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Principal Visual Designer

Autotrader 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

$50,000 - $65,000 Full-time Principal

Shape visual direction and deliver high-quality design across digital, print, brand, and campaign work, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and alignment with brand standards. Lead and coach visual designers, collaborate with Creative Studio, Product Design, and Marketing stakeholders, and improve design practices, processes, and capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Shape visual direction and deliver high-quality design across digital, print, brand, and campaign work, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and alignment with brand standards. Lead and coach visual designers, collaborate with Creative Studio, Product Design, and Marketing stakeholders, and improve design practices, processes, and capabilities.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have extensive visual design experience, a strong portfolio demonstrating excellent craft and technical execution, and deep knowledge of design principles, typography, layout, color, and accessibility. They should also have experience leading and developing designers, improving design standards and systems, translating complex briefs into effective solutions, managing stakeholders and priorities, and applying emerging trends, creative technology, and automation.

Benefits

  • Annual Share Awards
  • 28 Days' Annual Leave
  • Bank Holidays
  • Christmas and New Year's Eve Half-Day Closures
  • Pension Scheme
  • Private Medical Cover
  • Enhanced Family Leave
  • Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
  • Share-Save Options
  • Digital GP Service
  • Specialist Wellbeing Support
  • Hybrid Working
  • Remote-First Periods
  • New-Starter Induction Programme

Key Skills

Visual design direction Digital and print design Brand standards adherence Accessibility compliance (WCAG) Typography Layout and composition Color theory Design system development Creative technology integration Automation in design workflows Mentoring and coaching visual designers Collaboration with Creative Studio, Product Design and Marketing Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Figma Sketch After Effects Prototyping Creative brainstorming Trend spotting Stakeholder management Project prioritisation High‑quality execution Cross‑functional communication Design critique Brand storytelling User‑centred design Responsive design

About Autotrader

You’ve probably heard of Autotrader, but do you know what we’re all about? We’re the most trusted, most visited automotive marketplace in the UK. A heritage brand and a tech innovator. We bring together vehicle buyers and sellers to give them real choices. Cars may be what we're best known for, but we’re also the place for pretty much everything else on wheels, from e-bikes to caravans. In the automotive world, change is a constant, that’s why we take our job of untangling the complex car-buying journey very seriously. At our core, we’re all about people. We go our own way while embracing diversity and celebrating our differences. We dedicate ourselves to the idea that we work better together. Autotrader is a beautiful, surprising and vibrant place to work. We might not be for everyone, but we could be perfect for you.

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