Description
Content Designer required to work with a Government Department. This is a remote contract until further notice (offices based in Sheffield). This is a 6-month contract, In Scope of IR35, paying up to £495 per day.
As a Content Designer you will develop simple, clear digital services and information that help citizens and staff.
You will be designing, creating and iterating content. You will own the content and its quality throughout a user's journey, and be comfortable using evidence, data and research to back up your decisions.
You will be working in multidisciplinary teams, alongside user researchers, interaction designers service designers, product owners and developers. You will join a well-established content community, where you'll benefit from peer support, mentoring opportunities and be encouraged to contribute to a wide range of activities within the department and across government.
You'll be responsible for:
*Creating content to help digital services meet user needs and business objectives, and create a clear, joined-up customer journey.
*Monitoring and improving content based on user feedback, research and data.
*Working effectively with subject matter experts, stakeholders and partners to deliver clear, relevant content.
*Ensuring all content assets are user-focused, accurate, optimised appropriately (eg for search), and meet relevant design, style and brand guidelines.
*Working with colleagues to understand user behaviours and data patterns to improve how services perform.
*Ensuring appropriate policy and legal fact checking of content and timely production and publishing.
*Ability to support the content team with peer reviews, content audits and benchmarking.
*Promoting user-focused content design across the department, its agencies and cross-government groups.
You'll have proven track record developing content to meet user needs for digital services.
Experience Required:
*Experience working collaboratively in fast-paced agile teams.
*Strong original writing for different topics, audience groups, purposes, styles and formats.
*Adept at providing simple, clear content to communicate complex issues.
*Confident communicator: able to persuade; negotiate; influence; network; and work with stakeholders.
*Ability to get to the heart of an issue quickly and clearly, demonstrating expert knowledge in an applied setting.
*Knowledge of agile ways of working and user-centred content design.
*Experience scoping, commissioning and editing content.
*Experience designing and developing workable content prototypes.
Please apply should you meet the above criteria
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