FormulaOne

Junior Digital Designer

Biggin Hill Full time

Are you ready to make your mark in the world of Formula 1?

At Formula 1, we are passionate about delivering the world’s greatest sports and entertainment spectacle leaving a positive legacy wherever we race. Innovation has always been at the heart of what we do ever since our first Grand Prix in 1950. Now, more than 75 years on, the sport remains a pioneer, developing technologies that have made a significant impact on society beyond the track.

Everything you see on screen or at an event comes via our passionate and dedicated people. Whether its engineering, broadcast, legal, logistics, security, event management, commercial, media rights, marketing, or communications there is always a talented team working to maximise the potential of the sport.

Role Overview:

We’re looking for a creative, curious and detail driven Junior Digital Designer who’s excited by the idea of shaping the digital experience for millions of F1 fans. In this role, you’ll work at the heart of F1’s digital ecosystem, contributing to the UI and visual quality of our key fan products, including F1.com, F1 TV and the F1 App. Reporting into our Senior Digital Designer, this is a rare opportunity to build real product experience, strengthen your technical skillset, and contribute to a design system that supports one of the fastest growing sports on the planet. 

Whether you’re refining UI, crafting high quality assets, supporting user research, or collaborating with product and engineering teams, you’ll be hands-on across the full design-to-delivery workflow, with plenty of room to stretch your creativity and develop as a designer. If you're passionate about user centred digital design, eager to learn, and motivated by the idea of contributing to world class fan experiences, this is your chance to make an impact at pace. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities: 
Core Design Responsibilities 

  • Create and maintain high-quality UI designs across F1’s web and mobile platforms, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and brand alignment. 

  • Produce, refine and version digital assets using Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. 

  • Support ongoing updates within the F1 design system. 

  • Prepare structured, developer-ready design files with clear specifications. 

  • Apply feedback efficiently and iterate with strong attention to detail. 

  • Apply basic accessibility standards and inclusive design principles across all UI work. 

User Understanding & Research 

  • Support lightweight user research activities including surveys and feedback analysis. 

  • Help translate research insights and data into actionable design improvements. 

  • Demonstrate structured thinking when approaching design problems 

Cross-team Collaboration 

  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Technical Architects, Delivery Managers and Operations teams. 

  • Work closely with Senior Designers and Developers throughout design-to-build workflows. 

  • Participate actively in design reviews, critiques and implementation discussions. 

  • Develop confidence in communicating design decisions. 

Delivery & workflow 

  • Manage small design tasks independently while contributing to larger initiatives. 
  • Ensure quality, consistency and brand alignment across all deliverables. 
  • Contribute to improving design processes, documentation and team efficiency. 
  • Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by reviewing builds for visual/UI accuracy and raising defects where required. 
  • Stay up to date with design tools, trends and F1 brand developments. 

What Are We Looking For? 

You’ll bring strong attention to detail, clear communication and a collaborative approach. You’ll feel comfortable handling smaller tasks independently while contributing to larger initiatives, and you’ll enjoy iterating based on feedback. Curiosity, adaptability and a genuine passion for creating great user experiences are essential. 

Experience

Prior to the role it would be essential that you:

  • Proven professional experience in a creative or digital environment 

  • Hands-on experience using Figma 

  • Experience using Adobe Creative Suite 

  • Experience contributing to real web or mobile product design 

  • Exposure to working with or contributing to a design system 

Some desirable experience that you may bring to the role:

  • Basic understanding of how frontend and backend technologies translate design into build 

  • Experience reviewing user feedback and contributing to improvements 

  • Basic motion or interaction design skills 

  • Understanding of responsive layout principles 

  • Exposure to UAT or visual QA processes 

  • Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Trello or Asana 

Knowledge & Skills

  • Strong practical ability in Figma 

  • Proficient working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite 

  • Understanding of UI principles and screenbased design 

  • Understanding of responsive behaviour 

  • Awareness of basic accessibility requirements 

Qualifications 

  • Degree in Design, Visual Communication, Digital Media or related field 

Personal Qualities

In this role it is essential that you are:

  • Reliability and accountability in delivering high-quality work.
  • Strong attention to visual detail.
  • Ability to manage small tasks with appropriate guidance.
  • Clear and concise communication.
  • A positive and collaborative mindset.
  • Confidence participating in design reviews.
  • Passion for UI quality and continuous improvement of user experience.
  • Openness to feedback and ability to apply it effectively.
  • Curiosity and eagerness to develop new skills.
  • Adaptability to new tools, workflows and challenges.
  • Creative thinking when solving visual or UX challenges.

Career Progression - Where Can You Go Next?

From this role, your next career move could include progressing into a mid‑level Digital Designer.

Why join the force behind the sport?

Joining F1 means becoming part of a team that values innovation, collaboration and personal growth. We offer a dynamic work environment where ideas are heard, and employee contributions truly make an impact. We seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people to play their role in accelerating the future of the sport. As a member of the F1 team, you will be able to access our amazing benefits:

  • Private Healthcare scheme  

  • Dental Care 

  • 4 x Grand Prix Paddock passes per season  

  • Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and other family planning policies 

  • A free staff shuttle service running to and from surrounding trains stations near to Biggin Hill   

  • Free healthy snacks in our offices 

  • Subsidised canteen in Biggin Hill, serving breakfast and lunch 

  • 25 days annual leave and 8 Bank Holiday days, plus a Christmas period closure  

  • Opportunities to develop and request training for your role via our in-house Learning and Development team  

  • Discount on F1 merchandise 

  • Discount at F1’s experiences including F1 Arcade and F1 Drive 

  • Perkbox benefit portal and more

Division:

Broadcast and Media