Job Description
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help build a better working world.
Senior Graphic Designer
Location: Dublin
Level: Level 2
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Reports to: Creative Manager
Contract type: 12-month FTC (maternity leave cover)
The Team and the opportunity
EY’s in-house creative team is a dynamic collective of multidisciplinary talent. From concept to execution, we bring together experts in graphic design, motion, photography, videography and studio production. Agility and collaboration are at our core, working across disciplines to ensure every project aligns with business goals while pushing creative boundaries. Whether launching campaigns, designing visual identities, or producing engaging content, our team turns vision into reality with precision, passion, and purpose.
The Senior Graphic Designer role is part of the Design Team which sits in the wider Creative Team. A normal day for the Senior Graphic Designer involves developing and creating visuals for strategic projects. Working with Design Lead to ensure the delivery of assets on time, to brief and creative concept. Project dependent they may also work directly with the Creative Manager. They work independently and/or closely and in collaboration with operations, motion, design, video, photography and studio on strategic and multi-disciplinary projects.
They mentor junior designers ensuring high standards of design execution across all touchpoints. They play an important role in promoting awareness of EY’s visual identity, maintaining the integrity of the brand.
Your key responsibilities
- Creation of visual concepts and design solutions for campaigns, branding, digital media, and print with speed and accuracy
- Lead and/or oversee multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery, brand consistency, and high quality of design
- Present and articulate design decisions clearly to stakeholders influencing them to choose effective design solutions
- Contribute to and/or lead concept development and demonstrate the ability to communicate ideas through creative rationale
- Facilitate or attend design briefings helping stakeholders get to the root of their problems
- Guide and mentor junior designers, providing feedback and supporting professional growth
- Develop and manage relationships while working collaboratively with stakeholders and teams they engage with
- Develop and manage strong relationships with suppliers ensuring that deliverables meet the exact requirements specified
- Support the team’s leadership with initiatives where required
- Contribute to fostering an energetic, fun, creative culture within the team and be an ambassador for us
- Attend and contribute team meetings
- Position oneself as an EY brand and visual identity expert, promoting awareness and maintaining the integrity of the global brand
- Stay up to date with design trends, tools, and best practices, integrating new ideas and technologies where appropriate
- Attend and contribute to the team meetings
- Foster an energetic, creative culture within the team and be an ambassador for us
- Adherence to the Creative Team’s workflow management and operational processes
Skills and attributes for success
- 4-5+ years of professional graphic design experience, ideally in an agency, in-house, or hybrid environment
- A strong portfolio of work across multiple disciplines with examples of Ai related project work
- A qualification in Visual Communications or related discipline
- Excellent skills in Adobe CC applications
- Strong motion design and digital storytelling skills with working knowledge of Adobe After Effects desirable
- Demonstrated understanding and experience of typography, layout, colour theory, and visual storytelling
- Strong communication, time management, and organisational skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines independently and efficiently
- Experience leading projects and collaborating with senior stakeholders
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues, clients, and key stakeholders
- Exceptional attention to accuracy and visual detail
- An ability to respond positively and calmly to shifting priorities, demands and timelines
- A self-starter, someone who can identify opportunities and problems while addressing them effectively
- Display business acumen and judgement by anticipating stakeholder and project needs and demonstrating an understanding of the commercial objectives of the firm
- Experience of producing supporting assets for varied digital assets, including interactive documents
- Experience in multiple print production techniques
- A good understanding of Microsoft Office – especially PowerPoint
What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive benefits package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs: covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
- Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
- The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.
All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:
- Pension
- Discounted health insurance
- Web Doctor – Free unlimited online GP consultations for you and your family
- The purchase of additional annual leave
- Hybrid Working
- Free Gym membership
- Travel Pass
- Maternity & Paternity leave
- Bike to work Scheme
- Recognition Awards
- Cash incentives for referrals
- Work Mobile
- Tech MBA paid by EY
- Wellness rooms available in some offices
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.
Career Progression
- When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.
- Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are - success is defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
- We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.
About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.
Inclusion & Diversity
We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.
We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
To help create the best experience during the recruitment process, please describe any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
IMPORTANT: Where Agency assistance is required, our Talent Team will engage directly with suppliers. CVs / Profiles should not be shared directly with Hiring Managers. Unsolicited CVs / Profiles supplied to EY by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
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