Who We Are ⚡
Zinc builds automated reference and background checking tools designed to improve candidate experience and set new industry standards. Founded in 2017 by a team with extensive HRTech experience, Zinc is an early-stage startup rapidly growing as it redefines efficiency, transparency, and fairness in background checks.
📚 Read more about our story here: www.zincwork.com/mission
We're a
culture first company, by this we don't just mean an active calendar of both company and team organised events 🍔🍻🎯 (which we do have 🤩), Zinc's culture is defined by a respectful and autonomous approach to all employees, fostering support for new ideas, promoting a flexible work environment, and operating within a flat structure. While socials, lunches, and events enhance the experience, the core of Zinc's culture drives employees to embrace innovation, share successes, and feel motivated about the company's future.
🇷🇸 This year we are off to Serbia for our company retreat to not only relax but have some new adventures as a team 🐎🏊
🪴 We recently redefined our company values:
🧩 The pieces that make Zinc: Pragmatic, Integrity, Empathy, Collaborate, Empowered, Speed.
The Role 💼
The Creative Designer role at Zinc is ideal for someone with a passion for design, a strong creative eye, and a knack for turning ideas into impactful visuals. You'll play a central role in shaping Zinc's creative output, working closely with our marketing team to produce stunning digital assets while gaining valuable experience in a fast-paced startup environment.
As part of a growing team, you'll have the chance to make your mark, support key business initiatives, and hone your skills across a wide range of creative projects. With Zinc's expansion, there's plenty of room to grow. 🌱
🚃 Your Day-to-Day 🗓️
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Design marketing assets: Craft engaging visuals for social media, paid marketing campaigns, newsletters, and blogs.
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Collaborate with teams: Work with the Head of Marketing and Digital Marketing Manager to create standout creatives for emails, ads, and blogs.
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Create & edit videos: Add motion design magic to elevate social media content and campaigns.
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Support branding initiatives: Help design materials for events, swag, and internal presentations, ensuring a consistent and polished brand look.
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Assist the Creative Lead: Free up time for strategic projects by taking on a variety of creative tasks, both big and small.
Requirements
📍Hybrid, Old Street, LDN
We appreciate the value of in person connection with colleagues and flexible working for our employees. We operate a hybrid model with 2 days a week in office, Mondays and Thursdays.
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Salary - £32,000
This role requires at least 3 years of working in a design role in fast paced, agile environments with all-rounder experience. 🤹
Soft Skills To Shine In This Role 🌟
- Communicative: You're great at explaining your design decisions and responding to feedback
- Collaborative: You work well with teams across departments, bringing ideas to life while respecting feedback and brand guidelines
- Integrity-driven: Juggling multiple projects? No problem. You maintain quality and attention to detail under pressure
- Adaptable & fast-moving: You thrive in a dynamic environment and embrace tight deadlines with confidence
The Technical Toolkit You'll Need 🧰
- Figma mastery: Most of our design work happens here—speed and skill are a must
- Adobe Creative Suite: Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects
- Motion design: A solid grasp of video creation and editing to enhance campaigns
- Illustration skills: A bonus that helps bring an extra creative edge to projects
Interview Process 🤩⚡️💎
⚖️ Throughout the interview process, you will be assessed directly inline with the requirements above.
- Application (**please ensure your portfolio is attached**)
- One-sided video interview with an introduction from Nick, Creative Lead. (15 mins) (**Please keep an eye out for this in your junk inbox**)
- Phone call with Bel, Talent Lead (5 minutes)
- Interview with Nick, Creative Lead & Maria, Email Marketing & Content Manager (30mins)
⚡️⚡️⚡️Zinc Preview - Pre-final stage reference's with Zinc ⚡️⚡️⚡️
- Final In-person interview with Task with Charlotte, CMO & CoFounder, Nick, Creative Lead, Becky, Head of Marketing & One of our delightful Engineers, (1 hour)
🤖 Important Notice: Our recruitment process does not involve AI-driven automated screening.
Benefits
What we offer 🍉
Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring
- 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off 🎉
- £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
- Early finish Fridays (16:00)
- Yearly company retreat
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
- Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
- Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
- Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
- Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
- Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
- Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
- Celebrated Zinc anniversaries
