Senior Creative Designer

We believe dogs deserve the healthiest, most natural and tastiest meals - with none of the nasties. That’s why we make FRESHly prepared food, cooked just like you would at home and delivered direct to our customers in perfect portions. As a B‑Corp certified company, you’re joining a sustainable business that genuinely cares about our people, our products and our impact on the planet. Our goal is simple: to help dogs live healthier, happier, and longer lives, while leaving humans smiling after every interaction.

We’ve come a long way since our co‑founders (Kev & Dave), hand delivered the very first Butternut Box. Today, we feed hundreds of thousands of hungry dogs across the UK and Europe - but we won’t stop until we’re feeding dogs everywhere. To get there, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work for us.

We’re looking for a Senior Designer who can own projects end‑to‑end, balance craft with commercial impact, and raise the quality and consistency of everything our Studio ships. You’ll lead creative projects from concept to delivery across a varied mix of work: CRM, paid social, packaging, OOH, direct sales and more. You’ll mentor a small but mighty Studio team. And you’ll help us figure out where AI fits in the workflow before the rest of the industry does. This isn’t a brief‑takes‑and‑execute role. It’s an own‑the‑outcome role. You’ll move the needle on performance, raise the bar on craft, and report into the Creative Studio Lead.

What you’ll do:

• Take full ownership of creative projects, leading them from concept to delivery across CRM, paid social statics, packaging, direct sales, OOH and more.
• Act as a pioneer in AI‑led design, proactively integrating emerging tools into your workflow to enhance ideation, production, personalisation and efficiency.
• Use performance data (CTR, CVR, A/B test outcomes) to inform every creative iteration, owning the continuous improvement of our highest‑revenue channels.
• Build and optimise Figma‑based design systems, component libraries and toolkits so junior designers, freelancers and global markets can move faster without losing quality.
• Concept and design packaging for new product launches, owning the technical print process end‑to‑end and ensuring a world‑class unboxing experience.
• Mentor the junior team through clear, constructive feedback.
• Brief and give direction to freelancers and external agencies.
• Concept campaign work for CRM, paid social, OOH and seasonal moments.
• Pitch new ideas. Don’t wait for the brief.
• Be a brand guardian across every touchpoint, from a small digital banner to a large scale event stand.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Brand, Marketing, CRM and NEPD to deliver the most effective creative for the goal.
• Thrive in a high‑revenue, fast‑paced environment, prioritising high‑impact tasks within our Creative Studio two‑week sprint cycles.

What we’re looking for:

• Five or more years of in‑house or agency experience, with a portfolio that shows work taken end‑to‑end across digital and print.
• Strong conceptual thinking matched by exceptional execution.
• Expert in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience actively integrating AI tools into your creative process.
• Comfort with performance data. You can interpret it, report on it, and apply it to your next iteration.
• Confidence as a mentor. You’ve developed junior designers before and can give an example of someone whose work improved because of you.
• Comfort with end‑to‑end print production: dielines, bleed, colour profiles, print specs.
• Calm in a fast‑paced environment with multiple priorities.
• On‑set: experience art‑directing photoshoots, planning content capture, or being on‑set for our owned channels.
• Motion: ability to concept, storyboard or direct video and motion work.

The interview process:

• Initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner, carried out remotely.
• Sometimes the process will include a take home task, or a presentation of some kind.
• Skills interview, usually carried out remotely.
• Behaviours interview, usually carried out in person.
• Depending on the seniority of the role you’re applying for, there may be a final Leadership interview as a final step.

We usually expect our interview process to take 3‑5 weeks, end to end.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service up to 5 years.
• 5 additional, paid ‘paws’ days off per year dedicated to your learning, development or personal wellbeing.
• £500 personal learning & development budget to sharpen your skills.
• Share options grant – everyone owns a piece of Butternut’s success.
• A significant discount on our Fresh food, to keep your own dogs as healthy as our customers.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Flexible core working hours.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Pension with NEST.
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality.
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa.
• Paid time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss.
• Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years service at Butternut.
• Discounted gym access through MyGymDiscounts.
• Lots of office dogs (Ajax, Peggy, Chief, Louis, Hansen, Winnie and many more…).

Important things to note:

• We recommend getting your application in as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close the role early.
• Our team thrives on collaboration. We spend 3 days a week in our West London office (Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and 2 days working from wherever you’re most productive.
• Because being together is a big part of our culture, we’re looking for someone within a comfortable commutable distance to London.
• We’re a small (but mighty!) recruitment team. We aim to respond to everyone personally, but if we’re flooded with brilliant applications, we may need to close the role early. We appreciate your patience while we review applications.
• For this specific role, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship, so you’ll need the right to work in the UK.

We believe in a seat at the table for everyone. Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that to make the best food for all dogs, we need a team that represents all humans. We celebrate different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are specifically committed to increasing representation from underrepresented groups. We want a strong, diverse team built from different identities and lived experiences. We’re not perfect, but we are dedicated to the ongoing work of building an inclusive, supportive place where you can do the best work of your career.