Senior Content Designer (maternity cover)

Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Job description

Job description

As a Senior Content Designer, you’ll be at the heart of everything that DCMS publishes on GOV.UK - covering government policy, guidance and research on culture, media and sport, such as reviews of broadcasters, strategies on key policy areas and guidance for members of public attending ceremonial events.

You’ll lead and manage a diverse range of content projects, working with policy teams to understand their digital requirements and then coming up with approaches on how to best showcase their work. You’ll then manage the process of bringing that to publication, ensuring that what is published meets GOV.UK style, building and testing GOV.UK pages, and sharing metrics and discussing improvements after publication.

You’ll also be involved in audits of each team’s content, supporting our network of GOV.UK publishers within DCMS along with digital specialists working for suppliers, and promoting content design best practices.

Person specification

The ideal candidate will have the following key skills and experience:

Essential criteria:

1. Experience of writing for the web, with proven ability to create content that is accessible and usable
2. Experience of applying house style, editing and proofreading copy to maintain high editorial standards, while also applying good content structure and design
3. Experience of leading content projects, including managing deadlines, influencing subject matter experts, and working across teams
4. Excellent verbal, written and presentational communication skills in conveying design concepts to a range of stakeholders

Desirable criteria:

1. Experience of using Markdown or basic HTML
2. Experience of preparing accessible PDFs using Adobe Acrobat Pro

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Paul Blake and will take place on:

• 11am, 26 March 2025

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register for this through our advert post latest by 5pm 24 March and you will be sent an invitation.

Please note that the session will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to [e-mail]