Design Associate (Events & Visual Merchandising) - #1125282

We’re looking for a creative and hands-on designer to help shape the Grain experience - from buffet setups and tasting events to packaging details and surprise moments that delight. If you’ve worked in visual merchandising, event styling, set design, retail displays, or spatial design and love food, you’ll love this role. You’ll bring a thoughtful eye for detail, craft, and storytelling to shape how customers experience Grain across our visual touchpoints.

You will:

• Design and execute physical experiences across our events, photoshoots and setups - from centrepieces, floral sourcing to buffet styling and photoshoot set design.


• Source, test, and coordinate materials, props, and decor elements — balancing creativity, cost, and practicality.


• Support the visual upgrade of our buffet touchpoints.


• Assist in concept development and styling for pop-ups, tastings, and surprise stations — ensuring each detail reflects Grain’s brand and experience principles.


• Collaborate closely with creative, sales, R&D teams to bring ideas from sketch to setup, ensuring every visual detail is both beautiful and functional.


• Occasionally assist with packaging, label, and small-format design work to ensure consistency across the Grain brand.

We're looking for someone with:

Attitude:

• You’re a problem solver who uses design to solve business and customer problems.


• You take ownership, are accountable and self-motivated, and you work with teams, not around them.


• You care about craft - down to the last detail.


• You’re empathetic and communicate clearly - through your work and with people.


• You’re organised and systematic, able to plan ahead, document your work, and manage multiple moving parts.


• You’re curious, growth-oriented, and comfortable with ambiguity.

Skills & Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in visual merchandising, styling, spatial design, or events (F&B, retail, or hospitality experience a plus).


• Good taste with strong eye for colour and proportion - with an understanding of both design and practicality.


• Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, or other design tools (basic 3D/SketchUp a bonus).


• A passion for food, design, and crafting experiences that make people feel something.

Technical requirements:

• Design fundamentals: Comfortable with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or Canva for layout, mockups, and visual documentation.


• Basic spatial sketching: Able to sketch or visualise setups and ideas clearly — doesn’t need 3D modelling, but should communicate concepts through quick drawings or digital mockups.


• Photography & composition sense: Basic understanding of lighting, framing, and visual balance to ensure every setup looks good in real life and in photos.


• Familiar with production materials: Basic knowledge of props, florals, textiles, and event materials — how they look, behave, and hold up during use.


• Hands-on mindset: Able to work comfortably with tools, packing materials, and on-site setup (not just digital design).


• Bonus: Experience with SketchUp, Figma, or other 3D tools a plus but not required.

What’s in it for you:

• Work with a fast growing, at the same time, lean and mean team, to make real world impact.


• Have a lot of ownership and drive your own results.


• Work with smart people who sweat the details and push for the highest standards.

You should include these in your application:

• CV or LinkedIn profile


• Design portfolio (attach as separate document)


• Tell us about a time you had to work on a highly challenging task. How did you overcome it?


• What motivates you?


• What's your favourite food and where do you get it? Why?