Creative Designer - Fixed Term

Use your digital, motion and AI design expertise to create exceptional content and help level up our creative team!

• Unlock your full potential in a supportive environment that values your expertise
• Thrive under leaders who champion respect and support your success
• Enjoy varied and dynamic work

What will you do?

We are on the lookout for a Christchurch based experienced Creative Designer to join our Creative Services team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys delivering high-quality work that makes an impact. You'll play a key role in bringing the Ryman brand to life through the creation and rollout of engaging digital and print assets across a range of campaigns and channels. Working closely with marketing and business stakeholders, you'll combine creative thinking with hands-on delivery, championing brand excellence, exploring emerging technologies and AI-enabled design tools, and contributing fresh ideas that enhance creative outcomes and customer experiences.

Key responsibilities include:

• Creating high-quality digital and print assets that engage audiences and bring the Ryman brand to life.
• Leading the production and rollout of creative assets across campaigns, communications, and customer touchpoints.
• Championing digital design excellence and leveraging emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, to enhance creative outcomes.
• Maintaining brand consistency through the development and management of brand assets, templates, and visual standards.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to deliver creative solutions that meet business objectives while contributing ideas, expertise, and continuous improvement across the team.

What’s in it for you?

If you are the sort of person who loves working with a team of people who work to a clear purpose and have fun doing it, you'll love this role! In addition, a career at Ryman offers:

• Opportunity to add to your professional skills
• Additional wellbeing leave and flexible working arrangements
• Access to over 60 discounts with well-known brands across a variety of sectors including; health and wellbeing, banking, insurance, and retail
• Social club events, furry Friday’s (bring your dog to work)
• Convenient Ryman owned onsite café (Pioneers Café) with affordable pricing

Who are you?

• You have proven experience in a similar role, with a track record of delivering high-quality digital and print creative assets, managing large-scale asset production and campaign rollouts, and maintaining brand excellence across multiple channels.
• You have a digital-first mindset and experience creating engaging content across integrated campaigns, social media, websites, eDMs, video and other digital channels.
• You bring ideas to life through design, motion graphics, animation and video, translating briefs into compelling creative solutions.
• You have a strong eye for detail and brand consistency, delivering high-quality work across multiple channels in a fast-paced environment.
• You stay current with emerging digital trends, technologies and AI-enabled design tools, using innovation to enhance creative outcomes.
• You value people and kindness and are passionate about delivering results
• You strive for excellence and look for ways to exceed expectations.
• You believe in the value of strong, positive, trusting teams who work together as one
• You are resilient and can demonstrate composure under pressure
• You value communication that is simple, clear and straight to the point

About Ryman

Ryman is a leader in retirement living and care, employing over 7,700 people in New Zealand and Australia across a wide range of areas, including nursing, village operations, sales, technology, design, and corporate roles.

At Ryman, exceptional care is thoughtfully delivered every day. From meals and activities to maintenance and support, our teams work together so residents can feel confident everything is taken care of – because behind that promise is the standard we’ve always held ourselves to: it’s got to be good enough for mum and dad.

We’re in a period of real transformation, focussing on stronger commercial outcomes, smarter ways of working, and continuing to set the standard in retirement living and aged care.

If you share those values and you're looking for a career where your work truly makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

At Ryman, digital confidence and commercial awareness are expectations we hold across every role. We are looking for people who are comfortable using data, reporting tools, and digital systems to inform decisions, understand how their work contributes to business outcomes, and embrace new ways of working. Curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to grow your capability are key as our business continues to evolve.

We support an environment where everyone feels welcome to be themselves. We embrace diversity and celebrate individual uniqueness, encouraging anyone wanting to work for Ryman to apply for our vacant positions.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews may take place prior to the close date. This means a job ad may close before the advertised close date.