Social Media Designer

Salary: 30 000 - 40 000 DOE ((up to 45 000 for exceptional experience))

Contract: Full time

LOCATION: Nottingham (hybrid) with regular travel to London

TEAM: 6 people

Build one of the UK's fastest-growing personal brands

We're looking for a designer who wants to create work seen by hundreds of thousands, and eventually millions of people. This isn't about maintaining an existing brand or producing endless social graphics. It's an opportunity to help define the visual identity of an entrepreneur building one of the UK's most ambitious media and technology businesses. From Instagram and LinkedIn to books, software products, YouTube and live events, you'll help shape how the brand looks, feels and grows over the coming years.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER…

Our client is a proven entrepreneur. He built a software company from scratch, scaling it to more than £50 million in revenue before selling the business in 2024 for an eight-figure sum. Over the last year he's applied the same principles to his own personal brand, growing an audience of more than 500,000 followers through practical, experience-led content on entrepreneurship and wealth creation. Today he's building far more than a personal brand. That includes:

  • A creator SaaS platform

  • A creator accelerator and co-working community

  • A rapidly expanding YouTube and podcast operation

  • A bestselling book project

  • Online education products

  • New technology ventures

IDEAL CANDIDATE

  • Highly organised with strong attention to detail

  • Smart, proactive, and quick to get up to speed

  • Comfortable working independently and managing your own workload

  • Confident using spreadsheets and online systems

  • At ease in a fast-paced, scale-up environment

  • Available to start immediately

You'll join at the beginning, helping build the creative identity that ties everything together

The opportunity

You'll have genuine creative ownership from day one. Rather than joining a business with rigid brand guidelines, you'll help create them. Your work will influence how hundreds of thousands and eventually millions of people experience the brand. Working with the creative director and the social media team, you'll own the design of:

  • Instagram carousels

  • LinkedIn graphics

  • Brand templates

  • Launch campaigns

  • Landing pages

  • Waiting lists

  • Product assets

  • Course materials

  • Marketing creatives

You'll also use AI to rapidly prototype, design and launch new ideas. Because we're a small, ambitious team, everyone rolls their sleeves up, so you could also

  • Capture content with the founder

  • Support photography and filming

  • Help create behind-the-scenes content

  • Schedule content across social platforms

  • Support community engagement

  • Pitch creative ideas

  • Occasionally help with events, launches and whatever else is needed to keep projects moving

ABOUT YOU

We're looking for someone with exceptional creative taste. You instinctively understand what makes people stop scrolling and know how to create work that feels clean, modern and premium. We're far more interested in your portfolio than the number of years you've worked. Whether you're self-taught or have several years of experience, we're looking for outstanding design not impressive CVs. You'll probably have experience with:

  • Designing content for Instagram and LinkedIn

  • Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva or similar

  • AI-powered creative tools

  • Creating content at speed without compromising quality

We'd love it if you also

  • Shoot photography or video

  • Design YouTube thumbnails

  • Enjoy entrepreneurship, startups or creator businesses

  • Like experimenting with new creative tools

You'll thrive here if you are

  • Ambitious

  • Organised

  • Proactive

  • Curious

  • Adaptable

  • Comfortable working at pace

  • Excited by building something from the ground up

WHY JOIN?

  • Build a brand from the beginning. Your work won't disappear into a corporate marketing team. You'll help define the creative identity of a business with enormous ambitions.

  • Learn from people who've done it before Work alongside experienced creatives who've helped build some of today's leading entrepreneurial brands.

  • Accelerate your career.  You'll learn:, How world-class creator brands are built, How AI is changing creative workflows, How content businesses scale, How direct-response marketing shapes design, How launches are planned and executed, How media companies grow from zero to millions of followers

  • Have real influence. Your ideas won't disappear into layers of approval. You'll work directly with decision-makers and see your creative ideas brought to life quickly.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

  1. 60-minute video interview with the senior media team

  2. Creative task

  3. 60-minute in-person meeting with the founder and senior team

APPLY