Dirty Martini Marketing is hiring for a position of Junior Graphic Designer in Exeter, United Kingdom

Are you ready to make an impact? 

Looking to be part of something bigger?

Thanks to our awesome team and clients, our family is growing so we’re looking for someone brilliant to join us. If you love creating work that you’re proud of and passionate about, and you’re looking to do that in a place surrounded by friends doing the same, we might be the perfect fit.

We’re constantly growing and have taken on some amazing clients. We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes creative and brand. We love over-delivering for our clients and getting a wow on each project we present, so we need you to be the best at what you do!

If you dream about creating epic work, sharing ideas and growing your skills in a fun environment alongside friends, then we want to hear from you. If that sounds like something you’d be interested in, read on!

Dirty Martini is an award-winning creative agency working with an array of awesome organisations across the UK, Europe and USA. These ambitious brands trust us to elevate their businesses above the competition. And we deliver. We craft beautiful digital experiences that bring brands to life.

Dirty Martini was founded in 2018 by Cameron Hodder. He’s on a mission to build a forward-thinking, creative agency that puts people at the heart of everything it does – the kind of company he always wanted to work for, but could not find. A place where people come and create the best work of their lives. And where they have incredible fun doing so.

In this fast-moving world, many businesses focus solely on return on investment and profit at the expense of their people, their customers, and even themselves. We don’t. Our team are family and our clients are friends, and we want them all to benefit from interacting with us.

We nurture, develop, recognise and reward our team. Happy experts deliver extraordinary results. We’re lucky enough to work with some amazing clients including Deliveroo, Michael Caines, Naturalmat, Cornish Cheese Co, Laura Stoddart, Hutch Houseplants, New Space Architecture, Cake or Death, Hornit, Exeter Food & Drink Festival, Beyond Legal, Harry’s Restaurant, Hornit and InExeter to name a few!

Reporting to the Head of Design, you’ll work across multiple aspects of our design projects from conceptual work, to web & UX design, to branding, retainer, and ad-hoc client work. You’ll design stunning experiences for our clients across web, brand, print, and social.

You’ll be working alongside our Head of Design, web developers and digital marketing teams in a fast-paced environment and will be able to complete all aspects of our design process needs including digital assets, web UX & UI, and print collateral.

Our clients range from architects to accountants, with hospitality, food and drink being our specialisms. Combine our incredible clients with our in-house photographer, copywriter and developers, and you’ve got a heap of amazing content to help you create some truly incredible work.

As well as looking after our clients and their marketing, you’ll also be crucial in defining our own design success. You’ll assist in developing our in-house assets including brand elements, creds decks, case studies, website, proposals and publications to ensure our continued wow factor.

You’ll juggle multiple projects and priorities, working with teams throughout our studio to deliver beautiful and impactful work. You’ll use your creativity and nous to pull inspiration from the information at hand as well as external sources.

• Produce graphics and artwork for social media, email marketing, websites, digital campaigns

• Help create and develop brand guidelines

• Design and develop email marketing campaigns

• Design a variety of printed collateral including brochures, signage, POS

• Compile briefs for printers

• Produce concepts and designs for our own in-house marketing campaigns

• Assist the marketing team with client report design

• Proactive client management including meetings, email and phone contact

• Help create client pitches, concepts and ideas

• Develop concepts through to the presentation and sign off stage, with fully thought out UX elements across website designs, print collateral and social media campaigns.

• Produce concepts, mood boards, mock-ups, and wireframes for proposals

• Assist with artwork direction, using your experience to plan and help direct shoots

• Demonstrate to the client how and why your concepts and designs will improve their organisation and present your research/recommendations/reasoning

• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget

• Build strong relationships across teams, particularly within the content team, who you will work with to develop an approach/process for creating/shooting agile social media

• Empower your creative flair and marketing knowledge to help make posts, adverts and campaigns stand out

• Work alongside our senior team to manage our clients and keep the project vision and objectives on track

• Form relationships with external creative partners to ensure we have a range of trusted contacts and the ability to execute across multiple creative disciplines

• Regularly share your knowledge to help inspire and ensure efficiency across the delivery of all projects

• Push new innovations and introduce new concepts and ways of working

• Estimate time required to complete projects and agreeing artwork costs

• Effectively contribute to team briefings, activity roadmaps and task lists

• Ensure you’re familiar with the latest trends, best practices and procedures to help us stay as current and cutting edge as possible

• Challenge the norm. We exist to be disruptive, innovative and exciting in all that we do. We’re solutions focussed, results-driven and entrepreneurial-minded.

✔︎ Grad level upwards; would suit an entry level or junior designer ready to step up

✔︎ Awesome on Adobe Creative Suite – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & XD

✔︎ Interest or skills in motion design would be a bonus

✔︎ Extra points for understanding of Canva, Figma, After Effects, SVGator and LottieFiles

✔︎ Experienced in Graphic Design with strong exposure to marketing, advertising and branding

✔︎ Understanding/interest of web animation and 3D web would be brilliant but not required

✔︎ Proactive and full of common sense

✔︎ Understanding of layout, typography and set up of print-ready artwork

✔︎ Thorough knowledge of print processes to take creative ideas through to final technical artwork

✔︎ Authentic, honest and caring who is excited to grow an awesome agency with us

✔︎ A well-rounded understanding of Digital Marketing is essential

✔︎ Agency experience is desired (but not essential as full training will be provided)

✔︎ WordPress and MailChimp skills would be an advantage

✔︎ Fully self-motivated – we encourage, lead, and support…we don’t micromanage

✔︎ Comprehensive understanding of major Digital Marketing elements including SEM, Social Media, SEO, PPC, Email and Content marketing would be beneficial

✔︎ Technical understanding of social media platforms

✔︎ Tech-savvy. We use a lot of different tools to make our lives as easy as possible – you’ll find these tools easy to use and keep an eye out for new ones

✔︎ Understanding of hospitality industry and luxury brands would be beneficial

✔︎ Strong listening skills with a keen eye for detail

✔︎ You’ll be super organised and have loads of energy too

✔︎ Fast learner, able to absorb and retain knowledge on new businesses, products and markets

✔︎ Hunger to learn and progress

✔︎ Competent editing and proofreading skills

✔︎ Strong attention to detail

✔︎ Strong experience with working on and from storyboards and mood boards

💰 Competitive salary

The salary guide is up to £25,000.00 per year, depending on person. We say depending on person, as it’s far more than just experience that’s important. Every person is unique, so we strive to find the best match for both company and candidate. We value what each individual brings to us and reward that accordingly, so rather than putting strict salary schedules here, we’d far rather have a chat and find out what each of us is looking for. 

💴 Company pension

👍 Flexible schedule

😎 Monday to Friday

🙌 No weekends

📍 Awesome city centre location

💻 Latest MacBooks and high-end studio kit

🏖 30 days holiday per year including bank holidays

🍾 Fizz Friday’s – we wine-d down early on a Friday over a glass of fizz to catch up

🍽 Regular free lunches

💆‍♀️ Workplace massage therapist visits twice a month

☕️ Free tea & coffee, morning coffee run by Timber Coffee X Roastworks Coffee Roasters

⚽️ Team outings and socials

⭐️ Personal training and professional development allowance

🎉 Annual work anniversary gift

🌲 Christmas party

😎 Summer party

🎁 Festive fun – party, secret Santa & full Christmas period close-down

 🎂 Birthday pressies

Never willing to settle, we drive ourselves to exceed expectations, delivering cutting-edge marketing solutions and experiences that are affordable, memorable and above all, deliver tangible results. Our team of specialists provide businesses with support where they need it most.

01. We’re totally independent. This means we care more about you.

There are no banks, investors or shareholders to schmooze.

02. Being an indie means we’re people-led, not profit-led, so we invest time to wow clients.

This enables our culture to be sustainable as we’re happy, doing what we love, for awesome people.

03. We’re Shopify Partners, Mailchimp Partners and we’re Google Certified.

All our clients benefit from working directly alongside our qualified in-house professionals.

04. 100% of our work happens in-house. Nothing is outsourced. 

If the need arises, we have a brilliant network of niche experts who we’ve met along the way.

05. We’re award-winning, with a 5 star Google and Facebook rating too!

Our trusted testimonials and recommendations speak for themselves.

06. 90% of our clients come from recommendations. 

75% of our clients have been with us for more than two years.

07. Happy experts, who work and socialise together.

Our team is our most important asset. We look after each other. Ask them!

08. 50+ years combined experience. 

Old enough to know. Young enough to be hungry. That’s important. 

I worked at Dirty Martini previously and could not speak more positively of my experience. From the day I started, the team were friendly, helpful and incredibly welcoming. They’re a fantastic bunch with so much individual talent in each department. Cameron’s done a fantastic job of growing the company and building the team. I really enjoyed my time there & particularly the fact that Cameron really seems to care about his employees. I learnt a lot, worked hard & had a great time along the way, I’d recommend Dirty Martini to anyone.

Victoria Walmesley – Executive Assistant

I was fortunate to work with the team at Dirty Martini when I ran Coastal Recycling’s sales and marketing, they were great then! Now I’ve left Coastal and joined them to help them to develop and grow. The team here is good, no, really really good. I love the way they think, the way they act, their honesty, creativity and drive to do the very best for their clients. 

Richard Marsh – Marketing Consultant

Our first step will be an informal coffee and chat to understand a bit more about you and why you’ve applied. Next, we’ll invite candidates to our office and a first round interview to get into more detail about you and the role, as well as taking a look at your experience together. The last stage will involve a final interview meeting where you’ll also meet the team.