Plant Designs is seeking a creative and self-motivated freelance content creator to work alongside our Marketing Team. Capturing and editing content, creating posts and managing our social accounts. Perfect for someone who loves communicating visually and telling the stories behind a brand, with a genuine opportunity to make the role your own within a creative, design-led environment.
About Plant Designs
We're London's design-led plant experts, transforming workspaces and events with greenery since 2001. Combining horticultural expertise with thoughtful design, we create biophilic installations and immersive plant displays that enhance workspace wellness and connect people with nature.
We're a small, collaborative team built on approachable expertise and continuous learning. Working with clients from innovative start-ups to established names, we're committed to creating meaningful work that connects people to nature.
About the Role
You'll be capturing content, helping shape our social strategy, editing posts across platforms, scheduling and running our content calendar and social media accounts. The role demands a creative eye for on-brand content, forward planning, and flexibility to work across different locations and projects.
You'll work closely with our Marketing Team and coordinate with the Sales Team and clients on accessing locations in workplaces and at events, to capture photography and video of our projects.
What We Offer
- Salary: £18 per hour
- Professional development: Opportunities to help shape our social strategy and raise the bar on the content we share
- Flexible hours: This role will be flexible and to fit around other commitments as well as to accommodate the business’ needs. There would also be the opportunity for some travel as projects require
- Equipment: provided where needed, so you've got what you need to do your best work
- Meaningful work: Contribute to projects that support workspace wellness and bring nature into London's urban environment
- Collaborative culture: Work closely with a talented, approachable team across design, horticulture, and operations
- Interesting clients: From innovative start-ups to established names, you'll work capturing diverse, creative projects
- Central London location: This role is a mix of onsite content capturing at workplaces and events, as well as working from our Farringdon location.
What You'll Do
Content Creation and Production
- Capturing photography and video on site, working independently as well as alongside our professional photographer on planning and styling for larger shoots
- Building and maintaining a working bank of photo and video content that can be drawn on for social, website and case study use
- Content capture at a variety of live events, workshops, workplaces and at our own office and production warehouses
- Scheduling shoots, securing client permissions, and working with client managers on access and timings
- Capturing team photography and behind the scenes content
Social Media Account Management
- Owning the day-to-day plan: content calendar, writing captions, channel consistency, to fit the wider strategy set with the Marketing Team
- Creating content with a clear sense of story, and shaping that story appropriately depending on the platform and audience
- Growing reach and engagement, answering comments and DMs and interacting with our audiences
- Reviewing social analytics and making content adjustments based on this data, as well as briefing the team on these changes
- Keeping on top of industry best practice and keeping accounts current and on brand
Brand and content management
- Creating photo, video and captions that aligns with branding, business goals and campaigns
- Keeping content library organised and assets easy to access and use by the team
- Create and update social templates on Canva to help with consistency
- Working to build more partnerships and collaboration on content with our clients
Growth & Development
- Create content that reflects B-Corp principles and supports our journey towards certification in 2027
- Help develop our social strategy to work with the wider marketing plan
- Creative role that offers room for your ideas and developing our visual storytelling
What We're Looking For
Essential:
- 2+ years of creative social media experience - particularly focused on LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube
- Experience in representing a company in a client facing role
- Practical photography and videography skills, comfortable shooting and editing for social media/website use
- Copywriting skills for writing compelling captions to complement visuals and brand voice
- A creative eye, working to a premium, professional look
- Strong communication with marketing, client managers and external creatives
- Organised approach to manage shoots, assets and content calendar
- Ability to manage your workload independently while collaborating closely with a small team
Desirable:
- Experience in a similar content creator position or currently working with other clients in this role
- Portfolio experience in service led sectors such as hospitality, interior design, architecture and design, or events
- Familiarity with social tools, design tools, primarily Canva, scheduling apps and industry best practice
- An interest in sustainability, design, or workplace wellness
Location and Working Arrangements
This is an in-person role requiring flexibility to work across multiple sites depending on live projects and events.
- Primary Locations: Central London (including our Farringdon Office)
- Warehouse Sites: Occasional travel to our out-of-town warehouses in Greenford and Wolverton.
- Travel Flexibility: Some out-of-London travel and varying project-based hours will be required.
How to Apply
We'd love to hear from you. Please complete this application form, answering each question completely, and send a CV and cover letter to [email protected].
Data Protection: When you apply, we'll process your personal information in accordance with UK GDPR for recruitment purposes only. We'll retain your application for the duration necessary for recruitment and as required by law. You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your data. For full details on how we handle your information, please contact our Data Protection Manager at [email protected]
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse team. If you have questions about the role or would like to discuss any adjustments we can make to support your application, please get in touch.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Plant Designs: Build Life In
Application Questions
Do you have at least 2 years of professional social media experience?
Do you have the right to work in the UK?
This is an in-person freelance role based in central London. Can you commit to working flexibly and onsite?
Tell us briefly about your experience: what areas of content or marketing have you worked in, and which social platforms have you used professionally?
This position pays £18 per hour with a commitment of 20 hours per week. What is your salary expectation?
Company benefits:
- Be part of a fast-growing, energetic team
- Growth opportunities within the role and the company
- Employee Assistance Programme promoting team health and wellbeing
- Regular company socials
To learn more about us and our work, please visit www.plantdesigns.co.uk
Pay: £18.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Health & wellbeing programme
Work Location: In person
