Designer– Travel

Designer– Travel

Salary £27,000 - £32,000 Depending on Experience

Permanent

Full Time - 35 hours per week

We’re looking for a versatile Designer with a strong eye for imagery, layout, and storytelling to help bring the Saga brand to life across print and digital channels. Working within a small creative team, you’ll create everything from brochures and campaign assets to CRM and social content, collaborating closely with marketing, digital, and creative colleagues to deliver engaging customer experiences across the full journey.

You’ll have experience creating work across both print and digital, confidence using Adobe Creative Suite, and a collaborative approach to problem solving. We’re looking for someone who brings fresh ideas, enjoys working across multiple channels and formats, and creates work that is both visually engaging and commercially effective.

* This role requires you to be working from our Folkestone office a minimum of 3 times a week. We have designated office space for colleagues in our Travel business, allowing us to collaborate and share success as a function.

Package Description

At Saga we recognise that our people make us special. We believe our colleagues deserve rewards for the excellence they demonstrate every single day, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.

BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave - 5 extra days
• Pension scheme matched up to 10%
• Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%
• Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salary
• Wellbeing programme
• Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance
• Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Grandparents leave
• Income protection
• Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform

Main Responsibilities

• Create engaging branded content across print and digital channels, including brochures, campaign assets, CRM, social, and marketing materials.
• Develop creative concepts, layouts, and visual assets that align with the Saga brand and put the customer experience first.
• Work closely with Marketing, Digital, CRM, and Social teams to deliver creative solutions across a range of campaigns and customer journeys.
• Bring fresh, creative thinking and new ideas, helping evolve and strengthen the Saga brand experience across all touchpoints.
• Collaborate with copywriters and creative colleagues on briefs, concept development, and campaign delivery.
• Contribute to creative testing and optimisation, using customer insight and performance data to inform design decisions.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Work with external agencies and freelance partners when required to support campaign delivery.

The Ideal Candidate

You’ll already have at least two years’ experience across both print and digital design, along with a strong eye for imagery, layout, and visual storytelling. We’re looking for someone collaborative and hands-on, who enjoys being part of a team, contributing ideas, and getting involved wherever needed.

• 2+ years’ experience in a design role, with exposure across both print and digital channels.
• Strong skills across Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, with some knowledge of After Effects and Premiere Pro.
• A strong eye for imagery, layout, typography and visual storytelling.
• Experience creating customer-focused content across multiple channels and formats.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
• Collaborative and proactive, with confidence working closely with creative, marketing and digital teams.
• Able to interpret and challenge briefs constructively, bringing fresh ideas and creative solutions.
• An understanding of CMS platforms and digital content workflows.
• Commercially aware, with an interest in design trends and how creative supports business performance.
• Experience within a customer-focused or lifestyle brand environment would be advantageous, ideally within travel or hospitality.

Saga Values

Make it Happen, Do the Right Thing, Customer First, Excellence Every Day, Our People Make Us Special

About The Company

Over the past 75 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. We’re the most trusted brand amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for high-quality products and exceptional standards of service. Our product portfolio includes cruises, holidays, insurance, personal finance products and our Saga Magazine.

Our focus on delivering exceptional products and service empowers our colleagues to create moments that are personal and special for our customers and for each other and our values underpin our approach and help guide us to deliver our purpose.

We’re committed to making sure that colleagues can be their best, be themselves and make a difference – more than anywhere else. We have done this by creating a truly inclusive culture, where all colleagues can bring their full and authentic selves to work and be treated with dignity and respect in an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.

Thanks to our people, Saga was awarded with a Gold for Best Customer Centric Culture in 2025. This is testament to the great culture we’ve built together. This award belongs to all our colleagues who collectively make Saga a fantastic place to work.

We are champions of age inclusivity and signatories of the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, we are proud of our multigenerational teams we have in place. We’re also a committed Disability Confident employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Your application will have fair consideration, and you’ll receive personal communication throughout your applicant journey when you apply to join Saga.

Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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