1481 Content Designer

Grade 6 £28,756- £33,309 per annum
Prospective Student Web Content Team, Communications and Marketing
Open ended, full time (35 hours per week)
Number of posts: 2
We are looking for an experienced digital content professional with a track record in following human centred design processes as part of an agile, multi-disciplinary team.
The Opportunity:
The Prospective Student Web Content Team manages all central website provision for prospective students and works with colleagues in a range of academic and service departments to continually enhance students’ online experiences. This role will involve collaborating within a small team of Content Designers working a range of projects, and setting standards for our approach to content design which will be adopted across the institution.
Your skills and attributes for success:
You need to be open to learning about our users. We don’t necessarily expect you to be experienced in human-centred design, but you need to care about whether the content you design really works. Be ready to get involved in user research and analytics to really understand student needs and show how you’ve changed online behaviours.
You need to be committed to the discipline of content design. Again, you don’t need to know everything but you do need to be ready to challenge and be challenged. Joining a dedicated team of content specialists will bring new opportunities and require editorial discipline. This is less about content creation and more about content curation.
You need to have a collaborative mindset. We work as a multidisciplinary team, so you need to be ready to collaborate, support and lead colleagues across the University. We have many subject matter experts in a wide range of fields – both academic and administrative – and they need to be brought along with our approach and philosophy. We need you to give colleagues confidence in our expertise and support them in the adoption of new content management processes.