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We’re looking for an imaginative and organised Junior Multi-Media Artist to join our London-based Creative Department.

You will be joining a small and friendly department of creatives with roles in project management, creative strategy, UX/UI design, AV & motion graphics and 3D production & animation; and will need to work closely with creative developers to deliver beautiful and functional digital experiences.

This role reports into the department’s Creative Lead, with additional management support from the Creative Services Director, and is hybrid with 2 days per week in our Hackney Wick office (though you’re welcome to use the office more if you prefer).

What You’ll Do

Pitch Work: Collaborate with the Creative Strategist & Creative Lead to bring creative concepts to life with awe-inspiring (and technically accurate) visuals that meet our varied clients’ objectives & brand requirements. As we pitch on a project by project basis, the ability to tell a story with impressive pitch visuals is essential.

Live Projects: Work closely under the direction of the Creative Lead to help bring projects to life. You will act as a versatile creative, jumping between disciplines to ensure every project - from templated sites to immersive experiences - is polished. Your focus will include:

• Design & UI: Assisting with the visual execution of projects, ensuring UX flows are functional and UI details (like color theory and typography) are applied consistently.
• Motion & Animation: Helping prep and animate assets to add movement and "flourish" to digital products, livestreams, and social content.
• 3D & Immersive: Aiding in the setup or organization of 3D assets for immersive sites. (While deep 3D knowledge isn't a day-one requirement, a curiosity to learn and help in this space is a huge plus!)
• Production Support: Prepping, resizing, and optimizing assets across the board to help the wider team push projects through to delivery.

Promotional & Awards Assets: Create simple yet beautiful promotional assets for Powster socials & website, client deliverables and awards submissions. Impactful key visuals that sum up our digital experiences ensures our creative lives on after the campaign period has ended.

Multi-tasking & Prioritisation: Ability to juggle tasks for a mix of projects at any given time, ensuring deliverables remain on schedule.

Team & Stakeholder Communication: With support from the Creative Lead, articulate the reasoning behind your design, motion, and 3D work, Proactively ask questions or provide context to clarify project requirements, ensuring all deliverables are polished and delivered to spec for the development phase. Give timely updates on assigned tasks to keep team members abreast of your progress.

Cross-functional Relationships: Build strong rapport across the business, ensuring seamless cross-functional collaboration in project delivery.

Quality Control: Develop a sharp eye for design and motion by collaborating with the Creative Lead, designers and Technical Artist to review internal demos and live projects, ensuring the final output stays true to the creative vision and feels polished and functional before it reaches the client.

Creative Input: Stay curious and engaged with the latest in digital and creative trends. You’ll bring new ideas into pitch discussions and be a part of shaping creative direction for future projects, helping the team stay innovative and ahead of the curve.

About Us

Powster is a Creative Studio based in London and Los Angeles. We specialize in creating world-class interactive digital experiences and marketing campaigns for major movie studios, broadcasters, music artists, brands and streamers. Our work ranges from high-concept websites and large-scale video productions to immersive AR experiences and cutting-edge interactive activations.

We like to think that anything is possible, and if we haven’t done it before, we’ll pull together, work it out and make it happen. Our best work has won FWAs, Webbys, Clios and Awwwards, and high profile clients include the likes of Netflix, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Music and many others. You can find out more on our website, Instagram and Behance.

Requirements

What You’ll Bring

• Educational Background: A degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media, or a related field—or a strong portfolio that demonstrates a solid grasp of digital design principles. An interest in entertainment, gaming, or music is a major plus.
• Figma Foundations: A solid understanding of Figma, with an organised approach to layers and a basic grasp of component libraries and prototyping.
• Adobe Creative Suite: A good working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator. Experience with After Effects (motion) or any 3D software is a bonus, but we’re happy to help you grow in these areas.
• Web Savvy: A foundational understanding of how the web works and a desire to learn the best practices for prepping and optimising assets for a seamless design-to-development pipeline.
• Visualising Concepts: The ability to help communicate ideas at different levels of fidelity - from pulling together inspiring mood boards to creating polished site designs/ motion graphics.
• Creative Eye: A developing sense of style and an eye for trends, with the ability to follow brand guidelines and apply them across different digital formats.
• Communication & Growth: A willingness to articulate your creative reasoning and a "growth mindset" - you are comfortable receiving constructive feedback and using it to evolve your work.
• Reference Hunter: Passionate about digital art direction with an interest in where to find and pull great visual references.
• Organisation: Excellent time management that helps you stay on track and organised within a fast-paced, collaborative work environment.
• Team Spirit: You love collaborating with other creatives to bring exciting concepts to life and will do what you can to be a proactive and supportive teammate throughout the process.
• Passion for Entertainment: A genuine passion for the entertainment landscape, from film and music to gaming, and a natural curiosity about how these cultures are shaped by digital and immersive design.

Nice-to-Haves

• Interest or skills in illustration and animation
• Basic understanding of 3D fundamentals
• Experience with AI tools to expedite workflows or support the creation of visuals, where appropriate
• A passion for technology, digital marketing and creative campaigns, with insight into what makes digital activations successful.
• Familiarity with Asana or similar workflow tools, Google Suite, and comfortable working with digital content management systems.

Benefits

Our Culture and Perks

We encourage close collaboration and celebrate every team member’s ideas and interests. Our culture emphasises kindness and a balanced work-life setup, ensuring everyone feels supported.

Perks include a 4.5-day work week with flexible working hours, private healthcare, enhanced maternity and paternity packages, 33 annual leave days (including bank holidays), an additional volunteer day to support causes you care about, on-site gym access, regular social events, exclusive movie screenings, and office dogs! If you’re ready to make an impact in a fun, dynamic environment with like-minded creative people, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Team

How to Apply

Send us your online portfolio along with your CV. Cover letters are also welcome to help make a lasting impression!

To be considered for this role, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Whilst every effort is made to contact everyone who applies, due to a high number of applications we are unable to give individual feedback to those who are unsuccessful.

Powster is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and cultivating an inclusive and diverse culture where every team member is valued, where our differences are celebrated and where all voices are heard

** NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE**