Freelance Social Designer

About Us

OLS is a creative studio for brands that refuse to blend in. Since 2007 we have worked as an embedded creative partner to in-house teams at brands including Pinterest, Workday, Calm and WHOOP. On Pinterest, we work alongside their in-house team making social-first creative for some of the world’s biggest CPG brands, built for how people actually discover, save and shop. We’re an employee-owned studio, and that shows in how we work with freelancers: clear briefs, a collaborative team and work everyone cares about.

The Role

We’re looking for a conceptually strong Social Designer with razor-sharp taste and a genuine feel for trends, to support our Pinterest account making ads for a roster of global CPG brands. You’ll know what resonates with a culturally switched-on audience, especially Gen Z, and make work that feels native to how people actually scroll, save and share.

A big part of this is collage: editorial and organic, nothing that reads as stock or overly polished. If you have a strong, current sense of visual culture and you love that kind of work, we’d like to see it.

The Work

• Design social ads from brief to completion, mainly statics and layered editorial-style collage, with simple motion where needed
• Composite packshots and product visuals, turning a small set of brand assets into content people actually want to share
• Build collages that rely as much on your eye as your craft: sourcing images and elements that genuinely suit each brand, combining texture, colour and type with real style. On brand, but never brand-heavy
• Use GenAI tools (e.g. Figma Weave) to generate on-brand lifestyle assets, with real care for brand IP accuracy
• Take ownership of projects, working closely with our Creative Leads across multiple brands

You Have

• A portfolio with real cultural fluency - work made for a Gen Z audience, not adapted for them. Collage, editorial or moodboard-style work is a strong advantage
• Strong composition and confident product handling
• Confident Photoshop skills
• An eye for what’s visually relevant right now, and the instinct to know when something is on-trend versus dated
• The ability to work autonomously to a high standard

Nice To Have

• Motion and video skills (After Effects)
• GenAI experience (Figma Weave or similar)

How We Work

We move fast and hold ourselves to high standards.

The day rate for this brief is £350. For someone exceptional, there may be some flexibility.

This is a rolling freelance brief rather than a single booking. We’re building a group of designers we can come back to regularly, so if the work suits you, we’d like to work with you again!