The Sushi Co is hiring a junior creative designer to join its team in London.
We’re looking for an ambitious and commercially minded junior creative designer to join our small but high-performing marketing team at The Sushi Co. As a rapidly scaling hospitality brand, we are building momentum across new store openings, brand campaigns, digital channels, and in-store experience. Design is central to that growth.
This is a fast-paced, high-energy environment with an entrepreneurial feel and the energy of a start-up. You will have real responsibility and autonomy from day one, contributing work that directly influences customer engagement, brand perception, footfall, and sales performance. We operate as a commercially focused team — balancing creativity with clear business objectives — and we are looking for someone who is excited to grow alongside a brand on an accelerated journey.
Key responsibilities:
- designing, editing, and producing marketing materials, social media assets, presentations, print materials and content for channel ecosystem
- support seasonal campaigns, new store launches, and promotional activity with commercially effective creative
- develop in-store marketing materials, menus, POS, and print assets that enhance the customer experience and support revenue growth
- create digital assets across web, email, social channels and third-party delivery platforms
- maintain and evolve brand consistency across all customer touchpoints
- work closely with marketing, operations, and Leadership teams to align creative output with business priorities
- manage multiple live projects with pace, precision, and accountability
- take ownership of deliverables and proactively contribute ideas that elevate the brand
- maintaining, organizing, and archiving design files and assets
Skills and experience:
- a degree in graphic design or a related field design experience, ideally with an interest in working in hospitality, retail, food and beverage
- strong portfolio demonstrating creative thinking, commercial awareness, and technical ability
- proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Motion graphics, Premier Pro, After Effects and simple animation for Social)
- understanding of how design influences customer behaviour, brand perception, and commercial performance
What kind of person you’ll be
We’re looking for someone with a down-to-earth personality who’s willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in. You’re naturally curious, collaborative, and bring positive energy to the team. You’re confident generating ideas and presenting your thinking clearly but also mature enough to accept final decisions — even when you might see things differently. You thrive in a fast-moving, high-growth environment, can juggle multiple priorities without losing attention to detail, and take real ownership of your work with a proactive and accountable mindset. You genuinely love sushi and Japanese cuisine and feel passionately about working in a restaurant business.
Nice to have:
- experience using Figma for digital design and collaborative workflows
- exposure to UX/UI principles or website layout design
- experience within hospitality or other customer-facing environments
- illustration skills (digital or hand-drawn)
- agenuine interest in food, hospitality trends and brand-led customer experiences
Why join us:
- be part of a hospitality brand on an ambitious and accelerated growth journey
- gain hands-on experience across campaigns, store launches, digital platforms, and brand evolution
- work in a close-knit team with a genuine family feel, where your voice and ideas are valued. This is a hands-on, roll your sleeves up culture where everyone gets stuck in
- learn directly from experienced leaders who are commercially driven and creatively ambitious
- take ownership early in your career, with autonomy and responsibility that will fast-track your development
- play a meaningful role in shaping a brand that customers
