Job Description

The Company

Christie’s, the world’s largest Art Business, is an incredibly exciting & enriching place to start or continue your career. Whether you work within one of our Specialist Art Departments, or in one of our more Operational teams, we are all working together with one common goal in mind: to continue the success of this 260 year old company, steeped in history, bringing fresh ideas whilst not forgetting our shared values: Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Responsibility & Relationships. Colleagues across all departments are truly passionate about what they do and it is inspiring to work with industry leaders across our business.

Why This Role Matters

We are seeking an exceptional midweight Digital Designer to join our in-house creative team at one of the world’s leading auction houses. This role is ideal for a digitally-led designer with strong visual instincts, motion sensibility, and a passion for crafting engaging content across multiple digital touchpoints.

You will work across a wide range of creative outputs including email campaigns, including deployment, social content, digital advertising, homepage assets, motion graphics, invitations, and immersive digital experiences. The ideal candidate combines strong graphic design fundamentals with animation skills, typographic sensitivity, and a deep understanding of digital-first design.

Working closely with the Senior Art Director and Senior Digital Designer, you will help deliver compelling creative work that maintains a high visual standard while supporting brand and campaign objectives.

How You'll Make an Impact

You will design and develop creative assets across:

• Email marketing campaigns

• Support on Social media content and campaigns

• Paid Social Media

• Digital Marketing assets

• Website graphics

• Screen governance for EMEA i.e wayfinding, floor projections, café screens digital windows

• Digital advertising and promotional materials

• E-vites and digital invitations

• Event visuals including digital screens and floor projections

• Support the Senior Digital Designer in creating motion graphics and animated content for digital channels

• Support the video team and Senior Digital Designer with video editing and animation projects for social and campaign use

• Support on producing visually engaging layouts with strong typography and motion principles

• Work primarily in Figma while collaborating across Adobe Creative Suite and motion tools

• Translate creative direction into polished, production-ready assets

• Ensure consistency across all digital outputs and maintain brand standards

• Support on contributions with creative ideas and concepts

• Collaborate closely with creative, marketing, and production teams to deliver projects on time

• Stay current with digital design, motion, and social content trends

What you’ll bring to the team

• 3–5 years’ experience in a digital design role, ideally within an agency, fashion, cultural, luxury, or in-house creative environment

• Strong portfolio demonstrating digital campaign work

• Advanced knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite

• Experience working in project management tools such as Monday.com

• Experience with After Effects, Premiere Pro, or similar animation/editing tools

• Strong understanding of typography, layout, composition, and motion principles

• Experience designing for social platforms, email, web, and digital advertising formats

• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced creative environment

• A willingness to explore new tools and processes to support creative quality and efficiencies

• Collaborative mindset with strong communication and organisational skills

• Interest in culture, art, fashion, design, and contemporary visual trends is highly desirable

• Experience working within luxury, arts, fashion, or cultural sectors

• Basic understanding of HTML email design constraints and deployment

• Knowledge of digital production specifications and ad formats

• Experience creating assets for immersive or experiential environments

What’s great about working for us

• 25 days annual leave + 1 day Birthday leave  

• Christie’s Christmas office closure (guaranteed between 25th Dec – 1st Jan) – in addition to annual leave: almost two weeks to fully switch off and spend time with friends and family

• Additional 1 week’s annual leave within the year of a 5-year anniversary i.e. 5th, 10th, 15th and so on

• Volunteering day: Take an additional day of annual leave to volunteer for a charitable organisation that’s important to you

• Donation matching of up to £500 per annum to help you support the organisations you care about

• Flexible Fitness Fund - £400 per year expense allowance for health and wellness related activity (taxable)

• Access to world-renowned art: with regular exhibitions in our galleries to wander around and exclusive guided tours hosted by specialist colleagues

• Discretionary Bonus (dependent on the business and employee performance payable in March each year)

• Generous retirement plan: We will double match your pension contribution up to 5% of your basic salary (Max 10% contribution from Christie’s)

• Private Health Insurance – no employee contribution needed, subsidised for other family members

• Dental Insurance – (may be extended at personal cost)

• Generous Income Protection Insurance in the event of accident, sickness or injury after 12 months

• Competitive Life Insurance policy from first day

• Employee Assistance Programme – access to personal advice and support services including counselling

• Eyecare vouchers (once a year)

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Christie’s Extras – discounts on over 800 retailers, holiday packages, dinners and weekly shops

• Seniorcare by Lottie, a comprehensive eldercare solution

• Robust family first policy:

16 weeks full pay on Maternity Leave

Eligible to return to work for 80% of your agreed normal weekly working pattern while being paid as though you were working 100%, post a minimum of 16 weeks of leave

Dependent back-up care: 10 sessions/ days of childcare or eldercare per yea

Christies Family Network: Our community of parents who meet regularly over breakfasts, lunch, afternoon tea…

* Christie’s reserves the right to change company benefits at any time

Closing Date: Sunday 5th July

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum

* this salary is to guide applicants on the level of the role, the offer will be aligned with the successful applicants experience for the position

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