Design & UX Content Designer Professional London, GB

Avature; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in consulting and technology is seeking a Content Designer in London. The role involves shaping content strategies to enhance user experiences, mentoring junior designers, and collaborating across teams to drive innovation. Ideal candidates will possess a strong portfolio and expertise in content design tools, with an emphasis on user-centered approaches.

Benefits

Training and mentorship programs

Flexible working approaches

25 days holiday

Online shopping discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Portfolio showcasing content design work required.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Experience of using analytics research for content design.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead content strategy aligning with business needs.
• Create clear and engaging content for digital platforms.
• Collaborate with designers to integrate content seamlessly.

Skills

Strong writing

Editing

Content structuring

Human-centred design

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Sketch

Figma

Adobe XD

Job description

At IBM CIC, we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM CIC. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, whom may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

· A multitude of training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs as well as the chance to gain industry recognized certifications

· Regular and frequent promotion and progression opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us

· Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year

· Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks

· A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome

· Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees

· Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme

· More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, a grouppersonal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

We are excited to announce that we are hiring a Senior Content Designer to lead our content strategy and design efforts! In this role, you will be responsible for shaping our content-driven user experiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving innovation in our content design practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead content strategy, aligning with business objectives and user needs.
• Create clear, concise, and engaging content for various digital platforms.
• Collaborate with designers and developers to ensure content is integrated seamlessly into user interfaces.
• Simplify complex content for users, making it accessible and easy to understand.
• Establish and maintain a consistent voice and tone throughout the content journey.
• Mentor junior content designers, providing guidance and feedback on their work.

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Extensive portfolio showcasing content design work, including content modeling and structuring.
• Proficiency in content design tools (e.g., Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD).
• Strong writing, editing, and curating skills.
• Ability to lead design projects and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Proven experience working in an agile development environment.
• Experience in designing content to meet user needs
• Knowledge of human-centred design and design thinking generally
• Experience of using analytics research and feedback to shape content
• A strong communicator who can explain content decisions and advocate for content design best practice to clients and design leadership (and SMEs)
• Examples of designing content for an end-to-end service
• Experience of collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team
• Advocate for accessibility and be comfortable designing and reviewing work to WCAG guidance
• Proficiency in using Content Management Systems to publish reviewed content
• Experience with working in Agile delivery teams
• Ability to maintain content across all digital interfaces such as Web App iOS/Android.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with content management systems (e.g., Drupal, WordPress).
• Basic knowledge of front-end development (HTML, CSS).
• Familiarity with localization and internationalization principles.
• Background in information architecture or content strategy.
• Experience with content analytics and usability testing.
• Publication record in peer-reviewed journals or reputable industry publications.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Job Title

Content Designer

Job ID

40274

City / Township / Village

London

State / Province

London

Country

United Kingdom

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Design & UX

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Professional

Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)

Company

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?