Midweight Graphic Designer

About Us:

At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate and change behavior for our customers. As the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward. 

Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 60+ countries across the world, BCD M&E’s team of 2,000+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business and ourselves. Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and we look for people that want to be a part of something special, can rise to our standards and love to bring their unique perspective to the table.

While we can’t guarantee every day will be the best (who can?), we can promise a community of people who genuinely care and lead with empathy, a flexible workplace with awesome perks and challenging work that means something. 

See what life is about at BCD M&E at bcdme.com/careers

About us:

The Collective is a niche agency within an agency (BCD M&E) driven to design and produce creative end to end experiences that inspire results.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and we look for people that want to be a part of something special, can deliver to our high standards and love to bring their unique perspective to the table. We believe in pushing boundaries; we don’t just embrace change, we instigate it. Our creativity, passion and inspiring ideas are what make us stand out.  Do you dare to be different? If so, then we could be the place for you.

We can promise a community of people who genuinely care and lead with empathy, a flexible workplace with awesome perks and challenging work that means something.

The Collective offers a hybrid work set up with team members working out of our Derby and Milton Keynes offices. 

See what life is about at The Collective by BCD M&E at https://bcdme.com/what-we-do/the-collective/

About the role:

Our Creative Services team are growing! Do you love turning big ideas into bold visuals? As a Middleweight Graphic Designer, you’ll work in an idea-driven creative environment where brand stories come to life across live events, virtual experiences, pitches, and proposals. From identity design and print collateral to digital assets and large-format executions, this role sits right at the intersection of creativity and delivery. It’s a great fit for someone who enjoys variety, brings fresh thinking, and loves seeing concepts through from brief to final artwork.

Sound like you? Read on!

As a Graphic Designer, you will:

• Create designs for print and digital applications
• Identity and logo design
• Interpret and implement brand/corporate identity guidelines
• Layout and typography for both digital, print and large format media
• Create 3D mock-up environment visuals (in Photoshop) such as set visuals and branded event environments
• Generate design ideas and creative solutions for a wide variety of design challenges and present and explain those ideas to internal stakeholders and team members either in sketch or mac visual form
• Enjoy working as part of a team with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Have a strong willingness to learn new things and develop your existing skillset

You’re good at:

• Creating strong designs across print, digital, and large-format applications, with a sharp eye for layout, typography, and brand consistency
• Working in a collaborative, deadline-driven creative environment and confidently developing ideas from brief through to completion
• Bringing concepts to life through identity and logo design, branded collateral, and 3D mock-up visuals for event environments
• Comfortable Using Adobe Creative Cloud confidently, especially Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, while applying solid print production and art working knowledge
• Communicating design thinking clearly to team members, and contributing creative ideas during brainstorms and pitch development
• Confident in using AI tools for design, including prompt-based workflows such as Nano Banana
• Confident in designing for and in PowerPoint
• Comfortable working in a deadline driven environment

You may also have:

• Experience designing within the events industry or creating work for live and virtual experiences

Our Benefits for this role:

• Life Assurance x2 your annual salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Birthday day off
• Holiday Purchase Scheme - allowing up to 5 additional holidays days
• Discounted rates on Hotels & Travel
• Gym & Fitness Discounts 
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Company Sick pay
• Lifestyle Benefits

You should know:

• This role offers hybrid working with 1-2 days a week in our Derby or Milton Keynes office
• Our standard working hours are 9:00am - 5:30pm with an hour break
• Have the desire and ability to travel in the UK and Overseas on occasion

How to apply:

If you’re a curious, collaborative designer who’s ready to create standout work for well-known brands, click apply now and don’t forget to include your portfolio.

THE PERKS

Flexible Working

We believe that a flexible working environment is key to getting the best out of our teams. We will support you to work where you need to and when you need to, depending on how you work best.

Room to Grow

Our line of work and business structure challenge our people in a way that inspires growth, with learning and development built into every role. We give individuals ownership over the direction and speed in which they grow.

Everyone has a voice

We thrive on conversations that spark curiosity and empathy. No matter how big or how small, every voice is heard, considered and respected.

Make your move

The diversity of roles across BCD M&E’s global locations means that our people often find new adventures during their time with us. Join us as a meeting planner role in the UK, stay for a global marketing career — there’s always room to move.

We’ve got you covered

Our extensive benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, continued education support, diverse work locations, travel and hotel discounts, volunteer and sustainability opportunities and a successful employee recognition program.

We’re positive. You’ll love it.

It starts from the top. Our leaders lead with positivity, believe in our people and trust us to do the right thing. There will always be support along your journey, in little and big ways.

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