Brand Designer (Social-First, Hybrid)

Buttermilk; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Private medical

Annual bonus

Wellbeing credits

Hybrid London

Home office budget

Birthday leave

Learning budget

Job summary

Buttermilk in London is seeking a Junior Brand Designer to bring our brand identity to life across social, editorial, and events. You’ll work hands-on, translating campaigns into visually distinctive assets and helping shape our moving brand story.

You’ll collaborate with the Brand & Content Manager and wider teams, developing concepts from concept to execution, and delivering consistent design across channels while embracing a social-first mindset and fast-paced delivery.

Qualifications

• 1-2+ years’ experience in a design role within a creative agency or similar environment.
• Proven experience creating engaging, social-first assets for different social platforms, with understanding of formats, dimensions, thumbnails and best practices.
• Strong proficiency in Figma and After Effects, ideally with good working knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop.
• An eye for typography, layout, composition and art direction.
• Experience translating a brand identity across different channels and physical touchpoints.
• Ability to develop creative concepts, contribute fresh ideas and work confidently within established brand guidelines.
• Experience creating, organising and maintaining reusable design templates and assets to support efficient, consistent output.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple briefs, prioritise workloads and deliver at pace without compromising attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design engaging, social‑first creative for Buttermilk's social channels, adapting assets to suit each platform's formats, audiences and behaviours.
• Work closely with the Brand & Content Manager to translate content plans, creative briefs and brand initiatives into distinctive visual output.
• Help maintain and evolve Buttermilk's visual identity across all brand touchpoints, bringing fresh ideas and creative thinking to day‑to‑day execution.
• Design and refine presentations, credentials and pitch materials using Pitch.com, ensuring a high standard of design across internal and external-facing decks.
• Create assets for editorial content, newsletters, the website and wider marketing activity.
• Contribute creative ideas and design assets for in‑person events, including invitations, signage, printed collateral, installations and other physical brand touchpoints.
• Support the design and development of branded merchandise and physical products, from initial concepts through to production‑ready artwork.
• Create and maintain reusable templates, design assets and brand resources to ensure consistency and efficiency across the business.
• Collaborate with internal teams, external creatives, suppliers and production specialists to help bring ideas to life across digital and physical formats.
• Manage day‑to‑day design briefs and deadlines, balancing speed, attention to detail and a consistently high standard of design.

Skills

Social-first design

Brand identity

Typography

Concept development

Independent collaboration

Tools

Figma

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Buttermilk in London is seeking a Junior Brand Designer to bring our brand identity to life across social, editorial, and events. You’ll work hands-on, translating campaigns into visually distinctive assets and helping shape our moving brand story.

You’ll collaborate with the Brand & Content Manager and wider teams, developing concepts from concept to execution, and delivering consistent design across channels while embracing a social-first mindset and fast-paced delivery.