Web Content Design Assistant - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

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UE05 £25,742 to £29,605 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £27,979 to £32,332 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)

Information Services Group, Learning Teaching and Web Services

Fixed term, full time (35 hours per week)


If you are an advocate for human-centred design, passionate about plain language and motivated to support others to create content for great user experiences, this Web Content Design Assistant role is for you.


The opportunity


It's an exciting time to join Website and Communications as we roll out a new Web Publishing Platform, signalling a change to the way the University publishes content.

The role offers the chance to collaborate with colleagues from across the University, get stuck in with designing and improving content and reinvigorating our community about what content design is and what it can achieve.


This working hours for this post are full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering requests for hybrid working that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.


As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page
for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.


The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
right to work webpages.


What the job involves:


  • Implementing content design techniques (including auditing and testing) to ensure migrated content is of highquality to support University website audiences
  • Being an active member of a project team migrating University web content to our new platform
View the full Job Description and snapshot of a typical day.


A bit about you:


  • You will be a champion for humancentred design, passionate about writing and preparing highquality usercentred content for university websites
  • You will be motivated to work with our valued web publishing community to help them transition to our new platform, instilling a sense of reassurance and empowerment
  • You will take a pride in helping to create great content that speaks to the needs of the people visiting our University websites and helps them complete their tasks
  • You will be willing to be an active, participatory member of our migration project team, understanding what needs to be done and thinking about how you can help and support teammates.

Application procedure:

Support from recruitment agencies is not required for this role.

To apply, upload a CV and cover letter before the closing date of 08/02/2024

Interviews will be held in person the week beginning 19/02/2024

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