JUNIOR DESIGNER

Launch Studio; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus scheme

22 days holiday + bank holidays

Birthday/anniversary time off

Job summary

Launch Studio in St Albans is seeking a Junior Designer to join a dynamic studio environment. You’ll work across clients, developing your design skills with support from our leaders and team.

The role is 37.5 hours weekly, permanent, and hybrid with 3 days per week at our studio on London Road, St Albans. Salary band £25k-£28k based on experience, plus 22 days holiday, a Christmas Eve break, and a company bonus scheme.

Qualifications

• Portfolio should show how you think and the work you’ve produced.
• Strong eye for typography and layout.
• Comfort with design software and hardware, with basic troubleshooting.
• Willingness to take feedback and help others with their work.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on with design, following direction from project lead and team.
• Develop ideas and produce design work across disciplines.
• Work through direction and feedback with regular check-ins.
• Manage tasks and deadlines with prioritisation guidance.
• Check and prepare designs, ensuring spelling/grammar and consistency.
• Help the wider team with projects and share useful findings.

Skills

Typography

Layout design

Portfolio expectation

Questioning and feedback

Attention to detail

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Sketch

Figma

Job description

Junior Designer

We’re looking for a Junior Designer to join our studio!

You’ll work across a variety of clients and projects, building your skills, supported by our creative leaders and learning from our design team around you.

Location: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid, inc. 3 days per week at our studio on London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1NG

Who we are

Launch Studio is a brand and design agency based in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

We work with our clients to understand their priorities, applying our design, branding and strategic expertise to move their business forward, through long-term relationships that sit naturally alongside their internal teams.

Our work spans everything from branding and websites to sales decks, social content, campaigns and day-to-day design support.

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be joining a team packed with talent, in a role that gives you a chance to lead on projects, deliver hands-on, and support our design team.

Salary band £25-28k based on experience

22 days holiday + Christmas Eve + Own birthday* (+ England bank holidays)

Company bonus scheme*

* Following successful completion of probation

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be hands-on with design, following the direction and guidance of your project lead and the design team around you, checking in regularly as your work develops. We’ll give you clear tasks and deadlines, with time to discuss ideas and ask questions.

Developing ideas and producing design work

Work across different design disciplines, creating options to discuss with your project lead. Think about who the work is for and what it needs to achieve. You’ll build your design skills through practical experience, learning what makes an idea work.

Working through direction and feedback

Use check-ins to share progress and make sure you understand what’s expected next. Follow direction carefully and ask questions when something is unclear. Apply feedback to your work, making sure your revisions address the points discussed.

Managing your tasks and deadlines

Focus on the task in hand, with help from your project lead to prioritise when you’re working on more than one project. Allow time for reviews and amends before deadlines. Let them know early if a task is taking longer than expected or you need support.

Checking and preparing your work

Check your designs before sharing them, including spelling and grammar as well as layout and consistency. Learn how to prepare files for their intended use and follow the studio’s processes for keeping work organised.

Helping the wider team

Assist other designers with work on their projects and take an interest in what’s happening across the studio. Learn from the people around you and keep exploring design tools and techniques. Share useful things you discover that others could use in their work.

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who enjoys design and wants to keep learning. Your portfolio should show us how you think as well as the work you’ve produced.

At least one year’s relevant design experience

A portfolio showing a range of work across print and digital, including branding and websites

A good eye for typography and layout, with care for the details

Confidence using Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch and Figma

Comfort with the technical side of design software and hardware, including basic troubleshooting

A habit of checking your work, including spelling and grammar

Confidence asking questions when you’re unsure

Willingness to take feedback on board and help others with their work

Knowledge of website-building platforms such as WordPress, Squarespace or Shopify useful, but not essential.