Junior Graphic Designer

Story Terrace Inc.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary benchmark disclosure

25 days holiday

Monthly team lunches

Company socials

Central Manchester office

Job summary

Housr in Manchester is seeking a Junior Graphic Designer to support our global marketing efforts. Based in Manchester city centre, four days a week in the office with Thursday from home, you will help create design material for university partnerships in the US and support B2B communications.

You will work with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, collaborate across teams, and adapt designs for print and digital, with occasional later hours to align with US deadlines.

Qualifications

• One to two years of graphic design experience in marketing or agency settings.
• Strong skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Figma.
• Attention to detail and on-brand design delivery.

Responsibilities

• Execute briefs to produce high-quality print and digital assets following brand guidelines.
• Design for on-campus screens, posters, flyers, social graphics and banners.
• Review and polish decks, presentations and sales collateral for university and institutional stakeholders.
• Create event and outreach materials for university partnerships and conferences.
• Collaborate with Global Marketing Lead, Graphic Designer and Product Designer.
• Work primarily in Figma and Adobe CS to professional standards.
• Motion graphics experience is a plus.

Skills

Attention to detail

Versatility

Adaptability

Student insight

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Figma

Job description

Junior Graphic Designer

Housr | Manchester | Full time

• Location: Manchester city centre, four days per week in the office, with Thursday normally from home
• Contract type: Full time
• Reporting to: Global Head of Marketing, with a dotted line into the Graphic Designer
• Working hours: Standard UK hours, with occasional flexibility to work a later shift such as 11.30am to 7.30pm for US collaboration or campaign needs

The role

We're looking for a talented and enthusiastic Junior Graphic Designer to join Housr's global creative and marketing team. Based in our Manchester city centre office four days a week, with work from home on Thursdays, you'll play a key role in supporting our global brand marketing across the UK and US. A particular focus will be creating design material for university students and college partnerships in the US market.

Your work will span direct-to-student creative and materials that support our B2B relationships with universities, property partners and brand partners. Given the US focus, there may occasionally be a need to work later hours, such as 11.30am to 7.30pm, to create more overlap with the US team during busy campaign periods. This will be infrequent and planned in advance.

The day to day

• Executing creative briefs: Produce high-quality graphic assets for print and digital media, following Housr's global brand guidelines.
• Designing for online and offline channels: Create engaging designs for formats including digital on-campus screens, posters, flyers, social graphics and banners.
• Supporting B2B and partnership materials: Review and polish pitch decks, partnership presentations and sales collateral for university and institutional stakeholders, ensuring a consistent and professional finish.
• Producing event and outreach collateral: Create materials for university outreach, education fairs, conferences and partnership events, including booth graphics, printed handouts and digital assets.
• Collaborating with the team: Work closely with the global marketing team, Graphic Designer and Product Designer to deliver strong, consistent work.
• Using design software: Work primarily in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, producing all designs to a professional standard.
• Motion graphics: Experience is not essential, but would be useful.

What we're looking for:

• Experience: One to two years of graphic design experience, ideally within a marketing or agency environment.
• Software skills: Strong demonstrable skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Figma.
• Attention to detail: A careful eye and a commitment to producing high-quality, on-brand designs.
• Versatility: Comfortable moving between consumer-facing creative, such as social content, posters and on-campus screens, and polished materials for institutional and business audiences, such as decks, one-pagers and partnership collateral.
• Adaptability: Able to manage multiple projects at once and respond to changing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Student insight: A sound understanding of the university student demographic and what resonates with them visually.

What we offer

• Salary - Genuinely Market Competitive!! (We’re happy to disclose our benchmarked bandings during the interview process)
• Holiday - 25 days off, plus bank holidays each year
• Monthly Team Lunches - At the end of each month, we all grab lunch together as a team, and also have the afternoon off to focus on ourselves
• Company socials - A chance to let our hair down as a team. Past socials have ranged from paintball to ping pong tournaments - we’re quite competitive!
• Amazing Central Manchester office space

Interview process

• Introductory call with our Talent Partner
• Video call with the Design team
• Practical design task
• Face-to-face interview with our Global Marketing Lead