The Design Files is hiring Junior Designer

The Design Files is looking for a full-time Junior Designer, commencing May 2026.

This is an opportunity to be part of a passionate and highly creative team at one of Australia’s most popular design publications.

This is a full-time role, based at our studio in Collingwood, Melbourne, commencing Tuesday May 5th with a 3 month (paid) probation period.

Role Description

The Junior Designer works with our Art Director and editorial team, preparing photographs and creating layouts for our daily written content and social media content, as well as our biannual print magazine. Additionally, they create graphic assets such as client presentations, web advertising banners, customised EDMs, short edited videos and simple animated gifs for social media, and occasionally printed collateral for client projects and special events.

Primarily, our Junior Designer will find themselves working at a computer screen. However, they will also occasionally assist with photoshoots – collecting / sourcing props, and assisting the stylist or Art Director on these shoots from time to time.

As we’re a small team, this is an ‘all hands on deck’ sort of workplace!  Everyone at TDF pitches in when we’re hosting a special event – such as an exhibition or pop-up shop etc. Approximately 3-4 times per year this role may require you to work overtime on an evening or a weekend, if we are hosting a special event such as this.

Outside of work, our Junior Designer will ideally have a keen interest in home interiors and/or architecture, art and craft. You’ll be an active consumer of online media, with your finger on the pulse of new trends in social media and digital content. And of course, we’re looking for someone who already knows and loves The Design Files, and has a passion for Australian design, homes and creative people.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, organised, and a team player who loves collaborating with others. Most importantly, we’re looking for someone with a ‘can do’ attitude, a co-worker who will bring energy and optimism to our small, hardworking team.

Key Responsibilities

• Work under the guidance of the Art Director to select and format photographic assets, create photo layouts for all our daily content and create social media assets.

• Liase with photographers, columnists and PRs to source / receive photos for our stories.

• Maintain and manage our digital photography archive.

• Upload content and prepare story layouts within our content management system.

• Work under the guidance of the Art Director to produce web banners and other digital graphic assets for videos, TDF events, client collaborations and special projects.

• Create custom EDMs (dedicated emails) using Adobe Illustrator / Mailchimp.

• Create short edited video assets and animated assets for Instagram and Tik Tok.

• Upload content to our Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest.

• Design multi-page PDF presentations and reports for clients using InDesign and/or Canva.

• Occasionally assist with photoshoots – collecting / sourcing props, assisting the stylist or art director with still life / product / food shoots.

• Assist with pop-up events.

Desired Skills & Experience

• University or TAFE qualification in graphic design, communication design or similar. (Please note this role is not suited to interior design graduates, it is exclusively a graphic design role).

• At least 1 year experience working in a junior design role at a creative agency, publisher or other creative business.

• An understanding of The Design Files - ideally you’ve been following TDF for a while and know what we’re all about!

• Strong understanding of and experience using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects.

• An understanding of the key social media platforms we use (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tik Tok)

• Basic experience using Wordpress CMS, Mailchimp and Canva is desired but not imperative.

• Australian driver’s license and access to a car highly preferable.

This is a junior role, suited to designers with between 1 - 2 years of professional experience.

 The role is full-time, based primarily in our Collingwood office, commencing Tuesday May 5th 2026 with a 12 week trial period.

Salary offered is variable based on skills and experience, and will be negotiated directly via email after all applications are received.

Apply

If you feel that you are just the person we are looking for we’d love to hear from you!

To apply please send a one page cover letter, along with your CV and portfolio to jobs@thedesignfiles.net with the email subject 'JOB APPLICATION – JUNIOR DESIGNER' by 5pm on Wednesday April 8th 2026.

Successful applicants moving forward to the interview process will be contacted via email by Friday April 17th 2026. Interviews will be conducted between April 20th and 24th 2026.

Please note that if a large volume of applications are received, it may not be possible for us to contact all unsuccessful applicants, but we’ll do our very best!

The Design Files is hiring Campaign Manager

The Design Files is looking for a full-time Campaign Manager, commencing in May / June 2026.

This is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team at one of Australia’s most popular design publications.

This is a full-time role, based at our studio in Collingwood, Melbourne, commencing in either May or June 2026 with a 3 month (paid) probation period.

Role Description

Our Campaign Manager works within our Partnerships Team, and is responsible for managing all aspects of campaign delivery.

This includes co-ordinating timelines for client projects, overseeing the delivery of client supported content, and being responsible for delivery of client assets on deadline (photographs, videos, shared content) in collaboration with Sales + Partnerships Director.

You will also be responsible for managing integrated editorial / custom content campaigns – communicating with clients, receiving client info, briefing editorial + design team, and ensuring creative work is delivered on brief and on time.

You will also be responsible for monitoring and reporting on the performance (views, reach, engagement) of client-led content campaigns, and sharing post-campaign reports with clients.

As it relates to client campaigns, you will also take on some pre-production tasks such as - booking crew flights and accommodation, and liasing with talent and locations to schedule shoots.

As we’re a small team, this is an ‘all hands on deck’ sort of workplace!  Everyone at TDF pitches in when we’re hosting a special event – such as a client event or pop-up shop etc. Approximately 3-4 times per year this role may require you to work overtime on an evening or a weekend, if we are hosting a special event.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated, extremely organised, and a team player who loves collaborating with others. Most importantly, we’re looking for someone with a ‘can do’ attitude, a co-worker who will bring energy and optimism to our small, hardworking team.

Key Responsibilities

• Account management + client communications

• Managing all aspects of campaign delivery, including co-ordinating timelines, and being responsible for delivery of client assets on deadline (photographs, videos, shared content) in collaboration with Sales + Partnerships Director

• Managing integrated editorial / custom content campaigns – receiving client assets and info, briefing editorial + design team.

• Managing sponsored partnerships and deliverables for special events (pop ups etc)

• Monitoring results for custom content campaigns against agreed benchmarks, and address any delivery issues with support from team.

• Undertake production tasks such as booking crew flights and accommodation, and liasing with talent and locations to schedule shoots for client-led projects.

• Assist Junior Account Manager to prepare post-campaign reports for client campaigns, collating data from Google Analytic, MixPanel and TDF Social media.

• Assist Junior Account Manager to create post campaign reports using Canva and/or InDesign

• Email post-campaign performance reports to client contacts.

• Assist team with occasional pop-up events. (approximately 3-4 times per year)

Desired Skills & Experience

• 2-3 years experience working in a similar role at a media agency or online publisher.

• Strong understanding of and experience using Google Analytics, Meta analytics and Google Ad Manager.

• Strong understanding of and experience using Google sheets, Microsoft Excel.

• Good with numbers, timelines and dates, spreadsheets

• Extremely organised

• An understanding of all major social media platforms - in particular the metrics / analytics provided by these platforms for creators / business accounts. (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok)

• Basic experience using Wordpress CMS, Mailchimp, Adobe Indesign and Canva is desired but not imperative.

• Australian driver’s license and access to a car highly preferable.

This role will be best suited to a Campaign Manager or Account Manager with around 3 years of professional experience.

 The role is full-time, based primarily in our Collingwood office, commencing in May / June 2026 with a 12 week trial period.

Salary offered is variable based on skills and experience, and will be negotiated directly via email after all applications are received.

Apply

If you feel that you are just the person we are looking for we’d love to hear from you!

To apply please send a one page cover letter, along with your CV to jobs@thedesignfiles.net with the email subject 'JOB APPLICATION – CAMPAIGN MANAGER’ by 5pm on Friday April 10th 2026.

Successful applicants moving forward to the interview process will be contacted via email by Friday April 24th 2026. Interviews will be conducted between April 28th and May 1st 2026.

Please note that if a large volume of applications are received, it may not be possible for us to contact all unsuccessful applicants, but we’ll do our very best!

The Design Files is hiring Junior Account Manager

The Design Files is looking for a full-time Junior Account Manager, commencing in May / June 2026.

This is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic, friendly team at one of Australia’s most popular design publications.

This is a full-time role, based at our studio in Collingwood, Melbourne, commencing in May or June 2026 with a 3 month (paid) probation period.

Role Description

The Junior Account Manager works within our Partnerships Team, ensuring the smooth delivery of client advertising and content-led campaigns across our website, email database and social media.

You will be responsible for trafficking advertising assets, monitoring results across all content and advertising campaigns, and preparing post-campaign reports for clients, collating data from Google Analytics, MixPanel and Social media.

You will also keep a close eye on the performance of all our web content - tracking views and performance of both editorial and client-led content, and sharing insights proactively with the team.

You will also assist with online customer service for our print magazine via our Shopify store, responding to subscriber and/or purchaser email enquiries.

As we’re a small team, this is an ‘all hands on deck’ sort of workplace. Everyone at TDF pitches in when we’re hosting a special event, such as an exhibition or pop-up shop. Approximately 3-4 times per year this role may require you to work overtime on an evening or a weekend, if we are hosting a special event.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated, highly organised, and a team player. Most importantly, we’re looking for someone with a ‘can do’ attitude who will bring energy and optimism to our small, hardworking team.

Key Responsibilities

• Trafficking and monitoring of display advertising (Website and EDM Banners) using Google Ad manager and WordPress

• Monitor results for custom content campaigns against agreed benchmarks, and address any delivery issues with support from team.

• Prepare post-campaign reports for client campaigns, collating data from Google Analytics, MixPanel, WordPress and Meta Business Suite.

• Creating post campaign reports using Canva and/or InDesign

• Share post-campaign performance reports with clients.

• Track and collate editorial performance data including story views, weekly website traffic, monthly website traffic, identifying high-performing stories and sharing data with team.

• Monitor social media performance (Instagram + Facebook + TikTok), identify high-performing posts and share with TDF team.

• Liase with clients to receive photos and other assets for sponsored stories.

• Manage paid boosts on social media content.

• The Design Files Magazine web-store customer service - handling email enquiries from our online Shopify store for magazine purchases and subscriptions, occasionally liasing with our magazine distributor.

• Assist team with occasional pop-up events after hours / on weekends. (approximately 3-4 times per year)

Desired Skills & Experience

• At least 1 year experience working in a similar role at a media agency or digital publisher.

• Experience using Google Analytics, Meta analytics, Google sheets and Microsoft Excel.

• Good with numbers, timelines and dates, spreadsheets

• Extremely organised

• An understanding of all major social media platforms - in particular the metrics / analytics provided by these platforms for creators / business accounts. (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok)

• Basic experience using Wordpress CMS and Canva is desired but not imperative.

This is a junior role, suited to someone with 1-2 years of professional experience.

 The role is full-time, based primarily in our Collingwood office, commencing in May or June 2026 with a 12 week trial period.

Salary offered is variable based on skills and experience, and will be negotiated directly via email after all applications are received.

Apply

If you feel that you are just the person we are looking for we’d love to hear from you!

To apply please send a one page cover letter, along with your CV to jobs@thedesignfiles.net with the email subject 'JOB APPLICATION – JUNIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER' by 5pm on Friday April 10th 2026.

Successful applicants moving forward to the interview process will be contacted via email by Friday April 24th 2026. Interviews will be conducted between April 28th and May 1st 2026.

Please note that if a large volume of applications are received, it may not be possible for us to contact all unsuccessful applicants, but we’ll do our very best!