Are you a visual storyteller who loves transforming ideas into beautiful, engaging digital experiences? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your creativity directly shapes a company’s online identity? Do you have extensive experience in HTML, CSS and designing and platforms like WordPress/Joomla? If so, we have a fantastic role for you.
We are working with a rapidly growing start-up in the north Essex/ south Cambridgeshire area, operating at the forefront of the current landscape of technology and Innovation, as they seek a talented Web Designer with strong front-end development skills to join the marketing and creative team. This is a hands-on, highly creative role 360-degree design role where you’ll design, build, and maintain the full digital presence of an ambitious, high-growth company.
What You’ll Do - Web Designer
* Design modern, visually engaging websites, landing pages, and digital assets
* Create wireframes, mood boards, mock-ups, and high-fidelity layouts
* Build responsive web pages using HTML, CSS, and CMS platforms (WordPress/Joomla)
* Optimise and update existing pages for usability, performance, accessibility, and SEO
* Collaborate with marketing and creative partners to deliver digital campaigns and visual storytelling
* Produce high-quality graphics, animations, and short-form video content
* Manage website operations, including hosting, domains, testing, and quality checks
Essential Experience - Web Designer
* Strong visual design ability with Adobe Creative Cloud expertise
* Confident front-end skills (HTML, CSS, CMS platforms such as WordPress/Joomla)
* Ability to turn concepts into intuitive, high-impact website experiences
* Excellent organisational and communication skills
* Ability to work independently within a small team
* Full UK driving licence & eligibility to work in the UK
A Bonus
* Blender or 3D content experience
* Video or podcast editing skills
* Knowledge of accessibility, SEO, JavaScript, or analytics tools
This is a fantastic opportunity to shape and evolve an entire digital identity within a fast-growing tech start-up environment. You’ll work across disciplines, have real creative ownership, and see your ideas come to life across high-visibility digital channels. As a growing start-up, they’re ideally looking for this role to be based on-site, 5 days a week at their Saffron Walden Office.
If you are interested in the role, you must send us an up-to-date portfolio of your work to accompany your CV, as any decision on interview will be based on a combination of both.
Due to the location of the Essex-based office, this role is commutable from Cambridge, Bishops Stortford, Saffron Walden, Haverhill, Newport, Thaxted, Great Dunmow, Royston and Buntingford