Junior Graphic Designer

Location: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH

Hours: Full time, 36.5 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent

About the role

The Major Projects & Exhibitions Department at the Ashmolean Museum delivers gallery redevelopments, temporary exhibitions and major cross-museum projects. You will join a creative and collaborative team, supporting the Museum’s public engagement, exhibitions and commercial activities through inspiring visual design.

You will develop high-quality graphics for print and digital outputs, including marketing materials, exhibition graphics, gallery labels, signage and wayfinding. Working closely with colleagues across the Museum, you will manage multiple projects from concept to final production, ensuring all work reflects the Ashmolean’s visual identity and brand standards.

You will also liaise with external suppliers, prepare print-ready artwork and contribute to the ongoing development of the Museum’s design guidelines.

This is a full-time, permanent post, working 36.5 hours per week.

Working from home is possible up to two days per week.

About You

You will have a degree or equivalent in Graphic Design or a related discipline, alongside a strong portfolio demonstrating creativity, conceptual thinking and excellent typographic skills.

You will have experience working within an in-house design team or commercial studio, with strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

You will be highly organised, able to manage competing deadlines and confident presenting design solutions to a wide range of stakeholders.

Experience working with visual identities and brand guidelines is essential, alongside an understanding of print production and accessible design standards.

An interest in museums or the cultural sector would be advantageous.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information: https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a Supporting evidence form using the attached template as part of your online application. Your supporting evidence form should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.

The online application (CV) must include a link to a downloadable or online portfolio containing examples of your design work and projects that you have delivered to completion.

Please include a short summary which describes your role on each project shown (maximum

150 words for each project shown).

Please also include examples of work which demonstrate your design and interests outside of your employment experience. This could include work developed while studying, freelance work, competitions done independently of your employment, or other self-initiated work.

The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Krishna Balakrishnan, Senior Graphic Designer, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (krishna.balakrishnan@ashmus.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the GLAM Recruitment team (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Tuesday 30 June 2026 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place between 20th-30th July 2026.

*An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford’s grade 5 salary scale.

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