Junior Graphic Designer in Exeter

Not Your Average Junior Designer Role… At Dirty Martini, we don’t do safe. We don’t do beige. And we definitely don’t do “junior” as a synonym for boring. We craft creative experiences that captivate, convert, and push boundaries. Our clients don’t come to us for the ordinary; they choose us because our extraordinary work helps them stand out. If you’re looking for a role that challenges you to push creative boundaries, this is it.

We’re an award-winning creative agency working with luxury brands, world-class hospitality, ambitious founders and businesses who expect exceptional as standard. Our work is bold, refined, playful and provocative - and now we’re looking for a Junior Graphic Designer to grow with us. This is your chance to learn fast, work on beautiful projects, and help create work you’ll actually want in your portfolio.

The Kind of Designer We’re Looking For… You don’t need years of agency experience. You do need curiosity, taste, energy and pride in your work. You might be:

• A recent graduate ready to step into agency life
• A junior designer with a bit of experience who wants more responsibility
• Someone obsessed with design, brands, typography and visual storytelling

This is not a role where you’ll be stuck resizing assets all day. You’ll be supported, but trusted. Guided, but not micromanaged.

What you’ll be doing… You’ll work closely with our Creative Director and wider studio team across a wide mix of projects, including:

• Brand identities and visual systems
• Website design and digital experiences
• Social content, campaigns and paid ads
• Print design - brochures, signage, menus, POS
• Internal studio work - decks, creds, proposals and case studies

You’ll collaborate daily with our team of Designers, Web developers, Marketers, Photographers and Videographers. Our clients span luxury hospitality, food & drink, architecture, construction and lifestyle - meaning no two projects look the same.

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. 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.

Skills & Experience you’ll need… Strong foundations in graphic design. Confidence using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign — XD a bonus). A good eye for layout, typography and composition. An interest in branding, digital and visual storytelling. The ability to take feedback and apply it thoughtfully. Organisation skills (you’ll juggle multiple projects). Bonus points for:

• Motion or animation interest (After Effects, Lottie, etc.)
• Figma or Canva experience
• Basic understanding of web design / UX
• Print knowledge and artwork setup
• Agency experience (nice to have, not essential)

Degrees matter less than taste, attitude and potential.

Benefits and Perks…

• Competitive salary. The salary guide is £25000.00 - £27500.00 per year, depending on person.
• Latest MacBooks / Mac Studio kit.
• Flexible schedule.
• Monday to Friday.
• No weekends.
• Company pension.
• City centre location with parking.

Perks:

• 33 days holiday per year including bank holidays.
• Monthly Wellness Payment worth £600 per year to use on a subscription of your choice.
• Regular free lunches.
• Free tea & coffee, morning coffee run by Timber Coffee.
• Team outings and socials.
• Personal training and professional development allowance.
• Annual work anniversary gift.
• Christmas party.
• Summer party.
• Birthday pressies.

Recruitment process:

1. Let’s chat - an informal coffee to see if there’s a spark.
2. Meet the team - a deeper dive into the role and your experience.
3. Final interview / challenge - a chance to show us what you’ve got.

Ready to design something incredible? Apply now.