About the role:

Reporting to the Communications Manager, this role focuses on the design and delivery of Selwyn District Council's visual content — including corporate reports, publications, campaigns, and digital media.

You'll play a key role in shaping how Council communicates visually with its communities and stakeholders, ensuring our content is both creative and aligned with strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing expert visual/graphic design and brand management advice across print, media and digital channels
• Ensuring effective, efficient workflow processes for the design and production of Council publications and digital content
• Supporting and evolving Council's brand strategy and standards — implementing improvements and refreshing elements where appropriate
• Applying best-practice design and branding techniques, informed by industry trends and analytics

About you:

You'll bring proven extensive experience in visual communication and graphic design within an agency or fast-paced environment, along with strong technical capability across the Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effects).

You'll also have:

• Demonstrated ability to create digital-first content, including photography, videography, and post-production editing
• Strong capability in interpreting and visually presenting technical information for diverse audiences
• Sound knowledge of off-set and digital printing industry requirements
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with experience managing multiple design projects in a dynamic environment

What we can offer:

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses

About us:

Selwyn is one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our head office is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!