Associate Content Designer

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Edinburgh is seeking an early career digital content professional. This role focuses on enhancing the online experience for prospective students through effective content design and collaboration with various departments. Ideal candidates will have a commitment to learning and a collaborative mindset. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive staff benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive staff benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Family-friendly initiatives

Qualifications

• Early career digital content professional sought.
• Interest in human-centred design processes required.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage central website provision for prospective students.
• Provide editorial and service support to keep online presence current.
• Engage with user research and analytics to enhance content effectiveness.

Skills

Content design commitment

Collaborative mindset

User research involvement

Job description

UE05 £29,588- £33,951 per annum

University Secretary's Group /Communications and Marketing /Prospective Student Web Content Team

Fixed Term Contract: 11 months

Full Time: 35 hours per week

We are looking for an early career digital content professional with an interest in human centred design processes and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

This is a great opportunity to learn in a supportive environment and help us deliver great experiences for prospective students.

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 provides vital editorial and service support to keep our online presence up to date and help non-specialist colleagues get the best out of our web publishing systems.

Your skills and attributes for success

• You need to be committed to the discipline of content design. We’re looking for people with a talent for words and an appetite to learn. 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 be open to learning about our users. We don’t expect you to be experienced in human-centred design, but you need to care about whether the content you design actually works. Be ready to get involved in user research and analytics to really understand and meet student needs.
• You need to have a collaborative mindset. We work as a multidisciplinary team, so you need to be ready to collaborate and support 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 supported to meet editorial standards.

Read the full job description

Read more details on the role and team on the Prospective Student Web Content team blog.

As a valued member of our team you can expect

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 6 October 2025.

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Interviews will be held in late October 2025, dates to be confirmed.