Job title: Senior Digital Creative Designer
Job reference number: RB068
Contract: Permanent, full time, 35 hours per week
Location: Kings Hill-based (Kent)] or [London-based] with hybrid working (min 2 days per week in office)
Salary: £40,000 – 45,000 per annum

Are you a Creative Designer with a passion for digital looking to make an impact at a purpose-driven organisation?

We’re looking for a talented Senior Digital Creative Designer to join our Brand and Creative Content Team at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

What you’ll do
At CAF, every one of us contributes to our impact, and as our Senior Digital Creative Designer you too will play an integral part in what we do.
As our Senior Digital Creative Designer you will:
• Design Creation: Design visually engaging, user-friendly digital assets, as well as non-digital content, while ensuring a seamless user experience across devices and platforms.
• Accessibility Compliance: Ensure all design work adheres to accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.1 guidelines, to create inclusive experiences for users with disabilities. Collaborate with development teams to implement best practices in accessible design.
• User-Centric Design: Champion a user-first approach in your work by conducting research and applying insights to design, focusing on clarity, simplicity, and inclusivity.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams (developers, UX/UI designers, product managers) to integrate accessibility into every stage of the design process, from wireframes to final production.
• Design Systems: Contribute to and maintain design systems that emphasise accessibility and consistency in visual language, typography, colour schemes, and interaction patterns.
• Drafts & Feedback: Create design drafts for testing, soliciting feedback, and iterating on designs to continuously improve usability and accessibility.
• Visual Identity: Uphold and evolve the company’s brand identity, ensuring that designs reflect the brand’s values while being functional and accessible to all users.
• Stay Current: Keep up with the latest trends, tools, and techniques in design and share insights with the team to drive ongoing improvement.

Who you’ll be
This role is for you if you have experience of working in digital design environments or have relevant transferable skills and are keen to make a difference to society. We are looking for:
- 3+ years of experience in design, with a strong portfolio that showcases creative work, digital design specialism and accessible solutions.
- Proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD), Figma, Sketch, or similar.
- Solid understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1, ADA, Section 508) and experience designing for users with diverse abilities.
- Experience in designing for web, mobile, and app interfaces, as well as print, with a strong emphasis on responsive design.
- Knowledge of HTML/CSS and an understanding of how design elements are translated into front-end code is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present ideas and explain design choices clearly and concisely.

What’s in it for you
At CAF you will receive:
- Permanent hybrid ways of working where roles allow
- Six weeks holiday plus bank holidays
- A wide range of development opportunities to support personal and professional growth
- Pension scheme with better-than-market employer contribution options
- Social impact benefit schemes

For all our employer benefits and to gain an insight into our culture and values, please visit cafonline.org/careers.

Who we are
At Charities Aid Foundation we accelerate social progress by providing essential connections between donors, charities and communities.
We safeguard and deliver vital donations, offer expert advisory services and financial products to donors and charities, and provide tailored charity banking through our award-winning bank CAF Bank.
Our purpose is to enable a better landscape for giving and a fair and sustainable future for all.
Diversity and inclusion
We know that the more diverse and inclusive our organisation becomes, the more creative, effective and impactful we will be. Our aim is for our workforce to represent the society we serve, and we have embarked upon an ambitious pathway to achieve this.
We want to attract, retain and develop the best of talent at all levels, and provide a leading and great place to work, where every voice matters.

How to apply
The closing date for applications is 4th July 2025
Interview date: w/c 7th July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Please complete the form below, attach your CV and Cover letter, then click ‘Submit Application’ if applying via our website or send your CV to recruitment@cafonline.org quoting reference number RB068.

We welcome applications from everyone who feels they meet the criteria, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital, veteran or parental status.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please indicate on the application form if you would like to be considered as part of the Disability Confident Scheme.

To apply for this role you must be able to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@cafonline.org or 03000 123 566 to request assistance or reasonable adjustments.