Junior Graphics Designer
Job Description
About Medly AI
\nWe're the fastest growing EdTech startup in London, on a mission to change education forever.
\nThis is a moment where AI-native companies are reshaping entire industries, from Cursor in code, to Midjourney in image generation, to Harvey in law. Medly is building that company for education.
\nSince launch, we've reached over 400,000 students with retention rates that beat Duolingo, and we've delivered personalised learning with real results. We're backed by impact-focused VCs and supported by partners including UCL, Innovate UK, Microsoft, and Google.
\nThe role
\nWe're looking for a Junior Graphic Designer to join our London team, full-time and on-site. You'll work directly alongside our founders, our designers, and our engineering and growth teams, designing across both product and marketing.
\nThis is a genuinely broad role. One day you're designing UI for a feature that hundreds of thousands of students will use, the next you're producing campaign assets, social creative, and brand collateral. You'll be the person who makes everything Medly puts into the world look considered and consistent.
\nIt's also a role with a clear path. As you grow, you'll take on more ownership of our brand identity itself - the type, colour, illustration, iconography, and visual rules that define how Medly looks and feels everywhere. We want someone who starts by executing beautifully and ends up shaping the system.
\nThe best people in this role notice the half-pixel misalignment, have strong opinions about typography, and can explain why one layout feels right and another doesn't.
\nWhat you'll do
\nDesign UI for new and existing features in our learning app, working closely with product and engineering
\nProduce marketing and brand assets - social, paid creative, landing pages, decks, print, merch, event and partner collateral
\nWork within our existing brand and design system in Figma, and help extend and maintain it
\nTake briefs from rough idea to finished, production-ready artwork, at pace
\nDevelop our visual identity over time - typography, colour, illustration, iconography, and the rules that hold it together
\nAdapt and scale designs across formats, platforms, and sizes without losing the detail
\nTake feedback from the team, users, and performance data, and use it to make the work better
\nWhat we're looking for
\nA portfolio of graphic, brand, or visual design work (academic, personal, freelance, or placement all count) that shows genuine taste - considered layout, typography, colour, and attention to detail
\nA degree (completed or in progress) from a leading university - we weight academic strength heavily, and especially like hybrid backgrounds where design sits alongside a rigorous subject
\nRecent graduate, or up to around 2 years of experience.
\nFreelance or client work done alongside study or early in your career - it tells us you can take a brief, work to a deadline, and ship
\nStrong fundamentals - hierarchy, grid, type, colour, and composition
\nConfident in Figma, and comfortable in the Adobe suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) or equivalent
\nGenuinely keen to learn fast and take feedback well
\nBonus points
\nBoth digital product UI and brand/marketing work in the same portfolio
\nExperience contributing to a brand identity or design system, not just individual assets
\nIllustration, iconography, or motion (After Effects, Rive, Lottie) skills
\nA little front-end knowledge (HTML/CSS) or comfort working closely with engineers
\nFreelance clients with a recognisable name or a real bar for quality
\nB2C, app, or consumer brand work
\nWho thrives here
\nYou care about quality and take pride in work that holds up under scrutiny
\nYou have a point of view on what good design looks like, and can defend it
\nYou work fast without letting the craft slip
\nHappy to take initiative. If something looks off, you flag it or fix it
\nComfortable in a startup environment. Things move very quickly and priorities shift often.
\nWhat you'll get
\nMentorship from our designers and direct work with our founders
\nOn-site in our central London office, as part of a close-knit team
\nThe chance to shape how a product used by hundreds of thousands of students looks and feels
\nA team that takes your ideas seriously and ships them
\nReal ownership and room to grow quickly, including into brand identity ownership
