Job Title: Senior Creative Event Designer
Location: Wild at Heart, London, UK
Type: Full-time
About Us:
Wild at Heart is one of London’s most iconic florists, renowned for our bold, beautiful, and bespoke floral designs. With a passion for creating extraordinary experiences, we specialise in global luxury weddings, brand events, and private parties. Our work is celebrated for its creativity, elegance, and attention to detail, making each event we touch truly unique.
Reporting to:
Head of Events
Hours:
Full Time
Location:
Based in our studio in Battersea, London, and occasionally from our store on Weighhouse Street.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Creative Event Designer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for conceptualising, planning, and executing stunning floral and event designs that align with our brand's ethos. You will work closely with Nikki and our clients to understand their vision and transform it into breath taking experiences that exceed their expectations.
Wild at Heart Events business is growing globally, with recent events taking place in New York, Sicily, Lake Como and Venice. We are looking for a team player to embrace this growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, styling and execution of events including weddings, brand events, and private parties.
- Collaborate with clients to understand their needs, style preferences and understanding a brief.
- Create mood boards, sketches, renders, and detailed proposals to present design concepts to clients.
- Manage all aspects of event design, from initial concept to on-site installation, management of team and freelancers, as well as de-rig to ensure a seamless event execution.
- An awareness of current creativity within the industry - trends, new techniques, and emerging design innovations.
- Managing budgets with a given margin for all jobs and presenting figures to Head of Events / COO.
- Develop client proposals in Canva and budget proposals in Excel, following up on any outstanding actions until confirmation, and ensuring Pipedrive is kept up to date.
- Nurture cnships and new business leads.
- Ability to research new and interesting dressing, which might include sourcing bespoke products such as candles, linen, flatware, vases etc. We are always looking for exciting aspects of design.
- Early morning trips to Covent Garden Flower Market to assist with spot buying flowers for events and staying current with seasonal availability.
What We’re Looking For:
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in event design is essential.
- A strong portfolio showcasing your creative event design work.
- Exceptional eye for detail and a passion for luxury floral design.
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proficiency in Pipedrive and design software such as Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.
- Flexibility to work weekends and evenings as required by event schedules.
- Must have a UK Drivers Licence (Manual) and be comfortable driving larger vehicles/vans.
What We Offer:
The opportunity to work with a passionate and creative team in a supportive environment.
Competitive salary based on experience.
The opportunity to work on high-profile events and collaborate with leading industry professionals globally.
Personality:
- A flexible, patient, can-do approach
- Extremely well-organized, methodical and efficient, and able to use initiative
- Calm and positive under pressure and working with tight deadlines
- Ability to multitask and work without making mistakes in a demanding environment
- Strong work ethic and ability to take proactive ownership of assigned duties
- Strong communication skills whilst also being discreet and professional
Holiday:
The company holiday allowance is 32 days inclusive of bank holidays. Within the events department, holiday within our peak times is often not allowed, due to our high volume of work, however this is assessed on a case by case bases. Peak times include ‘Wedding season’ (May – July) and also the run up to Christmas (mid November to mid December), as well as flower focused holidays, such as Valentines day and Mother’s Day.
Benefits
- Incentives for employee of the month
- 50% employee discount
- Your Birthday off each year
- Career progression opportunities
Please send your application to [email protected]