Senior Content Designer (Web)

We now have a vacancy to join our amazing UWE Bristol Creative Strategy Team within Future Students, Communications and Marketing as a Senior Web Content Designer.

Our Web Content Design team are different from the norm. We are nimble. Creative. Responsive. Innovative. And you will be joining the team at an exciting time as we continue to transition from legacy systems to Sitecore, our content management system. As part of this process, we continue to lead the way in adopting user-centered development and agile methods as the University moves towards new ways of working and best practice principles.

We are an inclusive, open and welcoming team that knows what each other is working on and how this relates to practical objectives and user needs.

About you: As our brand continues to grow, you’ll be at the heart of its evolution. The right candidate will have experience in:

• Digital marketing campaign processes and thrive on the fast pace of this critical recruitment activity.
• Analysing data, monitoring performance, and recommending content enhancements as part of your daily routine.
• Placing users first whilst managing competing priorities between user and business needs. User-focused and user-centered content is the at the heart of what we do.
• Understanding users and identifying what their needs are based on the evidence.
• You are comfortable applying user testing techniques and evaluating quantitative and qualitative data.
• Translating user stories and propose design approaches to meet these needs.
• UX understanding, content design skills and prototyping. Taking stakeholders on a proposal journey that demonstrates appropriate methods for different audiences and purposes.
• Understanding why content lifecycle management is important and applying a continuous improvement mindset to your work.

Where is this role based?

Our lively Frenchay campus is easy to get to, with excellent road, rail and bus links and where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed, while we continue to develop incredible new facilities to enhance our offer even further.

Why UWE Bristol?

We live, learn, work and play in a complex, fast changing world. And we know that only by coming together, through collaboration and cooperation, can we solve the global challenges of today and tomorrow.

While we’re firmly future-focused, we have much to be proud of today: as well as scoring above sector average for student satisfaction, we’re ranked 36^th in The Guardian Best UK Universities 2022 and 39th in the latest Times Higher Education 'Table of Tables'.

We are an ambitious and values led university. We're focused on solving future global challenges through outstanding learning, world-leading research and a culture of enterprise and we are looking for people who share our core values to help us achieve those aims.

With inclusivity as a core value, UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community. We support and celebrate the diversity of our staff and students as a key driver for innovation and success, promoting pathways and achievements to inspire and generate confidence and ambition.

All the benefits

As well as progressive pay rates and flexible, family-friendly working, you’ll enjoy a wide range of benefits. Including:

• A generous holiday allowance of 27 days (pro rata if part time)
• Up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
• Hybrid working
• Career average pension schemes available for all staff groups
• Access to employee assistance programme
• 1^st month free to our Centre for Sport facilities for all new starters
• Family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives
• Onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus
• Option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
• Access to a wide variety of in-house training courses and development programmes

Add your individuality to ours

Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing staff community of over 4,000 individuals and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic and male candidates as we are currently under-represented in these areas within UWE Bristol however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

Further information

If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Alice Bouquet on 0117 328 6047 or email: alice2.bouquet@uwe.ac.uk

This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week. This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is important for our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based with some opportunity for remote/home working.

The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.

We are able to sponsor qualifying candidates for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. Please read our Skilled Worker Guidance to assess if you will be eligible to be sponsored under the criteria.

Please also refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable to prove your right to work in the UK. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to produce your right to work documents at your interview.

Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

Please note that the recruitment system will be closed from 6pm Friday 31^st March to 9am Monday 3^rd April.