Manchester Poetry Library
Hourly Pay Rate:
£13.45 hourly pay + £1.62 per hour holiday rate
Hours Per Week
3
Duration of role:
Short term role
All Locations
Manchester campus (Jobs4Students)
Closing Date:
19 Nov 2026

Job Description

The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.
  
Manchester Poetry Library are looking for a student graphic designer to create visual assets for a university-produced podcast series, the Manchester Poetry Podcasts. The main responsibility would be to develop a distinctive, mobile-friendly, and cohesive visual system for the podcast’s cover art and promotional campaigns on Spotify, Instagram and LinkedIn.
 
The Manchester Poetry Podcasts would cover a variety of topics: close readings of poems; poetry and lyrics; and weekly/semester round-ups of poetry news and events. The design should be contemporary, inviting and in keeping with Manchester Met’s blue and white colours with orange accents. Symbols such as books, headphones, vinyl records and other similar objects can be featured. 
 
We anticipate the work will be around 15 hours to design and format the visual assets.
 
Dates: from week commencing 7 December to Friday 8 January 2027
Hours of Work: 3 hours per week (15 hours over 5 weeks)

Person Specification

This role is only open to current Manchester Met Students who meet the following requirements:
 
Should be familiar with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and/or Canva.

How to Apply

Please apply via the Apply button, completing the form on the next page.
  
The deadline for applications is 11:59pm on Thursday 19 November 2026.
 
Please be aware that roles may close earlier than the stated closing date, where a high number of applications are received. To ensure you have an opportunity to apply, please do so as soon as possible.
    
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. 
  
We are committed to providing accessible and inclusive recruitment. If you require or would benefit from support or reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in work, please contact us by e-mailing [email protected]. This information will only be used and shared with those who require it to implement any change(s) and only at the point this is required.
 
If you have any queries, or need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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