Content Designer
Salary: £36,650
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type:Open Ended
Location: Polaris House, Swindon (Hybrid Working - 1 day a week in office)
Closing Date:Sunday 22 June 2025
Job Overview:
The 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 drive forward the continuous improvement of the website making it simpler and easier for people to understand and use.
As a Web Content Designer, your role is to work ensure our core business as usual web content is of a high standard, meets the needs of external audiences and is published in a timely way.
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. The Web Content Designer role will evolve as this work progresses over the coming months.
Previous content design experience is not required. This role would suit someone with previous web content editing experience who can demonstrate a desire to develop in a content design role.
Key Responsibilities:
The Web Content Designer works with the Web Content Editors and Web Coordinator bringing user-centered design thinking to our delivery of core web content. This content includes funding opportunities, impact stories, blog posts, publications, areas of investment and support and news.
You will also work on the design of other new web content ensuring the website accurately reflects UKRI activity and provides external audiences with the information they need.
Reporting to the Web Delivery Lead, you will work proactively to support the governance and management of ukri.org.
You will work closely with stakeholders and subject experts across the organisation and be accountable for ensuring web content is high quality, accurate and accessible.
As a Web Content Designer, you will:
* Manage, edit and publish a range of content on ukri.org including HTML publications
* Shape content standards and guidance including HTML, 2i, content management system (CMS) and accessibility
* Ensure unneeded content is removed from the website in line with the content retention policy
* Identify opportunities and work with subject experts to design new and existing content so it is easy to understand and presented in the right format
* Support team training and upskilling in content design and management processes
* Work closely with the Web Coordinator advising on content design needs and requests and cover coordination of web content requests as needed
* Prioritise your work and adapt as the team or organisational priorities change
* Participate in and lead as required on content design and team ceremonies
* Foster collaborative working with a network of internal stakeholders, influencing and negotiating to make decisions that work for external users and the organisation
* Stay up to date with UKRI website users’ needs and research
* Contribute to the improvement of web team workflows and processes
* Participate in the out of hours web publishing rota (additional allowance given)
Person Specification:
(S) – Assessed at Shortlisting (I) – Assessed at Interview (S&I) - Assessed at Shortlisting & Interview
Essential
* English and Maths GCSE (S)
* Excellent editorial, proofreading and English language skills. (S)
* Ability to train colleagues either in groups or one to one. (S)
* Knowledge of digital and web best practice, Government Digital Service standards and user-centred design. (S)
* Experience of using web content management systems and working on a large information-rich website. (S & I)
* An awareness of content design, its benefits and an aspiration to develop a career in content design (S & I)
* Excellent organisational and collaboration skills with the ability to work on multiple concurrent pieces of work with different deadlines. (S & I)
* Experience in stakeholder management, building positive working relationships, and understanding other perspectives to successfully influence and negotiate. (S & I)
* Understand how to work in an open and collaborative environment, sharing your content acting on constructive feedback from other web team members. (S & I)
* Experience of improving content processes, guidelines and standards. (I)
Desirable
* Understanding of the UKRI web landscape. (S)
* Content design training. (S)
* Experience designing content to meet user needs. (I)
* Familiar with agile project management techniques. (I)
Application Guidance:
How to evidence the criteria:
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’.
About UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
UKRI launched in April 2018, UKRI is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Our organisation brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England, which is responsible for supporting research and knowledge exchange at higher education institutions in England, and the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. Together we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision to ensure the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. More information can be found atwww.ukri.org.
Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit Benefits of working for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.
How we support EDI in the workforce
At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit ‘How we support EDI in the workforce’.
Disability Confident Employer
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
How to apply
Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the ‘experience’ section of the application.
UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion – a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.
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