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Starting Salary: £36,900
Contractual Hours: 35
Basis: Full-Time, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Workplace category: Hybrid
Attachments: Job Information Pack
The Barbican is a multidisciplinary international arts centre in the City of London.
Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.
Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities, and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.
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The Role
We’re looking for an experienced Designer with great communication skills to join our Marketing team as our Designer.
The role sits within the Barbican Centre’s in-house design team, who are responsible for creating, designing and producing a wide range of assets for the Barbican’s marketing campaigns and projects. The team are also responsible for the development, management and implementation of the Barbican brand.
Day to day responsibilities of the role include:
- To work as part of the Centre’s Design Team to create concepts and artwork for Barbican events, campaigns and projects
- Designing assets for campaigns and projects
- Help with the scheduling of design jobs and projects
- Advise the marketing team on the implementation of the Barbican brand and City of London logo across all media
- Provide design support for the team across all projects
- Advise the Marketing Team on the use of Barbican branding and assets
For more information, please see the attached job information pack.
The Barbican is committed to increasing diversity of staff, and as an organisation we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Barbican Benefits
We offer a wide range of employee benefits, annual pay progression and an annual pay review, a generous pension scheme, season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes, free access to museums and galleries, discounts on retail, healthcare and on-site cafes and restaurants. You will have access to Employee Assistance Programme, trained Mental Health First aiders and City of London employee networks.
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Ready to apply?
To apply click on the 'Apply Now' button below.
If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at Careers@barbican.org.uk.
Deadline for applications is 23:55 on Thursday 14 August 2025. The advert may close ahead of this date if a sufficient number of applications is reached - apply early to avoid missing out.
Please note that we are unable to accept late applications. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on your application.
The City of London Corporation want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation – and is committed to regularly benchmarking and reviewing pay against external sectors.
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority* and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please contact us if you require reasonable adjustments as part of the application process.
*Global Majority is a collective term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities'.