Middle-Weight Designer

Overview

Job title: Middle-Weight Designer

Location: London, Hybrid

Capacity: Part-Time Permanent (3 days/week), Fixed-Term (6-months)

Salary: £30k - £40k, pro-rata

Role grade: IC3

At Ocean Bottle, our vision is to restore the health of the ocean to a better state than we inherited it. We do this by bringing people together to fund plastic collection. We create award-winning reusable bottles and cups, with every product sold funding the collection of 1000 plastic bottles in weight - before they reach the ocean. To date, we’ve collected the equivalent of 1.7 billion plastic bottles from ocean-bound regions.

We believe that we don’t need a handful of people doing sustainability perfectly, we need millions doing it imperfectly. Our products and solutions enable consumers and businesses to drive this change and support refill behaviour whilst funding plastic collection. As a brand, we are change makers - we bring people together, we pioneer solutions and we connect others to the power of the ocean.

Are you ready to join us on this mission?

We’re looking for a Middle-Weight Designer to join our Marketing & Creative team
. The purpose of this role is to develop and deliver high-quality design solutions that elevate our brand across all channels, including Brand, B2B, Retail, and Growth initiatives. Reporting to our Creative Lead, you’ll work closely with our Marketing team and agency partners, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure design supports business goals.

Additionally, you will:

• Own design projects end-to-end, from concept to final production
• Act as a Brand Guardian, applying and evolving guidelines as the business grows
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, product, and growth teams
• Present ideas clearly and incorporate stakeholder feedback
• Bring fresh ideas, stay updated on design trends, and think creatively to solve problems
• Conceptualise and produce marketing materials including print collateral, digital assets, social media content, web banners, infographics, presentations, and more

In addition to your salary, we offer the following benefits:

• 📈 Stock options so you’re as invested in our future growth as we are!
• 🏝️ Enhanced annual leave, including your birthday off and discretionary EOY leave
• ⏰ Flexible working model to support our employees
• 🍼 Enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• 🩺 Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
• 🧠 Mental Health Support through the Spill platform
• 📚 Learning support including professional coaching through More Happi and £200 learning allowance
• 🚴 Travel benefits including access to electric vehicles through WeVee and Cycle to Work scheme
• 👕 Team merch including your own Ocean Bottle when you join and staff discount to OB product
• 🐶 Supportive and pet-friendly workspace in Shoreditch

• 4+ years of graphic design experience.
• A strong portfolio showcasing a variety of design projects across multiple mediums, demonstrating creativity, technical skills, and a keen eye for detail. Work should demonstrate concept-driven design and well-crafted execution
• Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and Canva. Bonus: animation, 3D design/rendering, retouching, AI/prompt design (e.g., Mid Journey)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail with a focus on high-quality output
• Ability to manage multiple projects independently while collaborating effectively
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and trends
• Experience with project management tools (Asana, Wrike, Monday) is a plus.
• Embodying our core principles:
  Think like a detailed and rigorous founder, Champions do extra, and Give a sh
  * t and go all in on the mission.

• Delivery of creative requests across D2C, B2B, and Retail channels, prioritised with the Creative Lead and Trade Marketing Manager
• Evolution of marketing materials informed by market, channel, and audience insights
• Proactive project and stakeholder management with regular updates to the Trade Marketing Manager and Creative Lead