Job Description
UX Content Producer (Maternity cover) | Full time | Fixed Term 9-months | 35 hours
Full Time Salary: £39,754 - £43,188Hours: 35 hours per week | Monday - FridayLocation: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF.
National Museums Scotland is one of the leading museum groups in Europe with one of the largest and most diverse collections in the world.
As an organisation our values are Creative, Inclusive, Collaborative and Forward-thinking.
We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate, honest, service-driven individuals to join our Digital Media team.
Benefits of joining us as our UX Content Producer include:* Annually alongside your salary, National Museums Scotland contributes 28.97% of this towards you being a member of the Civil Service Pension Scheme* A generous annual leave of 28.5 days – rising to 33.5 after 5 years, plus an additional 8 paid days public holidays.* Free access to national (and international) museums and exhibitions* A range of wellbeing benefits including Employee Assistance Programme 24/7* Access to all the above and more from day one of employment.
About the UX Content Producer role:
Your role will be to ensure UX and design thinking principles are integrated with digital content production at National Museums Scotland in order to continuously develop and improve our website and associated digital properties.
As a UX Content Producer at National Museums Scotland you will:* Implement and utilise UX and design thinking principles within digital content production, and deliver output that cultivates audience engagement and supports the delivery of organisational strategic objectives* Advise colleagues on suitable approaches and content formats for best performance and return on investment, which includes consideration of product and content lifecycles, end-to-end user experience, entry points and cross-platform distribution* Take a user-centred approach to content development, overseeing user testing and washups at key stages in the development cycle* Draw on analytics, user feedback, and insights available, and where appropriate, commission reports and gather data as required
Skills and experience we’re looking for in our UX Content Producer:* Demonstrable understanding of the role of user-centred design principles in content design* Experience with a range of web content management systems and web authoring tools* Experience of running user testing for digital content and products* Ability to interpret user statistics and feedback, and other evaluation metrics, to deliver enhanced digital content
Please be sure to view relevant attachments for this role (available on our Careers Portal: careers.nms.ac.uk) for full details of the position.
The closing date for this role is 18/03/2026 (18 March 2026). The Selection Event is likely to take place 08/04/2026 (08 April 2026).