Junior Designer
Job Description
About Us
We founded Minor Figures in 2014, launching with just one carton of cold brew. We’ve since expanded into a global market with a wide range of killer products, a strong brand identity, and a small but significant market share. We’re growing fast and we now have an opportunity to scale up and touch millions more lives as we learn, extend our product range, and deepen our focus on innovation and sustainability. The creative team is passionate and talented with an innovative NPD pipe.
About You
We’re looking for an enthusiastic Junior Designer to join the Creative team at Minor Figures. Reporting into our Designer Director, you’ll work on all aspects of design; from print to digital. You may be someone with a year or so under their belt, looking for an opportunity to work closely with experienced designers who are excited by your ideas and input, and will help you learn and grow as a designer. You’ll thrive in our fast paced team and will be excited to help our brand develop with your ideas and creativity.
We’re a small team but growing FAST. We’re expanding our team of designers so that we can create exceptional work that will innovate, excite and amuse. Enthusiasm is paramount in this role - you might not have a ton of experience, but you’ll be willing to get stuck in with anything that is thrown your way and will have a great ‘can-do’ attitude.
We’re looking for someone with a portfolio of work that demonstrates your creative vision - but this is not your average in-house design job. Minor Figures is built by people who question the very notion of 'branding' and reject the dull, traditional practises of the corporate world. If it’s a bit weird, we dig it.
Contract type: Full time
Years of experience: Minimum 1 year working in design studios or in-house.
Salary: £23,000-25,000 (dependant on experience)
Location: London
Roles and responsibilities
Receive and respond to briefs in a creative and considerate way
Contribute to regular brainstorming sessions with our marketing and creative team.
Design engaging treatments with a strong emphasis on visual storytelling.
Push boundaries and help take Minor Figures to places we haven’t been before.
Produce a plethora of marketing and sales collateral, from point-of-sale to presentation decks and merch. Our creative briefs range from big campaigns to tiny daily requests, so you’ll need to be ego-free and happy to get stuck in with both big and small projects.
Personal Skills
A portfolio of ideas that demonstrates both a creative understanding
Experience working with printed and digital collateral and skilled in layout and typography
Knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop). Skills in After Effects would also be beneficial, but not essential
Awareness of current design trends and new ways of working.
Photography/video skills aren’t essential but would be well received!
A lot of our branding is based around illustration, so the ability to adapt and build on these illustrations with your own illustration skills would be a bonus.
Good verbal and written skills
A positive, can-do attitude
Great attention to detail
Excellent at following a brief
Great at meeting deadlines set by the Project Manager
Adaptability and flexibility will get you far - you’ll need to be comfortable with curveballs
A cracking sense of humor...and if you can also make a good cup of coffee, you’ll fit right in.