Junior Designer

Skin + Me; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Hybrid work

Equity

Healthcare cash plan

Learning budget

Nursery assistance

Culture club

Referral scheme

Job summary

Skin + Me is seeking an experienced Junior Designer to join our Creative Team. This hybrid role combines in-office days at Paddington with remote work, focusing on creating engaging, on-brand assets for paid and organic social, CRM design, and newsletters.

You'll collaborate across Growth and Creative teams, bringing fresh social media ideas and strong attention to detail to every project. Prior beauty industry experience is a plus; a brilliant eye for design is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Junior Designer role, ideally in beauty or skincare.
• Strong eye for visual detail and branding across channels.
• Ability to design for paid and organic social and CRM assets.

Responsibilities

• Create still and animated assets for Skin + Me marketing channels.
• Contribute to end-to-end paid ads with the Growth Marketing Team.
• Design newsletters and other CRM assets to drive engagement.
• Generate social media concepts in collaboration with the Social Media team.
• Support influencers, PR, and partnerships with bespoke assets.
• Assist on in-house photo/video shoots and maintain brand consistency.

Skills

Social media design

CRM design

Creativity

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Tools

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

Skin + Me is a mission driven start-up with seriously big skin goals. We're looking for an experienced Junior Designer to join our Creative Team at Skin + Me. This is a hybrid working role with three days a week in our Paddington HQ (Mon, Tue, Fri) and two days remote.

About the role

As Junior Designer you'll work closely with Creative + Growth teams to create a constant stream of exciting, effective, engaging and on-brand marketing assets for all Skin + Me channels. With a focus on designing for our paid and organic social channels and CRM design, you'll take on a pivotal role in the business as we embark on our next stage of growth. The ideal candidate will have strong experience working as a Junior Designer with experience in creative paid and organic social assets as well as CRM design. The successful candidate will have a brilliant eye for detail and a love for all things design. You're passionate about all things skincare and have heaps of new ideas to bring to projects.

What you'll do

• Create still and animated assets for all + Me business units, digital and print channels
• Be involved in the end to end creation of paid ads working closely with the Growth Marketing Team
• Create engaging designs for our newsletters and other CRM assets
• Bring new exciting social media ideas to life through collaboration with our Social Media team
• Support the wider marketing team, from influencers to PR and partnerships, with creating bespoke assets for their channels
• Assist on in-house photo/video shoots
• Be a brand guardian and a brand champion, ensuring high quality, consistent creative across all touchpoints

Who you are

• Experience in a Junior Designer role, ideally within the beauty industry
• An obsession with all things social and the online beauty / skincare community
• Working knowledge of Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Photography + video skills (preferable)
• PremierePro and After Effects (preferable)
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn, especially around new creative tools - including AI-assisted workflows that can enhance concepting, visual exploration, and process efficiency.
• An excellent eye for design and attention to detail
• Happy to work in a fast paced environment
• Excellent communication skills - you'll be working with people in different teams across the company
• A team player who's happy to get stuck in, likes collaborating, bringing new campaign ideas
• Innovative and entrepreneurial nature, highly self-organised and able to prioritise your workload

Why should you choose Skin + Me?

A daily challenge - in a thrilling, entrepreneurial start-up environment, no two days will ever be the same. Make a difference - work within a revolutionary company that is focused on improving millions of lives. Significant equity - potentially life-changing value if you commit to our long-term mission. Serious commitment to growth - personal development is important to us and we'll make sure we support your growth, and give you broad experience across your role. Support network - the Skin + Me investors and advisors that you'll have the opportunity to work with have built some of the world's best consumer companies.

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday (+ all the usual Bank Holidays) - It's important to take a break and recharge, that's why we offer a generous holiday allowance
• Free Breakfast & Lunch - It's important you are well fuelled for the day so we've got your breakfast and lunch covered. Plus drinks and snacks are available too!
• Hybrid working to give you flexibility - We are all remote on Wednesday and Thursday. When we are in the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday our core hours are 10-4. If you're an early bird you can do 7-4, and if you're a night owl 10-7 is fine too.
• Equity - We offer a competitive salary and a generous share award package that means every employee has a stake in the business. We really are all in this together
• Health and wellbeing focus - We offer a healthcare cash plan, cycle to work schemes plus free healthy breakfast and lunch in the office. We'll be sure to always prioritise your physical and mental health.
• £500 annual development budget for any learning, training and development opportunities.
• Courses, books, software - if it helps you in your role, we'll help you get it.
• For working parents, we're proud to offer assistance, helping you save on nursery fees. The workplace nursery benefit allows you to save tax and National Insurance on the full cost of your nursery fees each month.
• Culture club - Our culture club team meets every week to make sure we celebrate our big wins and milestones too, with parties, surprises and more. You'll get highly discounted Skin + Me products for you, and 10 friends + family too.
• Generous employee referral scheme, if you know more fabulous people refer them to work with us too and you'll get a bonus when they pass probation.
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