Description
Harvey Nash is pleased to be working with a Public Sector body based in Edinburgh to recruit Senior Content Designers on an initial 6 months contract at a rate of between £290 - £315 per day, inside IR35.
As a Senior Content Designer you will be an expert practitioner who develops content strategy and solutions for large-scale problems and high profile events. You will take responsibility for content quality, managing small teams and mentoring content designers. You will also write and map user stories, assure quality and review the work of others.
Role Profile:
- Work with minimal supervision to create and iterate content for end-to-end services that makes complex language and processes easy to understand and directs others in the pursuit of this as needed.
- Understands and implements as needed appropriate content styles and standards.
- Identifies, analyses, manages and monitors relationships with and between stakeholders, using evidence to explain decisions made and balancing competing priorities.
- Leads the design and implementation of content strategies, directing the evaluation of strategies and policies to ensure business requirements are being met.
- Works with user researchers to understand users, identifying who they are and what their needs are based on evidence.
- Prioritises and defines approaches to understanding user stories, guiding others in doing so, and proposes design approaches or services to meet these needs.
- Offers recommendations on the best content design tools and methods to use.
- Plan and develop content for required business areas
- Review content produced by others against digital standards and guidelines
- Participate in and/or support programme and project assurance activities
- Contribute to community such as by participating in events and reviewing processes, tools and guidance
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience of writing for the web, with proven ability of planning and creating accessible user-centred content
- Proven experience in using data and user feedback to define and refine content
- Proven experience of managing relationships with stakeholders
- Experience in working with content publishing systems
- Extensive experience of content design working with Government Digital Standards
Although currently remote, this role will require the candidate to be flexible in terms of working on site and home working.
Please note this opportunity has been determined as inside IR35 and as such will require the working through an umbrella company.
You should have a current Disclosure Scotland (dated within the last year) in place already and BPSS clearance will be required upon commencement of the role.
If you meet the essential criteria, please submit your CV. We look forward to reviewing your application.