Junior Designer

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own platform-ready social output for pharma and energy clients by turning briefs into polished static and motion content, while collaborating with designers and PMs to meet deadlines.

  • Social Content & Motion: Build posts and short-form videos that fit platform specs and brand guidelines.
  • Platform-ready Production: Adapt creative for multiple formats, keeping typography-led quality and consistency.
  • Process & Collaboration: Support designers and project managers, act on feedback, and deliver on time.

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • Social content including quote cards, carousels and campaign visuals
  • Adapting and resizing creative across multiple platforms
  • Building simple motion-led content by combining video, type and graphics
  • Editing short-form video for social channels
  • Working within established client brand guidelines
  • Supporting designers and project managers to deliver work on time and to spec
  • Keeping an eye on social trends and applying them where relevant to briefs
  • There is some scope to contribute ideas, but the focus of the role is turning concepts into well-crafted, platform-ready output.
  • Design and create both static and motion social media posts for Pharma and Energy Sector clients ( not entertainment clients ).
  • Execute designs within brand guideline constraints, ensuring accuracy and quality.
Requirements
  • Some professional design experience (studio, freelance, internship or junior role) or lots of talent and a professional approach showcased in your portfolio.
  • Good grasp of the basics within Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and After Effects.
  • Awareness of social media formats, design and video file specifications, and social media content trends.
  • Understanding of design principles and a sense of style ( we’ll look for this in your portfolio ).
  • We use Slack, Asana, Google docs, and Box to run the studio so an ability to pick up these quickly is required.
  • A lot of our work is typographically led, so a good grasp of typesetting and English ability is required.
  • A professional approach to work - visible across your time keeping, communication, presentation of work, and organisation of files.
Preferred
  • Interest in healthcare and/or energy sector.
  • Strong Motion Design Experience or ability to learn.
  • Understanding of coding basic After Effects Expressions.
  • 3D skills with Blender or within AfterEffects, or ability to learn.
  • Video and Audio Editing Experience with Premiere Pro and Audition, or ability to learn.
  • AI image and video creation experience.
Benefits
  • 💷 Competitive Salary.
  • 🏖️23 days holiday.
  • 🚃In-office/Hybrid or Fully remote.
  • 🏋️Vitality Healthy care package: gym discount, optician cover, dental cover.
  • 🛍️Pension Plan
  • 🛍️Perkbox discount and points program.
  • ☕️Access to Co-working spaces.
  • 📚Courses and time for training.
  • 📚Plus Electric Vehicle Scheme and Salary Saver
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Substance Global

Founded in 2003, Substance is an award-winning digital marketing agency. We partner with leading brands and talent alike who seek to challenge the status quo. Together, we are a group of strategists, copywriters, account managers, project managers, paid & organic social media specialists, publicists, video editors, designers, animators and creative technicians.Headquartered in London with offices in Los Angeles and Buenos Aires, our clients include top brands ranging from entertainment, sports and healthcare, including Walt Disney Studios, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, PokĂŠmon, SEGA, Xbox, NBC Sports and Amgen. We have developed outstanding campaigns with some of our most recent including Top Gun: Maverick, Indy500, Gotham Knights, Wicked West End, Spider-Man: No Way Home and PokĂŠmon: Super Pet Contest. For more information, please visit us at www.substanceglobal.com

Founded in 2003
London, England, GBR
83 employees (41 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
42.9%
Referral
16.3%
Social
5%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~83

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (27% of company)
Median Career Experience
30 years
Median Tenure
4.3 years
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