Graphic Designer

At Dalcour Maclaren, we're key players in the Utilities and Infrastructure industry, bringing the UK and Ireland closer to Net Zero every day. Our land, environmental and geospatial experts work together to unlock the consents needed by our clients to deliver key projects. Our services include land access and assembly, agricultural liaison, planning, environmental impact assessments and geospatial mapping. Join us, and play your part in helping us to achieve our vision; to be the professional services team of choice, leading the Utilities and Infrastructure industry to a sustainable future. 

We are now looking for a talented Graphic Designer to join our growing team and support the business with high‑quality visual communication across digital, print, events and internal platforms. This is an exciting opportunity for a creative professional who enjoys variety, collaboration and producing polished, on‑brand work that supports our teams across the UK and Ireland.

The role will see you working closely with colleagues across Marketing, Events, Communications, and technical teams to deliver engaging, consistent and professional design outputs that reflect our brand and support our strategic goals.

As a Graphic Designer you will:

Design & Creative Production

• Produce digital graphics, PowerPoint presentations, social media assets and print‑ready artwork
• Ensure all designs align with company branding guidelines
• Adapt assets for multiple formats and platforms
• Use Adobe Creative Suite daily, including:
  • InDesign – reports, brochures, documents, print layouts
  • Illustrator – vector artwork, icons, illustrations, exhibition graphics
  • Photoshop – image editing, retouching, asset creation

Print & Exhibitions

• Design and prepare artwork for large‑scale exhibitions, banners, boards, posters, leaflets and signage
• Liaise with professional printers, supplying print‑ready PDFs and checking bleed, crop marks, colour profiles and specifications
• Manage amends, proofing and final sign‑off
• Work closely with events teams on timelines and delivery

Animation & Motion (where required)

• Use After Effects to create simple animations, internal comms videos and digital assets for campaigns and presentations

Brand & Event Support

• Develop and apply event branding, including visual themes, digital and print assets, exhibition materials and promotional content
• Ensure cohesive branding across all event touchpoints

Digital Platforms & Web Content

• Create and format content using drag‑and‑drop tools such as:
  • Foleon
  • SharePoint pages
  • Craft CMS (experience with any CMS is suitable)
• Focus on layout, hierarchy, accessibility and brand consistency
• Update and maintain SharePoint pages, upload visual content and apply basic page layouts

Microsoft 365 & Template Management

• Use Microsoft 365 daily, including PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint and OneDrive
• Create and maintain company templates
• Ensure templates remain up‑to‑date and on brand
• Store and manage shared design assets

The successful candidate will:

• Have strong experience in graphic design across digital and print
• Be confident using Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Have experience preparing artwork for print and liaising with printers
• Be comfortable working with digital platforms such as SharePoint, CMS tools and Foleon
• Be highly organised, detail‑focused and able to manage multiple deadlines
• Be a strong communicator with a collaborative, can‑do attitude
• Have experience creating PowerPoint templates and corporate documents
• Be proactive, creative and able to interpret briefs effectively

Benefits:

• Annual bonus scheme

• 25 days annual leave plus 1 day to celebrate your birthday

• Vitality Health Membership (including Private healthcare, subsidised gym membership and other discounts)

• Flexible working through our ‘Flexible Advantage’ supporting working families & your work/life balance

• Pension Scheme via The Peoples Pension

• Life insurance (4x Base Salary)

• Free on-site parking in non-city centre offices

• Cycle to work scheme

• 26 Weeks paid Maternity Leave

• 4 Weeks paid Paternity Leave

• BHN Extras – provides discounted gift cards for hundreds of popular retailers

• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (provided by Octopus Electric Vehicles) effective at 1 years’ service

• Sabbatical Policy effective at 3 years’ service

• Professional development – paid study leave

• Military service paid leave (7.5 days per year)

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) plus wider Mental Health & Wellbeing support

• 2 x Company-wide events every year, in addition to multiple office socials throughout the year

Dalcour Maclaren is an equal opportunities employer.