Junior Visual Designer
In the rush of daily life, Picnic puts smiles on people's faces with its authentic and innocent style. Our playful and somewhat handmade qualities ensure that our communication resonates on a personal level. Building trust in a lighthearted and unique way, adding a subtle dose of delight to everyday life.
If you're a passionate Visual Designer, we are offering you the opportunity to join the team at our Amsterdam HQ and help shape the visual direction of the first truly online supermarket. We are only just getting started ;)
In a nutshell
Visual design is the creative link between business and marketing, as it allows us to transform commercial concepts into beautiful content and engaging campaigns. At Picnic, Visual Designers join the marketing team from the start of an initiative until we get measurable results.Each project, we aim to learn and become better at food related visual storytelling in a digital context. We see this as an existing and everlasting journey!
What you'll do
As a visual designer, you will join a team of designers, copywriters, analysts and communication coordinators. From day one you will have the chance to think along with the design briefs, develop campaign visuals and help shape Picnic's visual identity.With each project we aim to learn more about our customers and become better at shaping our communications to their needs.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to build campaigns that engage our existing customers and own the visual design side of the campaigns
- Create and update email campaigns and social media assets
- Create concepts for new online and offline advertising campaigns
- Ensure brand consistency across multiple channels and help shape the future of our visual identity
- Work and learn from experienced designers and business stakeholders internationally (the Netherlands, Germany & France)
- Adopt an overall analytical approach to design by testing and validating your designs either through user test or A/B testing online
- About you
- 0-3 years of experience as a visual designer
- Education in a relevant graphical/visual/communication design field
- Solid online portfolio showing a keen eye for detail paired with lots of creative flair
- Expert with Adobe Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator) and Figma
- Self-starter with a "roll up your sleeves" attitude, comfortable to lead and to follow
- Eager to learn in a fast-paced environment
- Affinity for illustration and experience with print are a plus but not a must
- English skills on point
Picnic Perks
Every expert was once a beginner!- You'll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, including the Lepaya Training, Lunch & Learn sessions, and tailored soft skills training.
- We also offer free professional weekly language courses.
- You'll work in an awesome scale-up environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact.
- Our fully electric vehicles and sustainable business model mean you'll also be contributing to making the world a better place!
- With more than 80 nationalities across 3 countries, you'll be part of a diverse company with plenty of cool stuff to get involved with, from board game evenings to after-work drinks to our company ski trip and more!
- You'll get a variety of healthy lunches, as well as snacks and drinks—enjoy!
- Mental health is important. As well as having the option to speak with Picnic colleagues who act as confidential advisors, our collaboration with Open Up gives you easy access to professional psychologists, along with workshops and materials.
- There are plenty of sports communities and events to get involved with, from tennis to yoga to climbing!
- We offer competitive compensation and a pension plan that looks out for your future self.
- Where possible, we like to enable people to work in ways that suit their working styles.
- Our teams generally like to work 4 days at the office (the tasty lunch and Barista-made coffee may be a factor).
Commitment to equal opportunities
Picnic is an equal opportunity employer—this means that all decisions regarding applications will be based on qualifications and merit. Applicants will be regarded independently of age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, skin color, civil status, religious beliefs, physical or mental disability, or any other factors protected by law.
At Picnic, we celebrate and value our differences and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves.