Junior Graphic Designer

About the role

Canoe is a communications agency operating at the intersection of fashion, outdoor, performance and culture. The team helps ambitious brands earn attention through clear thinking, strong relationships and creative work that feels current and culturally aware.

This opportunity is for a versatile Junior Graphic Designer with a digital-first mindset to support PR, Social, Creative and Experiential teams. The role calls for someone who can work confidently across layout, image-making and social-led content, and who understands how brands need to appear visually across decks, web, campaigns, events and content.

Pitch work is a major part of the job, so deck design is not a side task but a core creative responsibility. You should enjoy turning ideas into polished, persuasive presentations that communicate clearly and commercially for both internal stakeholders and clients.

The team is also looking for someone curious about emerging technology and the ways new tools can improve workflow, production efficiency and the quality of creative output. Alongside execution, the role needs someone who brings energy to brainstorming, helps shape ideas and can present thinking with confidence.

Cultural awareness is essential. The successful candidate should be genuinely interested in the spaces Canoe works in and excited to create work for brands at the leading edge of fashion, outdoor, performance and culture.

This position is best suited to a Junior Designer with at least 1 year of experience in marketing, design or an agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Produce creative assets for social media, presentations, websites, internal communications, campaigns and events.
• Work alongside PR, Social, Creative and Production colleagues to meet day-to-day design needs.
• Develop pitch decks, credentials decks and client-facing presentation materials.
• Contribute ideas for content briefs, campaign concepts, new business responses and social strategy.
• Help shape visual directions for content from early idea stage through to final delivery.
• Support photoshoots with planning, shot lists, logistics, file organisation and editing.
• Adapt and refine existing client materials for different channels and output formats.
• Maintain consistency in Canoe’s own visual presence across the website, social channels, communications and presentations.
• Test new tools, platforms and workflows that could improve creative quality and efficiency.
• Manage workload effectively, share progress clearly and keep files well organised.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of relevant experience in marketing, design or an agency setting.
• Strong digital design ability across layout, image-making and social-first creative.
• Proven capability in building compelling pitch decks and presentation materials.
• Confidence contributing to ideation, concept development and creative direction.
• Good understanding of social content formats, platform behaviour and audience expectations.
• Working knowledge of photography, shoot planning and content production.
• Video editing skills, with willingness to continue developing them.
• Interest in emerging technologies and how they can support creative work or internal processes.
• Ability to present ideas clearly to colleagues and clients.
• Strong cultural awareness across fashion, outdoor, performance and culture.
• Organised, proactive and comfortable balancing multiple creative tasks.
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Experience producing digital assets for social, web, campaigns and presentations.
• Comfort using Google Docs and Google Slides.
• Understanding of the commercial and platform requirements of social media.
• Experience with video editing, photography or content production is an added advantage.
• Applications must include a portfolio/work link, a cover letter and a CV in order to be considered.
• Agency enquiries are not wanted and will not receive a response.

Perks

• 24 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Company pension.
• CSR opportunities, including paid time to volunteer for charity.
• Long service awards at 5 and 10 years.
• Optional sabbatical after 3 years.

Additional information

This role is based in Greater London, England, United Kingdom and is structured as an onsite full-time position.

No agencies, please. Outreach from agencies will not be responded to.