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Role: Digital Content Designer
Salary: From £24,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience
Contract:18 months FTC
Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Harwell)

Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research.

Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation.

About the role:
This role sits in the Student Services marketing team part of the Customer and Sector Enablement directorate at Jisc.

We offer a suite of products across various brands (Prospects, Prospects Hedd, Prospects Luminate and Jisc) to help clients understand their audiences, deliver success, drive applications and ensure those they do hire or enrol on courses have the credentials required. Members, customers and students are at the heart of what we do and we ensure they are represented in all aspects of our work.

As a digitally focussed and social media savvy designer you will be up to date with the latest trends to allow you to bring content to life across multiple channels.

Your role will be to design and deliver a high standard of distinctive and compelling content, in line with briefs and objectives, to enable the organisation to increase brand awareness and engagement across our online platforms. You will have the ability to translate findings from quantitative data and survey results into engaging infographics, diagrams, animations and graphs. Similarly, you will be required to present qualitative, informative content in a memorable format for our audience.

Responsibilities will include:

• Organising and editing content supplied from different internal teams, implementing the use of relevant brand guidelines. You’ll understand the diversity of users, making sure that content is accessible and inclusive.
• Design and production of marketing and brand collateral, working on briefs, developing concepts and campaigns as well as working with existing templates ensuring the output is on-brand.
• Providing high-quality design expertise to ensure the delivery of assets meet all required production specifications.
• Work in an open, iterative and collaborative way in a multi-disciplinary communications team.
• Plan own work activities to ensure effective on time service delivery, resolving conflicting timescales and priorities independently.
• You will act as a Brand Guardian to ensure all marketing collateral has a strong brand identity across B2C and B2B audiences.
  

Key Skills and Experience:

• Excellent knowledge and experience of using Adobe software (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
• Strong organisational, prioritisation and time management skills, able to manage limited resources effectively.
• Creative flair and originality.
• Knowledge of accessible design principles.
• Exceptional attention to detail

Please refer to the job description for full details.

Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!


Why work at Jisc:
At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.

We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

At Jisc we believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life.

We offer hybrid working and although the majority of our staff work from home, getting face to face is something we value and find time for when we can. If you prefer an office environment all our hubs are open and offer a great space to work.

Our benefits are great too. We offer:

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas
• A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions
• A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks.
• A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
• Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment, plus your own Wellbeing allowance to spend on wellbeing for you
• Financial well-being support
• Discounts on big-name high-street stores
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recognition awards and travel loans
• Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying - Purchase 1-5 days’ additional holiday per annum, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech

Equality, diversity and inclusion
At Jisc, we strive to be best in practice and are working hard to achieve progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding principles - a principle which actively encourages acceptance of differences within individuals.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, neurodivergence, trans status, veteran status or gender identity.

Application process:

Please do let us know what reasonable adjustments you need made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We will be happy to help you.

Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application within 4 weeks of receiving it. However, you may hear from us a lot sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls!
We advertised this role on 29th August 2023.