tools such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, Canva, and video editing software, with experience producing digital content for websites, social media, or marketing campaigns. Experience capturing and editing photography or video would also be valuable.
- Attributes: Comfortable managing several projects and deadlines at once, interpreting creative briefs, and adapting your work for different audiences and channels. Collaborative, organized, and detail-focused, with the creativity to generate ideas and the practical approach to turn them into high-quality finished work.
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Relevant experience could have been gained through employment, freelance work, placements, or volunteering, and relevant training or professional development in graphic design, digital design, content creation, marketing, or a related discipline would be an advantage.
Benefits
As part of the GDST, the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can give you access to a wide community of expertise, professional development, and opportunities to share ideas and best practice.
Benefits Include:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance
- Up to 50% discount on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest-free training, computer purchase, and season ticket loans
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further details and to apply, please click the apply button.
Closing date: 7th September 2026 at 9am.
Interviews: TBC.
Safeguarding Statement
The Girls’ Day School Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection checks appropriate to the post, including online searches and checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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