Senior Designer

Senior Designer

Hours: 37.5 hours, Mon-Fri, 9.30am-6pm, flexible working patterns available. Contract: Fixed Term, PAYE. Pay: £36,400 – £39,000 per year, dependent on experience. Holiday: 29 days holiday and half-day Friday every month. Start date: 18th May 2026. End date: 4th Dec 2026. Location: Bristol – in-house, Hybrid or Remote. End date for applications: 1st May 2026. Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK.

A Productions are seeking a highly skilled Senior Designer to join our team on an established CG children’s series with a strong action-comedy focus. The visual style of the show is already defined, and this role will focus on delivering high-quality designs that align seamlessly with the existing look and feel.

Working closely with the Series Director and production team, you will play a key role in maintaining visual consistency while producing creative, production-ready assets.

We are an award-winning animation studio based in central Bristol. Our success in creating engaging, original and award-winning content is made possible through the unique chemistry of the creative teams we build. This shared vision is underpinned by our focus on diversity and inclusion, staff wellbeing and ensuring an authentic voice across all our productions. Delivering a creative, inclusive work community that encourages collaboration, engagement and mutual trust is at its core.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create character, environment, and prop designs that adhere closely to the established visual style of the series.
• Interpret briefs from the Series Director and production team to deliver clear, animation-ready designs.
• Ensure all work maintains consistency with existing style guides and previously approved assets.
• Collaborate with modelling, rigging, and animation teams to ensure designs translate effectively into CG.
• Revise and refine designs based on feedback, balancing creative input with production requirements.
• Manage your workload to meet deadlines across multiple deliverables.

Key Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as a Senior Designer or experienced Midweight Designer in animation, ideally within CG children’s series.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating the ability to match and maintain an established style.
• Excellent understanding of shape, proportion, colour, and visual clarity for animation.
• Ability to work efficiently within an existing pipeline and respond to feedback.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Experience working in action-comedy genres.
• Familiarity with CG production pipelines and design-to-model workflows.
• Proficiency in industry-standard design software (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, or equivalent).

Benefits

See our Careers page for details.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity

A Productions are an equal opportunity employer and committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals from groups who are under‑represented in the television industry. Read more on our ED&I policy.

A Productions strive to be inclusive and accessible to all. If you require additional support when applying for this role or require more information please emaildiversitymatters@aproductions.co.uk. If you wish to apply by phone, call 07796 138559 and ask to speak to welfare & HR Manager, Hannah Murdoch.

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