HTI Group
Graphic Designer & Digital Marketing Coordinator
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Department: Marketing
Reports to: Marketing Manager
Salary: £27,000 – £33,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Location: Whinfield House, Coronation Way, Wesham, Preston, PR4 3LG
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:30 (Fully On-site)
About the Role
We're looking for a creative, organised and proactive Graphic Designer & Digital Marketing Coordinator to join our Marketing team at our headquarters in Wesham.
This is a varied, hands-on role where you'll create engaging visual content across print and digital channels while supporting the delivery of marketing campaigns and maintaining digital assets. Reporting to the Marketing Manager, you'll help ensure our brands are presented consistently across every customer touchpoint while collaborating with colleagues across Marketing, Product Management, Sales and our in-house Photography team to bring campaigns and product launches to life.
This opportunity is ideal for a junior to mid-level designer looking to broaden their experience across graphic design, digital marketing and creative project delivery within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities
Graphic Design & Creative Production (Approx. 60%)
- Designing engaging creative assets for websites, email campaigns, Amazon Brand Stores, online advertising and other digital marketing channels.
- Designing and producing printed marketing materials, including brochures, catalogues, leaflets, presentations, exhibition and showroom graphics, and advertisements.
- Creating retail point-of-sale (POS) materials, promotional displays and visual merchandising assets.
- Developing visual planograms based on store requirements, product assortments and display guidelines, working with Sales and Marketing teams to support effective retail presentations and product visibility.
- Developing presentations and sales collateral for customer meetings, key retail accounts and trade fairs.
- Producing simple animations and motion graphics for digital marketing campaigns.
- Ensuring all artwork is accurate, brand compliant and delivered to a high professional standard.
- Acting as a brand guardian by maintaining consistency across all company and licensed brands.
Digital Marketing Support (Approx. 25%)
Working closely with the Marketing Manager, you'll support the delivery of digital marketing activity across a range of online channels.
Responsibilities include:
- Scheduling approved content across social media platforms using social media management tools.
- Building and deploying email marketing campaigns in Mailchimp, including updating templates, populating content and managing audience lists.
- Assisting with website updates, including uploading graphics, refreshing product pages and maintaining visual content.
- Preparing creative assets and marketing materials for new product launches, seasonal campaigns and promotional activity.
- Reviewing digital content to ensure marketing materials remain accurate, up to date and visually consistent across all digital platforms.
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Digital Asset & Catalogue Management (Approx. 10%)
You'll help maintain our digital asset and product catalogue systems, ensuring approved marketing assets are organised, accurate and easily accessible across the business. Full training will be provided on our internal systems, including Catalogy and our Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform.
Responsibilities include:
- Uploading, organising and maintaining product images, artwork, videos and other approved marketing assets within the company's Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
- Assisting with the creation, maintenance and publication of digital product catalogues using our catalogue management platform (Catalogy).
- Creating and updating seasonal brand decks and catalogue templates for Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter customer previews, ensuring materials are accurate and ready ahead of key sales deadlines.
- Maintaining an organised library of approved marketing assets and supporting the distribution of digital assets, catalogues and brand presentations to internal teams, customers and external partners, as required.
Photography & Video Content (Approx. 5%)
You'll provide occasional creative assistance to our in-house photography team through product photography, visual content editing and simple video production when required.
Responsibilities include:
- Providing ad hoc support with product photography, including assisting with photo shoots, filming product demonstrations and capturing content for marketing and social media channels.
- Editing product photography, including background removal, colour correction and image retouching.
- Preparing retailer-compliant product imagery and promotional graphics for both print and digital channels.
- Editing simple product demonstration and social media videos when required.
- Assisting with basic motion graphics, animated assets and video overlays using Adobe Premiere Pro and/or After Effects.
What We're Looking For
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating print and digital design work.
- Excellent understanding of layout, typography, composition and visual communication.
- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Confidence working collaboratively with colleagues across Marketing, Sales and Product Management.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint.
- A proactive approach with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- A willingness to learn new systems and digital marketing platforms.
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Desirable Skills
- Experience using Adobe Premiere Pro and/or After Effects.
- Experience with AI-powered design tools and emerging creative technologies.
- Experience using Mailchimp or a similar email marketing platform.
- Familiarity with WordPress or other website content management systems.
- Experience using Digital Asset Management (DAM) or Product Information Management (PIM) systems.
- Experience scheduling and publishing social media content.
- Basic copywriting skills.
- Experience within the toy, consumer goods, retail or manufacturing sectors.
What You'll Get
- The opportunity to work across an exciting portfolio of toy brands and licensed products.
- A varied creative role spanning print, digital, social media and retail marketing.
- The chance to see your work used across major retailers, exhibitions and digital campaigns.
- A supportive and collaborative marketing team.
- Opportunities to develop your creative and digital marketing skills.
- Career progression within a growing business.
- Company pension.
- Long-service rewards.
- 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Free on-site parking.
- Company events and team activities.
Why Join Us?
At HTI, you'll have the opportunity to work on exciting toy brands that reach major UK retailers and customers. From creating engaging retail displays to supporting product launches and digital campaigns, you'll see your ideas brought to life across print, digital and in-store marketing. If you're passionate about design, enjoy variety and are looking to develop your career within a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.
About HTI
Founded in 1952, HTI is the UK’s largest independently owned toy company, supplying major retailers worldwide. The company develops a broad portfolio of owned and licensed brands, creating products that support imaginative and creative play.
With decades of experience in toy design, development and global distribution, HTI focuses on delivering quality, commercially strong ranges across categories such as role play, wheeled toys, arts and crafts, outdoor toys and vehicles. For more information visit www.htigroup.co.uk.
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