Optometrist Partner - Colchester, Essex - New Business Partnership Opportunity

• Exciting & Unique Opportunity for Partnership in an Ambitious New Optical Brand

Optometrist Partner – Colchester, Essex – New Business Partnership Opportunity

Location: Colchester, Essex
Salary: Competitive Base Salary + Equity / Share Options + Performance Incentives

Zest Optical are partnered with an ambitious new optical brand preparing to launch its first location in Colchester in September 2026.

This is a genuinely rare opportunity for an Optometrist who wants more than simply employment.

The business has been created around a fresh vision for modern community optics, combining accessibility, warmth and customer connection with ambitious long-term growth plans. The aim is to build a nationally recognised brand that feels different to the traditional optical experience, creating environments where patients feel supported, understood and genuinely looked after.

Crucially, the business is backed by a team of experienced Founders with a successful track record of scaling industry-based and franchise-led operations, bringing both commercial expertise and long-term support to future business partners.

The Opportunity

Partnership opportunities within optics can often feel inaccessible or financially overwhelming.

This opportunity has been intentionally designed differently.

The business is open to a variety of partnership structures depending on the individual, including:

• Traditional capital investment
• Performance-based share accrual
• Salary sacrifice in exchange for equity
• Flexible phased ownership models
• Long-term incentive structures

The goal is to create genuine alignment between the success of the individual and the success of the wider business.

Importantly, this is not an unsupported startup environment.

Partners will benefit from:

• A strong employed salary
• Operational and commercial support
• Established leadership guidance
• Brand infrastructure
• Long-term strategic growth plans

For the right Optometrist, this represents an opportunity to help shape a business from the very beginning, whilst building meaningful long-term commercial reward.

The Role

• Lead the clinical and customer experience within the Colchester store
• Help shape the culture, standards and future direction of the business
• Build strong community relationships and long-term patient loyalty
• Contribute towards the wider growth journey of the brand
• Work closely alongside the Founders and leadership team on future development plans

The Person

• GOC registered Optometrist
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong people skills
• Passion for community optics and customer experience
• Interested in long-term growth and business involvement
• Excited by the opportunity to build something from the beginning

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive and secure base salary
• Lucrative bonus and incentive opportunities
• Flexible routes into partnership and equity
• Professional fees covered
• Significant long-term growth potential
• Opportunity to influence a brand at launch stage
• Backing of experienced Founders with national scaling ambitions

Opportunities like this rarely come to market within optics.

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