Learning Design & Content Production Manager

Goldsmiths, University of London; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in London seeks a Learning Design and Content Production Manager for the GOAL unit. This role focuses on developing online education programs, managing content production, and supporting academic staff. The ideal candidate should have substantial experience in online learning design and team management. Benefits include generous leave, pension scheme, and support for professional development.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

6 paid closure days

Defined benefit pension scheme

Professional development support

Wellbeing initiatives like staff choir and running club

Qualifications

• Strong background in online and blended learning design within higher education.
• Experience in managing teams and supporting academic staff.
• Ability to ensure creative and efficient support for online programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of online portfolio and pedagogical design.
• Oversee content design, filming, and editing.
• Motivate and manage a team to support educational development.

Skills

Online and blended learning design

Technical proficiency in VLEs

Digital content production

Pedagogical expertise

Passion for accessible education

Job description

What makes Goldsmiths unique?

Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.

About the Department

Goldsmiths has set up a unit, called Goldsmiths Online and Adaptable Learning (GOAL) with the following mission:

To provide an integrated learning eco-system that highlights what is best about Goldsmiths and reaches the people who can most benefit from what Goldsmiths has to offer, irrespective of physical location, time commitments, and educational backgrounds.

Realising this mission will mean working with academic departments, professional services at Goldsmiths and external teaching, development, and delivery partners to deliver online and hybrid teaching across the College. The initial plans for GOAL are extremely ambitious, involving the development of a portfolio of new online programmes, hybrid learning environments, micro-credentials, and charitable outreach, to provide flexible learning opportunities extremely widely.

About the Role

As the Learning Design and Content Production Manager for GOAL, you will play a major role in developing Goldsmiths’ online portfolio, leading on the pedagogical and physical design of the VLE and new programmes on the VLE. The role involves design, filming, and editing of content. The role holder will be expected to build, motivate, and manage a team to support this work. The role holder will ensure that GOAL provides creative and efficient support to academic staff in Goldsmiths departments as they plan, design and implement online programmes and MOOCs.

About the Candidate

You will have a strong background in online and blended learning design, ideally within the UK higher education sector. The ideal candidate will bring pedagogical expertise, technical proficiency in VLEs and digital content production, and a passion for accessible, inclusive education.

Benefits

We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave plus 6 paid closure days (4 at Christmas and 2 at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of wellbeing initiatives such as staff choir, running club and creative writing classes.

Goldsmiths, University of London is passionate about advancing equality and celebrating diversity.