Creative Content Producer - London, United Kingdom - Government Digital Service

Government Digital Service

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £40,850 - £48,243

The base salary of this grade is £44,500 for London and £40,850 for other locations

Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
GDS
Business and People Services
Type of role:
Other
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed hours
Number of jobs available:
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Bristol, London, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:

At the Government Digital Service (GDS), our mission is to build a simple, joined-up and personalised experience of government for everyone.

Using our unique position at the centre of government, we develop services that work for the user, however complex the underlying systems may be.

We believe that ensuring things work for end users is the only way to realise the efficiencies that come with digital transformation.

Our focus is on delivering five missions in the following areas:

GOV.UK as the single and trusted online destination for government information and services
Joinedup services that solve whole problems and span multiple departments
A simple digital identity solution that works for everyone
Common tools and expert services
Joinedup data across departments

You can read more about these missions and our vision for the transformation of government in our strategy.

Job description:

Your role is to develop a range of content to explain concepts and policies clearly through a combination of motion graphics, videos and photography.

Your work will not only be used to communicate across government, but also to staff, and the general public.

As a member of the Communications team you will be responsible for bringing stories to life through the use of multimedia, helping people clearly communicate visually to meet user needs.

You'll be able to tell stories visually and succinctly. You'll care about making things better, and about working on the things which matter.

You will be expected to collaborate with your colleagues across the Communications team and other stakeholders to produce the most effective creative content for the audience you are trying to reach, contributing to our overall ideas and marketing plans.

As a Creative Content Producer, you'll:

produce creative and engaging multimedia content, tailored to a variety of channels and audiences
including but not limited to video, animations, and photography

- create scripts and storyboards for films, conduct interviews, and record footage
- produce short-form animated gif social media content as well as longer-form pieces.
- edit the footage into compelling stories.
- work with external specialist resources to supplement our work
- lead as an innovative and creative team member for storytelling ideas and plan through creative solutions
- train and upskill colleagues on basic filming, photography, and editing skills
- analyse and evaluate your work to improve outputs and performance of the content

Person specification:

We're interested in people who have:

excellent design skills and able to demonstrate a track record in consistently coming up with and delivering creative and engaging content utilising photography, video, and audio, designed to meet user needs

- experience in contributing to creative campaigns with strong written and verbal communications, to explain complicated concepts simply to be understood by a wide range of audiences
- a proven ability to quickly comprehend information about new topics and turn them into creative content products
- strong time and project management skills, able to effectively balance competing demands on your time and deliver at pace
- experience of building relationships, influencing and collaborating with different people across an organisation to deliver results
- audio, lighting and post-production expertise to ensure that we have the best result from film or photography based on the environment

Benefits:

The benefits of working at GDS

There are many benefits of working at GDS, including:

flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours

- a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days

- an extra day off for The King's birthday
- an in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance
- career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development
- paid volunteering leave
- a focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme
- job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK
- advances on pay, including for travel season tickets
- death in service benefits
- cycle to work scheme and facilities
- access to children's holiday pl