Junior Marketing & Creative Designer - Venture Capital

About us

Founded in 2016 by Raj Saxena (former Marketing Director at Red Bull) and Bil Bungay (Founder of BMB and a founding investor in Purplebricks), Velocity Capital is a specialist SEIS and EIS venture capital fund. We partner with ambitious founders across the digital and technology sectors, investing from Pre-Seed to Series A.

Our focus spans FinTech, AI, Health, the Future of Work and Consumer markets, areas where we’ve built strong networks and a solid track record. We look to back companies where we can genuinely add value, particularly those with a clear marketing need. Our portfolio includes Fussy, Swoop, Bolt Insight, Ryft, Mintago, Sprive and Lucida AI.

What is the role?

Velocity is hiring a Junior Marketing & Creative Designer to bring the Velocity Capital brand to life across every channel we use. This is a broad, hands-on creative role covering social media creative, investor and pitch decks, website assets, video content, brand development and wider marketing collateral, for both Velocity and our 45+ active portfolio companies.

You will work closely with our Business Development, Investor Relations and Investment teams, turning ideas, updates and data into clear, engaging and on-brand creative. As our first dedicated marketing hire, you will have the opportunity to help build the marketing function from the ground up. It is a great opportunity for an early-career designer who wants variety, ownership and real exposure to the venture capital and financial services world as part of a specialist SEIS and EIS venture capital fund.

Core Responsibilities

Social media and digital

• Design engaging social media creative for Velocity’s platforms, including LinkedIn and X, such as static posts, carousels, short-form video and event graphics
• Create assets for email campaigns, investor updates and newsletters sent to investors (HNWI and family offices) and intermediaries (financial advisers and wealth managers)
• Track how creative performs and use what you learn to improve engagement and grow our follower base

Investor and pitch materials

• Design and refresh investor presentations, pitch decks, fund overviews and reporting documents in PowerPoint
• Turn complex financial and portfolio information into clear charts, infographics and visual summaries
• Liaise with our founders to gather updates and produce promotional materials about portfolio companies for our Investor Relations team

Brand, website and video

• Help develop, document and maintain Velocity’s brand guidelines, templates and asset library, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints
• Produce and update website assets, including banners, imagery, icons and landing page visuals
• Plan, shoot (where needed) and edit video content such as founder interviews, event highlights, explainers and short-form social clips, including subtitles and motion graphics
• Design wider marketing collateral, including event materials, signage, brochures, one-pagers and merchandise

Ways of working

• Manage a varied workload across multiple projects and stakeholders, prioritising effectively and meeting deadlines
• Work closely with our Fund Manager to ensure all materials and communications comply with FCA regulations, including financial promotions rules and required risk warnings
• Keep up to date with design, social and video trends and bring fresh ideas to the team

What we are looking for

Essential

• Around 1–3 years’ experience in a design or creative role, either in-house or agency
• A strong portfolio demonstrating work across digital, brand and marketing content (please include a link with your application)
• Confident with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Canva
• Strong PowerPoint skills, with experience designing polished, professional presentations
• Video editing experience (e.g. Premiere Pro, After Effects or CapCut)
• A good eye for typography, layout and colour, with meticulous attention to detail
• Able to take a brief, ask the right questions and respond positively to feedback
• Proactive and organised, able to work autonomously and thrive in a start-up environment

Desirable

• Motion graphics or animation skills
• Experience with Figma and/or a website CMS (e.g. Webflow, WordPress or Squarespace)
• Familiarity with email marketing and outreach tools (e.g. Mailchimp or HubSpot)
• Basic photography and video shooting skills
• Interest in, or experience of, financial services, venture capital or start-ups
• Sensible use of AI tools to speed up creative workflows

What we offer

• Competitive Salary, depending on experience
• Hybrid working
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• 5% employer workplace pension contribution
• Direct exposure to the financial services industry working with a fast-growing, specialist VC firm
• Opportunity to work with a team of professionals with extensive experience within the venture capital and marketing industries
• A chance to build a network in the venture capital and private equity community, and to work with a diverse range of portfolio businesses