Junior designer (6-month FTC) in Coventry

The Coventry Building Society have an exciting opportunity for 2 x Junior Designer’s on a 6-month FTC basis. Reporting to the Studio Workflow Manager, this role is part of the Design Team and provides creative support to the wider Marketing function. The role holder will be responsible for producing high-quality campaign materials and assets across the Society, ensuring all work aligns with brand and Visual Identity (VI) guidelines.

Working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders, the person in post will develop and present creative ideas, manage a high volume of projects, and maintain exceptional attention to detail. The role also involves keeping up to date with design trends and emerging technologies, bringing fresh ideas to the team while helping to ensure all creative output remains consistent, engaging, and on brand.

Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential, as the Junior Designer will regularly update stakeholders on project progress, ask relevant questions, and constructively challenge ideas where necessary to maintain design standards and brand consistency.

We operate on a team-led hybrid approach with at least 1 day per week in Coventry or Manchester office with willingness to travel to Coventry Binley office once per month.

Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

The successful candidate will be a highly skilled designer with strong Adobe Creative Suite expertise and a solid technical understanding of core design applications. They will have an excellent eye for detail, strong organisational skills, and the ability to influence and gain buy-in from colleagues and stakeholders to continually raise creative standards. A proactive mindset is essential, with a keen interest in new design technologies and software developments, using these innovations to drive more effective and efficient ways of working across the team.

For this role you’ll need to have:

• Degree in Graphic Design (or equivalent qualification) and experience within a design studio, in-house creative team, or freelance environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
• Strong understanding of brand management, corporate visual identity (VI) guidelines, and maintaining brand consistency.
• Experience supporting marketing campaigns and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-quality creative outputs.
• Knowledge of design requirements across advertising, marketing, and collateral channels, with an awareness of current design trends.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and attention to detail, with the ability to support continuous improvement and development of brand standards.

Experience in these areas would be helpful:

• Experience of pitch related pre-work and/or delivery of pitch work to clients

In 2025, Coventry Building Society purchased The Co-operative Bank. Bringing together our purpose-led building society with the UK’s original ethical bank was the start of an exciting journey. Trusted by over four million people, we’re a mutually owned business free from shareholders, and with our combined experience of almost 300 years, our ethics and dedication will continue to guide us. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers and colleagues.

We’re officially recognised as a ‘Great Place to Work’ and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing. We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you’ll build more than just a career with us.

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We’re proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.