We’re inviting a Communications Design Intern to join our team for three months between June and August this year!
Our Design team works collaboratively to solve problems and craft impactful creative that resonates with our audiences. As a Communications Design Intern, you’ll work with a multi-disciplinary team of talented designers, researchers, and writers to bring ideas to life across various media and channels.
The role
This internship is for entry-level candidates who are committed to a career in communications design or a creative field. You’ll contribute to real projects with meaningful challenges and work alongside skilled professionals who provide the perfect mix of freedom and support.
You’ll get hands-on experience in the following areas:
- Generating creative ideas for campaigns and bringing them to life across multiple formats
- Designing artwork for events, creating eye-catching direct mail pieces, and producing engaging digital content for our website and email campaigns
- Collaborating with our social media team to create compelling social content
- Briefing illustrators on blog illustrations and other visual projects
- Contributing to diverse creative projects that enhance our brand presence
We’re open to creatives beyond traditional graphic design. If you’re an illustrator, motion designer, photographer, writer, or filmmaker, we’d love to hear from you.
You’ll get up to speed quickly thanks to our robust onboarding process and will be supported by a friendly team, a dedicated buddy, and your manager. We encourage creativity, taking risks, and learning by doing. It’s a fast-paced environment, but it’s always fun and rewarding!
You
We’re looking for an intern who is passionate about creativity, eager to learn, and ready to dive into collaborative projects.
To qualify for this internship, you need to:
- Be looking to kickstart your career specifically in the creative industries or gain experience during your summer break
- Be based in the UK currently and for the duration of the internship.
- Be eligible to work in the UK
- Have demonstrable creative experience through personal projects, school work, or commercial placements
- Have a curiosity about design and a desire to be part of a multi-disciplinary team
As part of your application, we’ll ask you to share a portfolio or examples of your work. Check out our design team’s blog covering portfolio tips for some guidance and inspiration.
Our work life
At FreeAgent, we support each other and operate a no-blame culture. Our mindset is: work hard, be nice to people, and the rest will sort itself out!
Work pattern for this role
This is a paid internship for 13 weeks from 2nd June to 29th August 2025.
The internship will be based in our Edinburgh HQ two days per week (Tuesday and Thursday), with the opportunity to work from home on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Perks
The salary for this role is £450 per week.
We pride ourselves on creating a fantastic place to work, including (but not limited to!) the following:
- 8 days holiday
- Summer 4 day weeks (giving you additional Fridays off!)
- Flexible/hybrid working
- Wellness webinars
- Focused learning time and learning budgets
- Catered Friday lunches and other social events
About freeagent
FreeAgent aims to remove the stress and pain of dealing with business finances. From the very beginning in 2007, our aim was to create a product that would make an impact and improve the lives of micro-businesses in the UK. Now FreeAgent is one of the UK's most popular online accounting software providers, with over 200,000 customers.
Not to blow our own horn … but in 2024 we won the UK Customer Experience silver award for 'Customers at the Heart of Everything'. ICB LUCA Awards also named FreeAgent the 'Friendliest Software of the Year' in 2024 for the fifth time (following wins in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023). The list could go on!
From hiring our very first employee back in 2008, we’ve grown to over 250 employees who all share the same vision and values. Find out more about what it's like to work here on our Life at FreeAgent blog.
FreeAgent is an equal opportunities employer, and we invest in our people and culture to ensure we have a happy, diverse and high-performing team. We strongly encourage applications from people with varied backgrounds and perspectives. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, family or parental status.
We hope the detail in our job advertisements is informative but not limiting. Research shows, and we’ve observed, that underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a role without meeting all of the criteria listed. If this feels relatable we’d encourage you to apply, even if you think there may be areas for development.
