Junior Interior Designer
We’re seeking a creative Junior Interior Designer to join our workplace and interiors design team.
- Salary: £28,000 - 30,000 DOE
- Position: Permanent
- Location: 11 Nuffield Road, Cambridge
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Closing Date: September 7, 2026
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave + birthday leave
- Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
- Cycle to Work & Car Leasing Schemes
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Paid volunteering day
- Pension matching
- Holiday buy scheme
- Referral rewards
Position Full Details:
About the Role
We are looking for an ambitious Junior Designer to join our workplace and interiors design team. This is a development role for someone with 1–2 years’ commercial workplace or interiors experience who wants to grow quickly, learn from experienced colleagues and contribute to real client projects. You will help turn client needs into clear, creative and deliverable design outputs, including layouts, test fits, presentation material, mood boards, finishes input, furniture planning and 3D visual communication.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and develop workplace layouts, test fits and space planning options.
- Support client presentation packs using PowerPoint and InDesign.
- Develop mood boards, finishes palettes and visual material that help clients understand design intent.
- Produce 2D drawings and support 3D concept work using AutoCAD, SketchUp and related tools.
- Attend client meetings, design discussions, workshops and site surveys with guidance from the Senior
Designer.
- Collaborate with Preconstruction, Business Development, Project Delivery, Furniture and Marketing/Bid
Support colleagues.
- Support design information that is creative, practical, commercially aware and capable of being
delivered well.
- Maintaining the COEL samples and material library and engaging with suppliers. Also being aware of
new products.
To find out more about this role, read our in-depth information pack here
About you:
Essential Experience and Qualifications
- Degree or HND in interior design, workplace design, spatial design, architecture or a closely related
field.
- Minimum 1–2 years’ experience in commercial workplace or interiors design.
- Experience supporting workplace layouts, presentations, mood boards, finishes or related design
outputs.
- Confident using AutoCAD, SketchUp, PowerPoint, InDesign and Photoshop.
- Comfortable working with clients, colleagues, suppliers and project teams in a professional
environment.
- Full UK driving licence, with willingness to travel to client sites, surveys and project locations.
- The right to work in the UK
About COEL:
COEL is a Cambridge-based workplace design, build, fit-out and commercial interiors business. We create practical, attractive and high-performing spaces for ambitious regional clients, combining creative thinking with the discipline needed to make projects deliverable. Our work spans offices, education environments, science and laboratory settings, commercial property and hospitality.
We are a lean, agile and values-led organisation, built around trust, ownership, collaboration and high standards. Through our One COEL approach, design, preconstruction, delivery, furniture and support teams work together as one joined-up business, creating smoother client experiences and better learning opportunities for colleagues.
Diversity & Inclusion
COEL is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to supporting neurodiversity. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process to ensure every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable applications before the advertised closing date. Due to the volume of applications, we may not be able to provide individual feedback to all candidates.
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