Creative Services Buyer

Role Responsibility

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Creative Services Buyer to join our Marketing and Resident Experience (MRX) team.
You’ll help take our creative work from brief through to production and on to delivery. From signage and mailings to campaign materials and reports, you’ll ensure our communications are produced to a high standard and delivered efficiently.
It’s your chance to source quality design and print that makes every piece of communication work harder.
Working with our Creative Services Manager and graphic designers, you’ll manage multiple requests across different formats, and you’ll be confident juggling deadlines. You should enjoy both working independently and working with the wider marketing and digital team.
Requirements
You’re highly organised, detail‑driven and able to manage several live projects at once. You understand how creative processes work and can talk confidently to designers and suppliers about specifications, formats and production. A good understanding of print materials and processes is desirable, as is experience buying design, print or media services.
You’ll be able to build effective relationships and collaborate with colleagues from over 300 services. You have strong communication skills, you understand how to act as a brand guardian, and you’re confident using PC or Mac with good knowledge of Adobe Acrobat Pro. Above all, you bring energy and enthusiasm to the role.
Start Date
July 2026
What happens next?
Complete the application form, which includes a section titled “How you meet the requirements of the role”. Please make sure you read the guidance for this question carefully – it’s your space to set out why you’re a great fit for the role rather than simply telling us about your motivations for applying for it.
Interview Date
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview during the week commencing 8 June 2026; interviews will be remote.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer‑facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English or Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact:
Julian Scott - julian.scott@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.
Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

Job Description & Person Specification

JD MRX Creative Service Buyer 090426.pdf