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Unleash your creativity with a leading UK waste partner: First Mile, and contribute to slowing climate change
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Join the mission to curb climate change at First Mile, a leading name in the UK for B2B sustainability and waste partnerships. With over 30,000 businesses including Netflix, Pret, and Zara under our umbrella, we provide intelligent waste and recycling solutions promoting carbon reduction and planet conservation.
Role Summary
- Bring life to the First Mile brand through your creativity in design across marketing, sales, and digital platforms.
- Work in collaboration with various stakeholders such as Marketing, Sales, and Product to deliver engaging visual content.
- Engage existing customers and attract new ones with high-quality design sensitive to our sustainability mission.
Role Requirements
- Sound understanding of visual and digital design, with a portfolio showcasing marketing or UX work experience.
- Awareness of UX principles and the ability to design with the end-user in mind.
- Ability to generate new ideas, and a keen interest in design trends.
- Proficiency with tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Canva, and PowerPoint. Experience with wireframing or prototyping tools is a bonus.
- Strong attention to detail, with a keen eye for typographical consistency and layout.
- Strong time management skill. Able to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
Application Process Details
- We offer exciting benefits like a company bonus scheme, maternity/paternity scheme, regular company parties and events, employee recognition, and a monthly allowance of £60 for personal expenditure. More importantly, we provide a collaborative and positive workspace, focused on learning and growth.
About First Mile At First Mile, we're on a mission to slow down climate change by delivering smarter waste and recycling solutions that help businesses cut carbon, improve efficiency, and do good for the planet. We're proud to be one of the UK's leading B2B sustainability and waste partners, working with over 30,000 businesses including Pret, Zara, and Netflix. Our brand and digital experience play a huge role in how customers discover, understand, and choose First Mile — and great design is central to that.
The Role We're looking for a creative and motivated Designer to help bring the First Mile brand to life across marketing, sales, and digital experiences. This role is ideal for someone early in their design career who's looking to develop across brand, marketing, and UX design. You'll work closely with Marketing, Sales, and Product stakeholders to create engaging visual content and improve the usability and experience of our digital touch points. You'll support the delivery of high-quality design that helps attract new customers, engage existing ones, and clearly communicate our sustainability mission — while learning and growing as part of a collaborative team.
Job Requirements Design fundamentals: A solid grounding in visual and digital design, with examples of marketing or UX work (from roles, placements, freelance work, or personal projects). UX awareness: An understanding of UX principles such as user journeys, hierarchy, accessibility, and designing with the end user in mind. Creative thinking: A curiosity for design trends and the ability to generate ideas, while being open to guidance and feedback. Tools & technical skills: Experience using design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Canva, and PowerPoint. Some experience with wireframing or prototyping tools is a plus. Attention to detail: Strong eye for layout, typography, and visual consistency. Communication & mindset: Clear communicator, eager to learn, collaborative, and enthusiastic about design, sustainability, and making a positive impact. Organisation: Good time management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines with support from the team.
Benefits Company Bonus Scheme - earn 5% of your salary again! Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme Regular company parties and events Employee recognition at our monthly town hall event 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) as well as an extra day for each complete year of service. A £60 a month allowance to spend on you. If you want a gym membership, loads of cookies, to pamper yourself, or to pay for a flight it is totally up to you! Lots of drinks, food, socials, and events throughout the year. But most importantly, a fun, positive, collaborative workplace in which you can learn, working for a rapidly growing, multi-award-winning business in a sector that has never been more important.
