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SalarySalary: £36,600 - £44,000
Location: Cambridge/Hybrid
Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Cambridge University Press and Assessment is looking for a UX Designer to join its Education Digital Product Design team.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role
We're looking for a designer to support and lead the research and design process on focused projects and support senior designers on broader product work.
- Support and lead the research and design process on broader product and strategic work.
- Ensure design solutions are carried out in accordance with our design principles and standards.
- Support the delivery of the Schools' Design System
- Contribute to the design of components and patterns.
About you
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of visual design and UX principles and be able to work closely with Dev-Eng teams to bring designs to life.
We use Figma to build and manage our Design System and design our products and services, it's not essential to be familiar with this but it is preferred.
Skills needed for the role.
- A considerable understanding and appreciation for user-centered design
- Ability to act on and incorporate feedback.
- Being able to provide constructive criticism and feedback in design crits.
- An understanding of human-computer interaction design
- Clear communication and presentation skills
- Strong time and project management
If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group personal pension scheme
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Green travel schemes
We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 26th January and interviews are scheduled to take place shortly after.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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