Junior Designer

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust; Slimbridge; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave (38 days after 5 

Free entry to wetland centres

Free car parking

Secure bike storage

Colleague discount

Cycle to work scheme

Contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is seeking a talented Junior Designer to join the in-house creative team. You’ll transform ideas into compelling assets across digital and offline channels, ensuring visuals are on-brand and impactful.

The role offers hybrid working with 1-2 days in the Slimbridge office. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop engaging visuals, maintain consistency with brand guidelines, and support campaigns that inspire visitors and grow membership.

Qualifications

• Experience producing high‑quality marketing materials for diverse audiences.
• Portfolio demonstrating design solutions across online and offline channels.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud; Premiere Pro and After Effects desirable.
• Understanding of layout, typography and digital platforms.
• Experience working to brand guidelines and ensuring consistency across outputs.
• Experience preparing artwork for digital and print production.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative assets across digital and offline channels that elevate the brand.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to refine concepts and maintain brand consistency.
• Maintain a cohesive look and feel across all marketing outputs.
• Prepare artwork for both digital and print production.
• Support campaigns and fundraising appeals with compelling design.

Skills

Branding & visual design

Layout & typography

Digital & print design

Portfolio development

Team collaboration

Brand guidelines adherence

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

We are looking for a talented Junior Designerto join the creative in-house team. This is an exciting opportunity to help bring our brand and stories to life through compelling design across digital and offline channels.

In this role, you’ll transform ideas into creative assets that elevate our brand, ensuring every piece of work is visually striking, strategically aligned, and consistent with our brand. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop impactful visuals, refine concepts, and maintain a cohesive look and feel throughout all marketing outputs.

Whether it’s inspiring new visitors to our 10 UK wetland sites through national campaigns, driving membership growth, or delivering successful fundraising appeals, the breadth and diversity of our work creates endless opportunities to make a meaningful impact through creativity.

This is a full time position working 37.5 hours Monday to Friday. For this role we can offer the opportunity for hybrid working (with a minimum of 1-2 days a week in the WWT Slimbridge office and for team meetings).

About You

Our ideal candidate will bring:

• Experience producing high‑quality marketing materials for diverse audiences, supported by a portfolio demonstrating innovative design solutions across both online and offline channels.
• Good working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), with some working knowledge of Premiere Pro and After Effects highly desirable. An understanding of Microsoft Word and Powerpoint.
• A good understanding of layout, typography and digital platforms.
• Experience working to brand guidelines and ensuring consistency across all design outputs.
• Experience preparing artwork and files for both digital and print production.
  

Please view the full job description for all the responsibilities and specifications for the role. If you are shortlisted for interview then portfolios will be requested.

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super‑powered ecosystems we call wetlands . There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground‑breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you’ll love working at WWT

• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) –this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from our Employee Assistance Programme

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.