Senior Content Designer

Innovate UK; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization seeks a Senior Content Designer to enhance the website's usability, focusing on creating and improving web page content on ukri.org. This role is crucial in driving forward the web content strategy and ensuring high standards across all digital platforms. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will lead projects and engage stakeholders to deliver impactful online content.

Benefits

Defined benefit pension scheme

30 days annual leave plus public holidays

Employee discounts and offers

Employee assistance programme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Robust experience in writing, editing, and publishing digital content.
• Experience in making strategic decisions about web content on complex websites.
• Knowledge of accessibility needs and editorial skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the design and creation of web content strategies.
• Ensure web content meets high quality and accessibility standards.
• Conduct user research and deliver training to stakeholders.

Skills

Writing accessible digital content

User-centered content design

Data and research evaluation

Education

Degree in a related subject or equivalent experience

Job description

UK Research and Innovation

Senior Content Designer

Salary: £45,272 - £49,430 depending on skills and experience

Hours: Full Time (Flexible working patterns available such as compressed hours)

Contract Type:Open Ended

Location: Polaris House, Swindon (Hybrid working available including travel to the Swindon office 1 day a week)

Closing Date: Sunday 29th June 2025

Interviews: Week commencing 14th July 2025

Job Overview

The Senior Web Content Designer sits in the web team, part of External Affairs and Communications.

The web team is a multidisciplinary team of content, product and delivery experts who are passionate about driving forward the continuous improvement of the website, making it simpler and easier for people to understand and use.

As a Senior Web Content Designer, your role is to lead on the design, creation, review and development of web page content on ukri.org in collaboration with subject experts from across the organisation.

This is an exciting time for the web team as we evolve our web content strategy and content operations to support a usable, sustainable, accessible website into the future.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for creating, evaluating, updating and reviewing content strategies and solutions for ukri.org content, using your professional expertise, user understanding and evidence to ensure its continuous improvement
• Lead strategic content improvement projects, focusing effort in the areas of greatest priority and ensuring objectives are met, influencing senior stakeholders to ensure they have the right resources to support their strategic vision
• Ensure the web content you develop is high quality and meets accessibility standards, and review other content designers work to ensure quality
• Help colleagues and stakeholders understand what web content design is, why its valuable and how to work with content designers.
• Champion and participate in user research, playing an active role in journey mapping to better understand user needs and where the website and its content fits in
• Deliver workshops and training to colleagues across the organisation acting as an advocate for the website, content design and Government Digital Standards
• Build a network of internal and external stakeholders, fostering proactive collaborative working, influence and establish good working relationships with subject matter experts
  
  

About You

• Preferably hold a degree in a related subject or equivalent relevant experience(S)
• Robust experience in writing, editing and publishing accessible digital content, and using content management systems and content production processes(S)
• Experience in a web content design role making strategic decisions about web content creation preferably on a large, complex information rich website(S & I)
• Up-to-date knowledge of accessibility, including the needs of different users, assistive technologies and exemplary editorial skills in writing in plain and accessible language(S & I)
• A deep understanding of web content design on an end-to-end user journey considering the structure and user experience(S & I)
• Experience of taking a user-centered approach to content design and of explaining your decisions in a way that other people understand(S & I)
• Experience of using data, research and evidence to review and evaluate web content to make improvements(S & I)
• Ability to explain content decisions to non-experts, negotiate with stakeholders, deal with challenging situations and remove blockers to ensure business objectives and the needs of users are being met(S & I)
  
  

To view the full job description please click apply and visit our careers page

Benefits

We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package! We are committed to supporting employees development and promote a culture of continuous learning! A list of benefits below;

• An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
• 30 days annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent)
• Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities
• Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice
• Flexible working options
  
  

Please click here for more details on thehttps://www.discover.ukri.org/benefits-of-working-at-ukri/index.html

Application Guidance

• Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role. Further information on how to apply and the selection process is listed on our careers page
  
  

You are encouraged to use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) in the cover letter to evidence your ability to meet the person specification criteria in the job description. Cover letters should be no more than two sides of A4 (minimum font size 11). For examples of the STAR method, please visit:The STAR method | National Careers Service.

Other Information

If you'd like to have an informal chat about the role before applying, you're welcome to get in touch with the hiring manager, Karen Hibbert, at