Butternut Box prepares and delivers human-grade, freshly cooked, personalized dog meals via a tech-driven DTC subscription platform, using algorithmic portioning and centralized production with European distribution and expanding product lines.
<h2>Fresh Food, Happy Dogs.</h2> <p data-path-to-node="5">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.</p> <p data-path-to-node="7">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. </p> <h2>🐾 The job: </h2> <p>Please note that this role will close on: 3rd August 2026</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Take full ownership of creative projects, leading them from concept to delivery across CRM, paid social statics, packaging, direct sales, OOH and more.</li> <li>Act as a pioneer in AI-led design, proactively integrating emerging tools into your workflow to enhance ideation, production, personalisation and efficiency.</li> <li>Use performance data (CTR, CVR, A/B test outcomes) to inform every creative iteration, owning the continuous improvement of our highest-revenue channels.</li> <li>Build and optimise Figma-based design systems, component libraries and toolkits so junior designers, freelancers and global markets can move faster without losing quality.</li> <li>Concept and design packaging for new product launches, owning the technical print process end-to-end and ensuring a world-class unboxing experience.</li> <li>Mentor the junior team through clear, constructive feedback. Brief and give direction to freelancers and external agencies.</li> <li>Concept campaign work for CRM, paid social, OOH and seasonal moments. Pitch new ideas. Don't wait for the brief.</li> <li>Be a brand guardian across every touchpoint, from a small digital banner to a large scale event stand.</li> <li>Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Brand, Marketing, CRM and NEPD to deliver the most effective creative for the goal.</li> <li>Thrive in a high-revenue, fast-paced environment, prioritising high-impact tasks within our Creative Studio two-week sprint cycles.</li> </ul> <h2>👀 What we're looking for: </h2> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Five or more years of in-house or agency experience, with a portfolio that shows work taken end-to-end across digital and print.</li> <li>Strong conceptual thinking matched by exceptional execution.</li> <li>Expert in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.</li> <li>Experience actively integrating AI tools into your creative process. You can name specific tools and recent applications, not just theoretical interest.</li> <li>Comfort with performance data. You can interpret it, report on it, and apply it to your next iteration.</li> <li>Confidence as a mentor. You've developed junior designers before and can give an example of someone whose work improved because of you.</li> <li>Comfort with end-to-end print production: dielines, bleed, colour profiles, print specs.</li> <li>Calm in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Desirable</strong></p> <ul> <li>On-set: experience art-directing photoshoots, planning content capture, or being on-set for our owned channels.</li> <li>Motion: ability to concept, storyboard or direct video and motion work.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2>⏳ The interview process:</h2> <ol> <li>Initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner, carried out remotely. </li> <li>Sometimes the process will include a take home task, or a presentation of some kind.</li> <li>Skills interview, usually carried out remotely. </li> <li>Behaviours interview, usually carried out in person.</li> <li>Depending on the seniority of the role you're applying for, there may be a final Leadership interview as a final step. </li> </ol> <p data-path-to-node="5,2,0"><em>We usually expect our interview process to take 3-5 weeks, end to end. </em></p> <h2>🙌 Our benefits:</h2> <ul> <li>25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service up to 5 years</li> <li>5 additional, paid 'paws' days off per year dedicated to your learning, development or personal wellbeing. Hit pause when you need it most</li> <li>£500 personal learning & development budget to sharpen your skills</li> <li>Share options grant - everyone owns a piece of Butternut's success.</li> <li>A significant discount on our Fresh food, to keep your own dogs as healthy as our customers</li> <li>Enhanced parental leave</li> <li>Flexible core working hours</li> <li>Cycle to work scheme</li> <li>Pension with NEST</li> <li>Private Medical Insurance with Vitality</li> <li>Private Dental Insurance with Bupa</li> <li>Paid time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss</li> <li>Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years service at Butternut</li> <li>Discounted gym access throug