QA Engineer - Manual, Mid-level 12 month FTC

Informa Group Plc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent B2B events company in Greater London is seeking a Manual Tester to enhance software quality across its platforms. This role focuses on manual testing and requires strong attention to detail, collaboration, and experience with testing principles. The successful candidate will work closely with developers and product managers to support key events while contributing to the QA function. Benefits include flexible working options and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Career opportunity and professional development

Flexible personal benefits

Private medical cover

Recognition and awards programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Manual Tester / QA Analyst.
• Strong understanding of software testing principles and defect life cycle.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1/2.2).
• Basic API testing knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain manual test cases for web and mobile applications.
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, exploratory, and acceptance testing.
• Document clear and reproducible bug reports.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure requirements are testable.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Collaboration

Prioritizing tasks

Understanding of software testing principles

Tools

Salesforce

Postman

Automation tools (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium)

Atlassian suite

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

Informa Festivals marks an exciting new chapter in B2B events, bringing some of the world's most influential creative, technology and business festivals together. We’re combining prestigious events like Cannes Lions, Black Hat, Money20/20, GDC, and London Tech Week with cutting‑edge marketing intelligence platforms and advisory services to deliver unmissable experiences and insights.

Our festival‑led approach reimagines traditional B2B events, creating powerful, immersive experiences that drive innovation and industry advancement. Building on decades of expertise and powered by Informa's international reach, we're shaping the next generation of business festivals.

We’re part of Informa, a global business with a network of trusted brands in specialist markets across more than 30 countries, and a member of the FTSE 100 who are #3 in Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2025 UK list.

Job Description

This role is based in our 5 Howick Place office.

We are seeking a Manual Tester with a strong eye for detail and a passion for improving software quality. The role will focus primarily on manual testing across our platforms, ensuring new features, enhancements, and fixes are tested thoroughly before release.

This role will suit someone meticulous, methodical, and enthusiastic about catching issues early, while also contributing to continuous improvement across the QA function.

Working within our Event Technology Department, you will be supporting our Developers, Product Managers and wider Delivery Team to ensure the smooth delivery of our key events including Cannes Lions and Money 20/20.

This is a 12‑month FTC.

Key Responsibilities

Design, execute, and maintain manual test cases for web and mobile applications.

Perform functional, regression, smoke, exploratory, and acceptance testing.

Document clear and reproducible bug reports, working closely with developers to resolve issues.

Collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, and QA colleagues to ensure requirements are testable and delivered with quality.

Contribute to test plans, release notes, and QA documentation.

Provide feedback on UI/UX improvements to enhance usability and user experience.

Assist in ensuring compliance with performance, security, and accessibility standards.

Support the wider QA team with test coverage, metrics, and process improvements.

Qualifications

Proven experience as a Manual Tester / QA Analyst.

Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and defect life cycle.

Excellent attention to detail with a systematic approach to identifying and documenting issues.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to prioritise tasks, manage workloads, and work to deadlines in an agile environment.

Familiarity with Salesforce.

Knowledge of UI/UX testing and ability to provide feedback on user journeys.

Familiarity with automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium).

Awareness of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1/2.2) and use of accessibility testing tools.

Basic API testing knowledge (e.g., Postman).

Familiarity with the Atlassian suite of products.

Additional Information

We believe that great things happen when people connect face‑to‑face. That's why we work in‑person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at an Informa event – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say LifeAt.Informa.com

Our benefits include:

• Great community: a welcoming culture with in‑person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on‑demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

If you would like to request reasonable adjustments or accommodations to assist your participation in the hiring process and, or in the advertised position, please inform the appropriate Talent Acquisition Partner for the role once they have been in touch. Your request will be reviewed and considered in confidence. At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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