Junior Designer in Potters Bar, England at Elizabeth Scarlett

At Elizabeth Scarlett, we exist to create joy, inspire wonder, and protect wildlife - using art and design to connect people to nature, and to one another. By 2030, our goal is to have contributed over £2 million to wildlife conservation.

As our next Junior Designer, you will join a team that leads with kindness, dreams big and takes action together. You will be helping to scale a creative, purpose-led brand while shaping the impact we make in the world.

👩 Reporting to: Senior Creative

📍 Location: London

🏙 Hybrid: 2 days per week in Potters Bar

📝 Employment type: Full Time

We're looking for a Junior Designer with 1–2 years' experience to join our small, close-knit creative team and get properly stuck in.

We're also looking to bring a new skillset into the business.

Alongside strong design fundamentals, we're looking for someone who is curious about automation and smarter ways of working. You might have experimented with AI-assisted design tools, found ways to automate repetitive tasks, improved a creative workflow or simply have a natural instinct for making things work better.

You don't need to be an expert. What matters is that you're curious, proactive and excited to experiment — and can bring ideas that help the team design and work smarter.

• Create and adapt high-quality, on-brand creative across brand, print, digital, e-commerce, email and social.
• Support campaign development across design, product and content collaborating with wider teams
• Prepare artwork for digital and print production, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Work within and help evolve the Elizabeth Scarlett visual identity.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive tasks, streamline processes and improve efficiency.

• 1–2 years’ experience in a design role, with a strong portfolio showcasing brand and digital work.
• Confident using Adobe Creative Suite and/or Figma, with strong fundamentals in typography, layout, colour and visual craft.
• A meticulous eye for detail and pride in producing high-quality work.
• Curious and proactive, with an interest in new design technology, AI or automation — tell us what you’ve experimented with.
• Able to manage multiple projects, question existing processes and spot opportunities to work smarter.
• Collaborative and commercially aware, understanding how great creative can work for both the customer and the business.

Nice to have:

• Motion, animation or video editing experience.
• Experience with AI-assisted creative tool or automation.
• Experience working within a lifestyle, fashion, beauty or luxury brand.

Why join us

• A meaningful brand rooted in nature, art and conservation, giving 2% of every sale back to the wild.
• A kind, curious team with plenty of opportunity to learn, grow and explore new creative technologies in a purpose-led brand
• Competitive salary, dependent on experience +10% discretionary performance bonus

Benefits

• Private medical insurance, health & wellbeing discounts, stress support
• Income protection (up to pension age)
• Life assurance (up to pension age)

Flexibility and time

• Hybrid working (minimum 2 days in-office)
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Up to 1 month “work from anywhere” in a ±2 hr timezone

Personal development

• Annual L&D budget (3% of salary)
• Annual summer retreat (e.g. 42 Acres in Somerset)

Team perks

• 60% team discount
• 25% friends and family discount code

Impact and ownership

• Shape how the creative works across a growing purpose led brand
• Working directly with senior creative and the wider marketing & Brand teams
• Direct contribution to building ES community, brand love, and to our £2M conservation mission

1. [Virtual - video call] Values / Mission Stage (Phone call), with: Kunjan (Recruiter)
2. [In person] Task + Role Skills Stage with Hiring Manager, with: Jeni, Emily / Ailsa (Senior Creative & team)
3. [In person] Vision & Brand Ambassador Stage with Jonny (eCommerce Director)

🌿 Ready to join a purpose-driven brand and help us scale joy and conservation impact?

Apply now and bring your talent to Elizabeth Scarlett.